Community Titles Act 1996
Part 12Obligations of owners and occupiers
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Part 12—Obligations of owners and occupiers 132—Interference with easements and services (1) An owner or occupier of a lot must not interfere, or permit interference, with support or shelter provided for another lot or for the common property. (2) An owner or occupier of a lot must not, either within or outside the lot, interfere or permit interference with the service infrastructure or a service provided by means of the service infrastructure in a way that may prejudice the use or enjoyment of another lot or the common property. 133—Nuisance An owner or occupier of a lot must not use, or permit the use of, the lot or the common property in a way that— (a) causes a nuisance; or (b) interferes unreasonably with the use or enjoyment of another lot or the common property by another person who is lawfully on the lot or common property. 134—Maintenance of lots (1) Subject to this section, the owner of a lot must keep it, and any building or other improvement on the lot, in good order and condition. (2) The by-laws may require the community corporation and not the owner to undertake the obligations referred to in subsection (1). (3) If a community parcel is subject to a leaseback arrangement, the lessee and not the owner of a community lot that is subject to a lease comprising the leaseback arrangement must comply with subsection (1). (4) An occupier of a lot must keep the external part of the lot and of any building or other improvement on the lot in a clean and tidy condition.