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STRATA SCHEMES DEVELOPMENT ACT 2015 - SECT 4
Definitions
4 Definitions
(1) In this Act--
"accepted lease or sublease" means a lease or sublease, or a transfer of a
lease or sublease, accepted by an owners corporation under section 25 (1).
"administration sheet" means a document in the approved form that provides for
administrative matters relating to the registration of plans under this Act.
"aggregate unit entitlement" of lots in a strata scheme means the sum of the
unit entitlements of the lots.
"approved form" means a form approved by the Registrar-General for use under
this Act.
"building" , in relation to a strata scheme or a proposed strata scheme, means
a building containing a lot or proposed lot, or part of a lot or proposed lot,
in the scheme or proposed scheme.
"building alteration plan" means a plan that is registered as a
building alteration plan, and includes any information, certificate or other
document required by this Act or the regulations to be included with the plan
before it may be registered.
"by-laws" for a strata scheme means the by-laws in force for the scheme.
"chargee" , in relation to a lot or development lot in a
leasehold strata scheme, means a chargee of the leasehold estate of the lot.
"common infrastructure" means-- (a) the cubic space occupied by a vertical
structural member of a building, other than a wall, or
(b) the pipes, wires,
cables or ducts that are not for the exclusive benefit of one lot and are--
(i) in a building in relation to which a plan for registration as a
strata plan was lodged with the Registrar-General before 1 March 1986, or
(ii) otherwise--in a building or in a part of a parcel that is not a building,
or
(c) the cubic space enclosed by a structure enclosing pipes, wires, cables
or ducts referred to in paragraph (b).
"common property" , in relation to a strata scheme or a proposed
strata scheme, means any part of a parcel that is not comprised in a lot
(including any common infrastructure that is not part of a lot).
"common property rights by-law" has the same meaning as it has in the
Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 .
"community scheme" has the same meaning as it has in the
Community Land Development Act 2021 .
"company nominee" of a corporation has the same meaning as it has in the
Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 .
"covenant chargee" of a lot or development lot in a leasehold strata scheme
means a covenant chargee of the leasehold estate of the lot.
"current plan" means a current plan as defined in section 7A of the
Conveyancing Act 1919 that is registered, other than a strata plan, a
strata plan of subdivision or a strata plan of consolidation.
"current plan lot" --see section 9 (4).
"Department" means the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation.
"developer" of a strata scheme constituted on registration of a strata plan
proposed under a development scheme means the person who, for the time being,
is-- (a) the original owner of the strata scheme, or
(b) a person, other than
the original owner, who is the owner of a development lot within the
strata plan.
"development" has the same meaning as it has in the
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 .
"development concern" --see section 74.
"development lot" means a lot in a strata plan or strata plan of subdivision
that is identified by a strata development contract as a lot that is to be the
subject of a strata plan of subdivision under the development scheme for the
contract.
"development scheme" means the scheme of development provided for, and
represented by, a strata development contract.
"drainage reserve" means land that is held by a local council for drainage
purposes under section 49 of the Local Government Act 1993 .
"floor" includes a stairway or ramp.
"floor area" of a lot means the area occupied on a horizontal plane by the
base of the cubic space of the lot.
"floor plan" means a plan that-- (a) defines by lines (each a
"base line" ) the base of the vertical boundaries of each cubic space forming
the whole of a proposed lot, or the whole of a part of a proposed lot, to
which the plan relates, and
(b) shows-- (i) the floor area of each proposed
lot, and
(ii) if a proposed lot has more than one part--the floor area of
each part together with the aggregate of the floor areas of the parts, and
(c) if a proposed lot or part of a proposed lot is superimposed on another
proposed lot or part--shows the separate base lines of the proposed lots or
parts, by reference to floors or levels, in the order in which the
superimposition occurs.
"folio" means-- (a) in relation to a lot or common property in a
freehold strata scheme, a folio of the Register for the lot or
common property, or
(b) in relation to a lot or common property in a
leasehold strata scheme, a folio of the Register for a lease of the lot or
common property.
"freehold strata scheme" means a strata scheme in which no lots or
common property in the scheme are subject to a lease or leases referred to in
section 11.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty, and
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"initial period" has the same meaning as it has in the
Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 .
"leasehold strata scheme" means a strata scheme in which all lots and
common property in the scheme are subject to a lease or leases referred to in
section 11.
"lessee" , in relation to a lot, development lot or common property in a
leasehold strata scheme, means the lessee of the leasehold estate under a
lease registered on the folio for the lot, development lot or common property,
but does not include an owner of a lot.
