Body Corporate and Community Management (Commercial Module) Regulation 2020
sec.159Body corporate may carry out work required of owners and occupiers— Act , s 161 [ SM, s 212 ]
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sec.159 Body corporate may carry out work required of owners and occupiers— Act , s 161 [ SM, s 212 ]
This section applies if the owner or occupier of a lot included in the community titles scheme does not carry out work that the owner or occupier has an obligation to carry out under— a provision of the Act or this regulation, including a provision requiring an owner or occupier to maintain a lot included in the scheme; or a notice given under another Act or a Commonwealth Act; or the community management statement, including the by-laws; or an adjudicator’s order; or the order of a court or QCAT. The body corporate may carry out the work, and may recover the reasonable cost of carrying out the work from the owner of the lot as a debt. (sec.159-ssec.1) This section applies if the owner or occupier of a lot included in the community titles scheme does not carry out work that the owner or occupier has an obligation to carry out under— a provision of the Act or this regulation, including a provision requiring an owner or occupier to maintain a lot included in the scheme; or a notice given under another Act or a Commonwealth Act; or the community management statement, including the by-laws; or an adjudicator’s order; or the order of a court or QCAT. (sec.159-ssec.2) The body corporate may carry out the work, and may recover the reasonable cost of carrying out the work from the owner of the lot as a debt.
- (a) a provision of the Act or this regulation, including a provision requiring an owner or occupier to maintain a lot included in the scheme; or
- (b) a notice given under another Act or a Commonwealth Act; or
- (c) the community management statement, including the by-laws; or
- (d) an adjudicator’s order; or
- (e) the order of a court or QCAT.