Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

BODY CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT (ACCOMMODATION MODULE) REGULATION 2020 - REG 200

200 Supply of services by body corporate—Act, s 158 [SM, s 210]

(1) The body corporate may supply, or engage another person to supply, utility services and other services for the benefit of owners and occupiers of lots, if the services consist of 1 or more of the following types of services—

(a) maintenance services including, for example, cleaning, repairing, painting, pest prevention or extermination and mowing;

(b) communication services including, for example, the installation and supply of telephone, intercom, computer data and television;

(c) domestic services including, for example, electricity, gas, water, garbage removal, air-conditioning and heating.

Example—

The body corporate might engage a corporation to supply PABX services for the benefit of the owners and occupiers of lots.

(2) The body corporate may, by agreement with a person for whom services are supplied, charge for the services, including for the installation of, and the maintenance and other operating costs associated with, utility infrastructure for the services, but only to the extent necessary for reimbursing the body corporate for supplying the services.

Note—

See also section 96 of the Act .

(3) In acting under subsections (1) and (2) , the body corporate must, to the greatest practicable extent, ensure the total cost to the body corporate, other than body corporate administrative costs, for supplying a service, including the cost of a commercial service, and the cost of purchasing, operating, maintaining and replacing any equipment, is recovered from the users of the service.