"lessor" of a leasehold strata scheme means the person who holds the fee
simple in the lots and common property in the scheme.
"liabilities" of an owners corporation in relation to the termination of a
strata scheme under Part 9 or 10 means any liabilities, debts or obligations
of the owners corporation (whether present or future, whether vested or
contingent and whether personal or assignable).
"local council" , in relation to land, means-- (a) the council of the area
under the Local Government Act 1993 in which the land is situated, or
(b) a
person declared by the regulations to be the local council for the land for
the purposes of this Act or any specified provision of this Act.
"location plan" means a plan that-- (a) relates to land the subject of a
proposed strata scheme, and
(b) if the scheme does not relate to a proposed
part strata parcel--delineates the perimeter of the land and the location, in
relation to the perimeter, of each-- (i) building on the land, and
(ii)
proposed lot or part of a proposed lot not within a building, and
(c) if the
scheme relates to a proposed part strata parcel-- (i) delineates the perimeter
of the site of the building of which the proposed part strata parcel forms
part and the location, in relation to the perimeter, of the building and
proposed part strata parcel, and
(ii) delineates the location, in relation to
the perimeter of the proposed part strata parcel, of the part of the building
the subject of the proposed strata scheme and each proposed lot or part of a
proposed lot not within the building, and
(d) shows the particulars
prescribed by the regulations.
"lodge" means lodge with the Registrar-General.
"lot" , in relation to a strata scheme, means one or more cubic spaces shown
as a lot on a floor plan relating to the scheme, but does not include any
common infrastructure, unless the common infrastructure is described on the
plan, in the way prescribed by the regulations, as a part of the lot.
"mortgagee" , in relation to a lot or development lot in a
leasehold strata scheme, means a mortgagee of the leasehold estate of the lot.
"notice of conversion" means a notice that is registered as a
notice of conversion, and includes any information, certificate or other
document required by this Act or the regulations to be included with the
notice before it may be registered.
"notice of resumption" means a notice, notification or other instrument
publication of which vests land described in the notice, notification or
instrument in a resuming authority by way of resumption.
"occupier" of a lot means a person in lawful occupation of the lot.
"original owner" -- (a) of a freehold strata scheme means the person who held
the fee simple in the parcel the subject of the scheme when the strata plan
for the scheme was registered, or
(b) of a leasehold strata scheme means the
person who, immediately after registration of the strata plan for the scheme,
is entitled to a leasehold estate in all the lots in the scheme or is entitled
to a leasehold estate in 2 or more lots in the scheme with total
unit entitlements exceeding more than two-thirds of the
aggregate unit entitlement of the lots in the scheme.
"owner" of a lot in a strata scheme means a person for the time being recorded
in the Register as entitled to an estate in fee simple in the lot (in the case
of a freehold strata scheme) or as entitled to a leasehold estate in the lot
(in the case of a leasehold strata scheme), but does not include a sublessee
of a lot in a leasehold strata scheme. Note--: Under section 43 (1), a lessor
of a leasehold strata scheme may be taken to be the owner of a lot in the
scheme if the lessor is entitled to immediate possession of the lot.
"owners corporation" of a strata scheme means the owners corporation
constituted under the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 for the scheme.
"parcel" means-- (a) in relation to a strata scheme, the land comprising the
lots and common property in the scheme, or
(b) in relation to a plan lodged
for registration as a strata plan, the land comprised in the plan.
"part strata parcel" means a parcel created by a subdivision permitted by
section 9 (1) (b).
"planning approval" means-- (a) a development consent within the meaning of
the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 , or
(b) an approval
under Part 3A or Part 5.1 of that Act.
"planning authority" , in relation to a planning approval, means the entity or
person authorised under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to
grant the approval.
"positive covenant" means a positive covenant imposed on land under
section 88D or 88E of the Conveyancing Act 1919 .
"public place" means land that is a drainage reserve, public reserve or
public road.
"public reserve" has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act
1993 .
"public road" has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993 .
"qualified valuer" means a person who-- (a) has membership of the Australian
Valuers Institute (other than associate or student membership), or
(b) has
membership of the Australian Property Institute (other than student or
provisional membership), acquired in connection with his or her occupation as
a valuer, or
(c) has membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors as a chartered valuer, or
(d) is of a class prescribed by the
regulations.
"registered" means registered by the Registrar-General.
"registered building management statement" has the same meaning as it has in
section 196C of the Conveyancing Act 1919 .
