New South Wales Repealed Regulations New South Wales Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(Clause 27)
(1) An owner or occupier of a lot must not park or stand any motor or other vehicle on common property or permit any invitees of the owner or occupier to park or stand any motor or other vehicle on common property except with the prior written approval of the owners corporation.
(2) The owners corporation must not unreasonably withhold its approval to the parking or standing of a motor vehicle on the common property.
An owner or occupier of a lot must not obstruct lawful use of common property by any person except on a temporary and non-recurring basis.
(1) An owner or occupier of a lot must not mark, paint, drive nails or screws or the like into, or otherwise damage or deface, any structure that forms part of the common property except with the prior written approval of the owners corporation.
(2) An approval given by the owners corporation under clause (1) cannot authorise any additions to the common property.
(3) This by-law does not prevent an owner or person authorised by an owner from installing:(a) any locking or other safety device for protection of the owner's lot against intruders or to improve safety within the owner's lot, or(b) any screen or other device to prevent entry of animals or insects on the lot, or(c) any sign to advertise the activities of the occupier of the lot, or(d) any device used to affix decorative items to the internal surfaces of walls in the owner's lot.
(4) Any such locking or safety device, screen, other device or sign must be installed in a competent and proper manner and must have an appearance, after it has been installed, consistent with any guidelines established by the owners corporation about such installations or, in the absence of guidelines, in keeping with the appearance of the rest of the building.
(5) Despite section 62 of the Act, the owner of a lot must:(a) maintain and keep in a state of good and serviceable repair any installation referred to in clause (3) that forms part of the common property and that services the lot, and(b) repair any damage caused to any part of the common property by the installation or removal of any locking or safety device, screen, other device or sign referred to in clause (3) that forms part of the common property and that services the lot.
An owner or occupier of a lot must not permit any child of whom the owner or occupier has control to remain on common property, unless accompanied by an adult exercising effective control.
An owner or occupier of a lot must take all reasonable steps to ensure that invitees of the owner or occupier do not behave in a manner likely to interfere with the peaceful enjoyment of the owner or occupier of another lot or any person lawfully using common property.
An owner or occupier of a lot must not deposit or throw on the common property any rubbish, dirt, dust or other material or discarded item except with the written approval of the owners corporation.
An owner or occupier of a lot must keep clean all exterior surfaces of glass in windows and doors on the boundary of the lot, including so much as is common property, unless:
(a) the owners corporation resolves that it will keep the glass or specified part of the glass clean, or
(b) that glass or part of the glass cannot be accessed by the owner or occupier of the lot safely or at all.
(1) An owner or occupier of a lot in a strata scheme that does not have shared receptacles for garbage, recyclable material or waste:(a) must maintain such receptacles within the lot, or on such part of the common property as may be authorised by the owners corporation, in clean and dry condition and (except in the case of receptacles for recyclable material) adequately covered, and(b) must ensure that before garbage, recyclable material or waste is placed in the receptacles it is, in the case of garbage, securely wrapped or, in the case of tins or other containers, completely drained or, in the case of recyclable material or waste, separated and prepared in accordance with the applicable recycling guidelines, and(c) for the purpose of having the garbage, recyclable material or waste collected, must place the receptacles within an area designated for that purpose by the owners corporation and at a time not more than 12 hours before the time at which garbage, recyclable material or waste is normally collected, and(d) when the garbage, recyclable material or waste has been collected, must promptly return the receptacles to the lot or other area referred to in paragraph (a), and(e) must not place any thing in the receptacles of the owner or occupier of any other lot except with the permission of that owner or occupier, and(f) must promptly remove any thing which the owner, occupier or garbage or recycling collector may have spilled from the receptacles and must take such action as may be necessary to clean the area within which that thing was spilled.
(2) An owner or occupier of a lot in a strata scheme that has shared receptacles for garbage, recyclable material or waste:(a) must ensure that before garbage, recyclable material or waste is placed in the receptacles it is, in the case of garbage, securely wrapped or, in the case of tins or other containers, completely drained or, in the case of recyclable material or waste, separated and prepared in accordance with the applicable recycling guidelines, and(b) must promptly remove any thing which the owner, occupier or garbage or recycling collector may have spilled in the area of the receptacles and must take such action as may be necessary to clean the area within which that thing was spilled.
(3) An owner or occupier of a lot must:(a) comply with the local council's requirements for the storage, handling and collection of garbage, waste and recyclable material, and(b) notify the local council of any loss of, or damage to, receptacles provided by the local council for garbage, recyclable material or waste.
(4) The owners corporation may post signs on the common property with instructions on the handling of garbage, waste and recyclable material that are consistent with the local council's requirements.
(5) This by-law does not require an owner or occupier of a lot to dispose of any chemical, biological, toxic or other hazardous waste in a manner that would contravene any relevant law applying to the disposal of such waste.
The owner or occupier of a lot must not, without the prior written approval of the owners corporation, maintain within the lot anything visible from outside the lot that, viewed from outside the lot, is not in keeping with the rest of the building.
An occupier of a lot must notify the owners corporation if the occupier changes the existing use of the lot in a way that may affect the insurance premiums for the strata scheme (for example, if the change of use results in a hazardous activity being carried out on the lot).
The owner or occupier of a lot must not do any thing or permit any invitees of the owner or occupier to do any thing on the lot or common property that is likely to affect the operation of fire safety devices in the parcel or to reduce the level of fire safety in the lots or common property.
The owner or occupier of a lot must not do any thing or permit any invitees of the owner or occupier to do any thing on the lot or common property that is likely to create a hazard or danger to the owner or occupier of another lot or any person lawfully using the common property.
(1) The owners corporation may, by special resolution, determine to enter into arrangements for the provision of the following amenities or services to one or more of the lots, or to the owners or occupiers of one or more of the lots:(a) security services,(b) promotional services,(c) cleaning,(d) garbage disposal and recycling services,(e) electricity, water or gas supply,(f) telecommunication services (for example, cable television).
(2) If the owners corporation makes a resolution referred to in clause (1) to provide an amenity or service to a lot or to the owner or occupier of a lot, it must indicate in the resolution the amount for which, or the conditions on which, it will provide the amenity or service.
Note : Section 111 of the Act provides that an owners corporation may enter into an agreement with an owner or occupier of a lot for the provision of amenities or services by it to the lot or to the owner or occupier.
The owner or occupier of a lot must ensure that the lot is not used for any purpose that is prohibited by law.
A document may be served on the owner of a lot by electronic means if the person has given the owners corporation an e-mail address for the service of notices and the document is sent to that address.