New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STRATA SCHEMES DEVELOPMENT ACT 2015 - SECT 19

19 Alteration of building affecting lot boundary

(1) This section applies if a building of a strata scheme is altered--

(a) by demolishing a wall, floor, ceiling or common infrastructure, and a boundary of a lot was, immediately before the alteration--

(i) the inner surface or any part of the wall, the upper surface or any part of the floor or the under surface or any part of the ceiling, or

(ii) defined in terms of or by reference to the wall, floor, ceiling or common infrastructure, or

(b) by constructing a wall, floor or ceiling so that a boundary of a lot coincides with the inner surface or any part of the wall, the upper surface or any part of the floor or the under surface or any part of the ceiling.

(2) The owner of the lot must, within one month after the demolition or construction is completed, lodge a plan complying with subsection (3) for registration as a building alteration plan.

: Maximum penalty--5 penalty units.

(3) The plan must--

(a) define by lines the base of each vertical boundary of the lot after the alteration of the building, and

(b) include an administration sheet.

(4) The administration sheet must include--

(a) a certificate in the approved form given by a registered land surveyor certifying that--

(i) the wall, floor, ceiling or common infrastructure has been demolished or constructed, and

(ii) any wall, floor or ceiling referred to in subsection (1) (b) is wholly within the perimeter of the parcel other than to the extent of any encroachment onto a public place or, if any part of the building encroaches on land other than a public place, that an appropriate easement exists, and

(b) any other information or document prescribed by the regulations.