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STRATA TITLES ACT 1988 - SECT 5

STRATA TITLES ACT 1988 - SECT 5

5—Nature of strata plan and requirements with which it must conform

        (1)         A strata plan is a plan dividing land into—

            (a)         units (of which there must be at least two); and

            (b)         common property.

        (2)         A strata plan must comprise the whole of one or more allotments.

        (3)         A strata plan—

            (a)         must define the units to be created by the plan in a manner that allows the boundaries of each unit to be ascertained; and

            (b)         must assign to each unit a distinguishing number; and

            (c)         must have annexed to it a schedule of unit entitlements in relation to the units; and

            (d)         must delineate the boundaries of the land comprised in the plan; and

            (e)         must delineate in relation to those boundaries the external lateral boundaries of all buildings on the land; and

            (f)         must comply with any other requirements stipulated by the Registrar-General.

        (4)         A unit

            (a)         must consist of, or include, the whole or a part of a building;

            (b)         need not be wholly within one or more buildings;

            (c)         may be below, on or above the surface of land;

            (d)         may be wholly on one storey or level or partly on one storey or level and partly on another or others;

            (e)         may include an area (a "unit subsidiary")—

                  (i)         for the separate use of the occupier of the unit; and

                  (ii)         appurtenant to the portion of the unit designed for separate occupation.

        (5)         Subject to any explicit statement to the contrary in a strata plan, the following principles apply to the definition of a unit by strata plan—

            (a)         where a boundary is defined by reference to a wall or fence—the boundary is the inner surface of the wall or fence;

            (b)         where a boundary is defined by reference to a floor—the boundary is the upper surface of the floor;

            (c)         where a boundary is defined by reference to a ceiling or roof—the boundary is the under surface of the ceiling or roof.

        (6)         The common property comprises—

            (a)         any land or space that is not within a unit;

            (b)         any pipe, cable, wire, duct or drain that is not for the exclusive use of a unit;

            (c)         any structure that is not for the exclusive use of a unit installed before the deposit of the strata plan;

            (d)         any structure installed by a strata corporation as part of the common property;

            (e)         any other structure on the site committed to the care of a strata corporation as part of the common property.

        (7)         Subject to any explicit statement to the contrary in the strata plan, a wall or fence between a building that forms part of a unit and a unit subsidiary to that unit is part of the common property.

        (8)         The plan must conform with any requirements of the regulations as to the design of the strata scheme.