sec.27Constitution of bodies corporate

### sec.27 Constitution of bodies corporate The proprietor or proprietors from time to time shall, by virtue of this Act, upon registration of the plan be a body corporate under the name ‘The Proprietors—(insert name of the building) Building Units Plan No. ’or ‘The Proprietors—(insert name of the parcel) Group Titles Plan No. ’, as the case may be. (The name of the building or parcel shall be the name endorsed upon the relevant plan and the plan number shall be the number allotted to that plan pursuant to section 9 (14) .) The Corporations Act does not apply to or in respect of a body corporate constituted under this Act. Subject to this Act the body corporate shall have the powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act or the by-laws and shall do all things reasonably necessary for the enforcement of the by-laws and the control, management and administration of the common property. The body corporate must act reasonably in anything it does under subsection (3) , including making, or not making, a decision under the subsection. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 25 , a body corporate continues in existence until the folios of the register book constituted by the certificates of title relating to the lots under the plan have been cancelled. The body corporate shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name and shall be regulated in accordance with the by-laws for the time being in force. The body corporate may— sue and be sued on any contract made by it; and sue for and in respect of any damage or injury to the common property caused by any person, whether a proprietor or not; and be sued in respect of any matter connected with the parcel for which the proprietors are jointly liable. In any case in which work is carried out for the purpose of constructing or preparing the common property the body corporate, upon registration of the plan, shall be deemed to have been a party to an enforceable contract for the carrying out of such work, and may sue in respect of that contract. s 27 amd 1981 No. 111 s 23 sch ; 1990 No. 87 s 9 ; 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch s 2 – 3 ; 2022 No. 28 s 6 (sec.27-ssec.1) The proprietor or proprietors from time to time shall, by virtue of this Act, upon registration of the plan be a body corporate under the name ‘The Proprietors—(insert name of the building) Building Units Plan No. ’or ‘The Proprietors—(insert name of the parcel) Group Titles Plan No. ’, as the case may be. (The name of the building or parcel shall be the name endorsed upon the relevant plan and the plan number shall be the number allotted to that plan pursuant to section 9 (14) .) (sec.27-ssec.2) The Corporations Act does not apply to or in respect of a body corporate constituted under this Act. (sec.27-ssec.3) Subject to this Act the body corporate shall have the powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this Act or the by-laws and shall do all things reasonably necessary for the enforcement of the by-laws and the control, management and administration of the common property. (sec.27-ssec.4) The body corporate must act reasonably in anything it does under subsection (3) , including making, or not making, a decision under the subsection. (sec.27-ssec.5) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 25 , a body corporate continues in existence until the folios of the register book constituted by the certificates of title relating to the lots under the plan have been cancelled. (sec.27-ssec.6) The body corporate shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name and shall be regulated in accordance with the by-laws for the time being in force. (sec.27-ssec.7) The body corporate may— sue and be sued on any contract made by it; and sue for and in respect of any damage or injury to the common property caused by any person, whether a proprietor or not; and be sued in respect of any matter connected with the parcel for which the proprietors are jointly liable. (sec.27-ssec.8) In any case in which work is carried out for the purpose of constructing or preparing the common property the body corporate, upon registration of the plan, shall be deemed to have been a party to an enforceable contract for the carrying out of such work, and may sue in respect of that contract. - (a) sue and be sued on any contract made by it; and - (b) sue for and in respect of any damage or injury to the common property caused by any person, whether a proprietor or not; and - (c) be sued in respect of any matter connected with the parcel for which the proprietors are jointly liable.