Community Title Act 2001
55Roll to be kept by body corporate
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55 Roll to be kept by body corporate (1) The body corporate must keep a roll containing the following particulars: (a) the plan number allotted by the registrar-general; (b) the name and address of the owner of each lot in the scheme that is not common property; (c) the name and address of any agent employed by the body corporate to carry out any of its functions in relation to the scheme; (d) the name and address of any sublessee of a lot in the scheme that has been notified to the body corporate; (e) the name and address of any mortgagee in possession of a lot in the scheme that has been notified to the body corporate. (2) The roll must be based on the best information reasonably available to the body corporate. (3) The roll must be kept in the form of a written record or a computer record from which a written record may be generated.
Section 56 56 Community title certificate and access to body corporate records (1) On request by an eligible person for a lot in a community title scheme, the body corporate of the scheme must, within 14 days after the request is received, give the person a certificate under the seal of the body corporate (a community title certificate) giving information about the lot. Examples of information that may be required to be included in a certificate 1 A statement of amounts owing to the body corporate for a lot. 2 A statement of any resolutions passed by the body corporate that affect the proportionate liability for contributions for each lot. 3 A statement of the by-laws applying to the body corporate. (2) On request by an eligible person for a lot, the body corporate must, within 14 days after the request is received, allow the person to inspect the books, records or documents held by the body corporate nominated in the request. (3) A request must be in writing accompanied by a fee fixed by the body corporate of not more than the amount prescribed by regulation (plus any GST payable in relation to the amount). (4) Only a single fee is payable for a request under both subsection (1) and subsection (2). 57 Acting on information in community title certificate If a person acts honestly on a matter stated in a community title certificate, then, in an action by or against the body corporate, the body corporate is estopped, as against that person, from denying the truth of that or any other matter stated in the certificate.