New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STRATA SCHEMES MANAGEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 116

116 Owners, occupiers and other persons not to interfere with structure of lot or services to lot

(1) An owner, mortgagee or covenant chargee in possession (whether in person or not), lessee or occupier of a lot must not do anything or permit anything to be done on or in relation to that lot so that:

(a) any support or shelter provided by that lot for another lot or common property is interfered with, or

(b) the passage or provision of water, sewage, drainage, gas, electricity, garbage, artificially heated or cooled air, heating oil and other services (including telephone, radio and television services) through or by means of any pipes, wires, cables or ducts for the time being in the lot is interfered with.

(2) The owner of a lot must not alter the structure of the lot without giving to the owners corporation, not later than 14 days before commencement of the alteration, a written notice describing the proposed alteration.

(3) In this section, "lessee" of a lot in a strata leasehold scheme means a sublessee of the lot.