QLDIn ForceAct
Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980
sec.121Body corporate is representative of proprietors in proceedings
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.121
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980.
### sec.121 Body corporate is representative of proprietors in proceedings
Where the proprietors of the lots the subject of a plan are jointly entitled to take proceedings against any person or are liable to have proceedings taken against them jointly (any such proceedings being proceedings for or with respect to common property), the proceedings may be taken by or against the body corporate and any judgment or order given or made in favour of or against the body corporate in any such proceedings shall have effect as if it were a judgment or order given or made in favour of or against the proprietors.
Where a proprietor is liable to make a contribution to another proprietor in respect of a judgment debt arising under a judgment referred to in subsection (1) , the amount of that contribution shall bear to the judgment debt the same proportion as the lot entitlement of the lot of the firstmentioned proprietor bears to the aggregate lot entitlement.
(sec.121-ssec.1) Where the proprietors of the lots the subject of a plan are jointly entitled to take proceedings against any person or are liable to have proceedings taken against them jointly (any such proceedings being proceedings for or with respect to common property), the proceedings may be taken by or against the body corporate and any judgment or order given or made in favour of or against the body corporate in any such proceedings shall have effect as if it were a judgment or order given or made in favour of or against the proprietors.
(sec.121-ssec.2) Where a proprietor is liable to make a contribution to another proprietor in respect of a judgment debt arising under a judgment referred to in subsection (1) , the amount of that contribution shall bear to the judgment debt the same proportion as the lot entitlement of the lot of the firstmentioned proprietor bears to the aggregate lot entitlement.