75CRepair and rebuilding of severally-owned buildings

### 75C Repair and rebuilding of severally-owned buildings > *\[Section 75C Inserted by No. 72 of 1962, s. 5 \]* > > > (1)  Where a chamber in a building is owned by a person other than the owner of the rest of the building and one or other owner wishes repairs to be made both to his own part and other parts of the building or that the building be rebuilt wholly or in part, and cannot have his wish because of want of legal power or failure to reach agreement with the other owner, a court of equity may, if it considers that – > > > > > > (a) the proposed works will be for the benefit of all persons having an estate or interest in the building and the land on which it stands and – > > > > > > > > > > (i) any want of legal power to co-operate in any such person ought to be supplied; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) any refusal to co-operate cannot be justified; or > > > > > > > (b) unless the proposed works are done all, or a majority in number or interest, of such persons will face greater expense – > > > > decree those works to be done. > > > (2)  To give effect to a decree under this section the Court may exercise any power conferred by [subsection (3)](#GS75B@Gs3@EN) of [section 75B](#GS75B@EN) . > > > (3)  [*\[Section 75C Subsection (3) inserted by No. 10 of 2000, s. 7, Applied:28 Apr 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-04-28/act-2000-010#GS7@EN) This section does not apply to a building in a scheme in force under the [Strata Titles Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1998-017) .