"registered certifier" means a person registered under the
Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018 acting in respect of matters to
which the registration applies.
"registered land surveyor" means a person who is registered as a land surveyor
under the Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002 .
"relevant planning approval that is in force" --see section 52.
"replacement lease" for a proposed strata plan of subdivision or
strata plan of consolidation in relation to a leasehold strata scheme means a
lease-- (a) relating to a proposed lot comprised in the plan, and
(b)
containing provisions to the effect that the lease is in substitution for a
lease determined or otherwise affected by the proposed subdivision or
consolidation, and
(c) having terms all of which are expressed to commence on
registration of the plan and to expire at the same time as any lease to be
determined, and
(d) if the lease confers rights of renewal--having the same
renewal terms as any lease to be determined.
"restrictive use condition" --see section 63.
"resuming authority" means an entity that may resume land by way of
resumption.
"resumption" means the compulsory acquisition of land under an Act or an Act
of the Commonwealth authorising compulsory acquisition of land.
"rights" of an owners corporation in relation to the termination of a
strata scheme under Part 9 or 10 means any rights or powers of the
owners corporation (whether present or future, whether vested or contingent
and whether personal or assignable).
"schedule of unit entitlement" , in relation to a strata scheme, means the
schedule recorded as the schedule of unit entitlement in the folio for the
common property in the scheme.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department.
"special resolution" has the same meaning as it has in the Strata Schemes
Management Act 2015 .
"statutory interest" means a charge or other proprietary interest (whether or
not it is recorded in the Register) that-- (a) is created by an Act or an Act
of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, and
(b) affects a lot or
common property, and
(c) is enforceable against an owner of the lot or an
owners corporation.
"strata certificate" means a certificate in the approved form issued under
Part 4 that authorises the registration of a strata plan,
strata plan of subdivision or notice of conversion.
"strata committee" of an owners corporation means the strata committee of the
owners corporation under the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 .
"strata development contract" means a strata development contract registered
under Part 5.
"strata management statement" means a strata management statement that
complies with section 100.
"strata plan" means a plan that is registered as a strata plan, and includes
any information, certificate or other document required by this Act or the
regulations to be included with the plan before it may be registered.
"strata plan of consolidation" means a plan that is registered as a
strata plan of consolidation, and includes any information, certificate or
other document required by this Act or the regulations to be included with the
plan before it may be registered.
"strata plan of subdivision" means a plan that is registered as a
strata plan of subdivision, and includes any information, certificate or other
document required by this Act or the regulations to be included with the plan
before it may be registered.
"strata roll" has the same meaning as it has in the
Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 .
"strata scheme" means-- (a) the way a parcel is subdivided under this Act into
lots or lots and common property, and
(b) the way unit entitlements are
allocated under this Act among the lots, and
(c) the rights and obligations,
between themselves, of owners of lots, other persons having proprietary
interests in or occupying the lots and the owners corporation, as conferred or
imposed under this Act or the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 .
"subdivision" of a lot or common property--see section 7.
"surveyor's certificate" , in relation to a proposed strata plan,
strata plan of subdivision or strata plan of consolidation, means a
certificate in the approved form given by a registered land surveyor and
certifying that each applicable requirement of Schedule 1 for the proposed
strata plan, strata plan of subdivision or strata plan of consolidation has
been met.
"unanimous resolution" has the same meaning as it has in the
Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 .
"unit entitlement" of a lot in a strata scheme means the unit entitlement of
the lot shown on the schedule of unit entitlement for the scheme.
"utility lot" has the same meaning as it has in the
Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 .
"valuer's certificate" , in relation to a proposed
schedule of unit entitlement, means a certificate of valuation in the
approved form given by a qualified valuer and certifying that the
unit entitlements of lots to which the proposed schedule of unit entitlement
relates are apportioned as required under Schedule 2.
"wall" includes a door, window or other structure dividing a lot-- (a) from
common property or another lot, or
(b) if the lot is a lot in a
part strata parcel--from a part of a building that is not within the parcel.
"water supply authority" means-- (a) the Sydney Water Corporation, the Hunter
Water Corporation or a water supply authority within the meaning of the
Water Management Act 2000 , or
(b) a council or county council exercising
water supply, sewerage or stormwater drainage functions under Division 2 of
Part 3 of Chapter 6 of the Local Government Act 1993 .
Note--: The
Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect
the interpretation and application of this Act.
(2) Notes included in this
Act do not form part of this Act.
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