Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (STANDARD MODULE) REGULATION 2020 - REG 184

184 Disposal of interest in and leasing or licensing of common property—Act, s 154

(1) This section sets out the way and the extent that the body corporate is authorised—

(a) to sell or otherwise dispose of common property; and

(b) to grant or amend a lease or licence over common property.

(2) The body corporate may—

(a) if authorised by resolution without dissent—

(i) sell or otherwise dispose of part of the common property; or

(ii) grant or amend a lease or licence for more than 3 years over the whole or part of the common property; and

(b) if authorised by special resolution—grant or amend a lease or licence for 3 years or less over the whole or part of the common property.

(3) Despite subsection (2) , the body corporate may grant or amend a lease or licence over the whole or part of the common property, without the authority of a resolution without dissent or special resolution, if the community management statement provides for the lease or licence.

(4) The body corporate must not lease or license common property if—

(a) the lease or licence would interfere with access to a lot, or to a part of the common property over which exclusive rights have been given under a by-law; or

(b) the common property leased or licensed is land a person has the right to occupy for the person’s engagement as a service contractor or authorisation as a letting agent.

(5) An instrument lodged for registration under the Land Title Act 1994 to give effect to a transaction under this section must be accompanied by—

(a) a certificate under the body corporate’s seal certifying the transaction has been authorised as required by this section; and

(b) a certificate of the relevant planning body certifying the transaction has been approved or noted under the relevant Planning Act; and

(c) if the transaction is associated with a reduction in the common property—a request to record a new community management statement for the community titles scheme in place of the existing statement for the scheme.

(6) The body corporate may not grant a lease or licence over utility infrastructure that is common property.

(7) In this section—

"relevant Planning Act" means—

(a) if the relevant planning body for the community titles scheme is the local government—the Planning Act ; or

(b) if the relevant planning body for the community titles scheme is MEDQ—the Economic Development Act 2012 .

"relevant planning body" , for the community titles scheme, means—

(a) to the extent the common property for the scheme the subject of the transaction is located in a priority development area—MEDQ; and

(b) to the extent the common property for the scheme the subject of the transaction is located in a local government area but not in a priority development area—the local government for the local government area.