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Strata Schemes Management Act 2015
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#### 74 Capital works fund
74 Capital works fund
> > (1) Establishment of fund An owners corporation must establish a capital works fund.
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> > (2) Amounts payable to fund An owners corporation must pay the following amounts into the capital works fund—
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> > > (a) the contributions levied on, and paid by, owners for payment into the fund,
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> > > (b) any amounts paid to the owners corporation by way of discharge of insurance claims, unless paid into the administrative fund,
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> > > (c) any amounts paid to the owners corporation under Part 11,
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> > > (d) any amount received by the owners corporation that is not required or permitted to be paid into the administrative fund,
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> > > (e) the proceeds of any investment of the fund.
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> > (3) An owners corporation may also pay the following amounts into the capital works fund—
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> > > (a) any income of the owners corporation,
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> > > (b) any amount that may be, but is not required to be, paid into the fund under this Act.
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> > (4) Amounts payable from fund An owners corporation may pay money from its capital works fund only for the following purposes—
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> > > (a) payments of the kind for which estimates have been made under section 79 (2),
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> > > (b) payments made in accordance with this Division on a distribution of a surplus in the fund,
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> > > (c) payments of amounts for the purposes of Part 11,
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> > > (d) the transfer of money to the administrative fund or to pay expenditure that should have been paid from the administrative fund.
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> > (5) Exemption An owners corporation for a strata scheme comprising 2 lots need not establish a capital works fund if—
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> > > (a) the owners corporation so determines by unanimous resolution, and
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> > > (b) the buildings comprised in one of those lots are physically detached from the buildings comprised in the other lot, and
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> > > (c) no building or part of a building in the strata scheme is situated outside those lots.