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Strata Schemes Management Act 2015
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#### 8 Constitution of owners corporation
8 Constitution of owners corporation
> > (1) The owners of the lots from time to time in a strata scheme constitute a body corporate under the name “The Owners—Strata Plan No X” (X being the registered number of the strata plan to which that strata scheme relates).
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> > (2) An owners corporation is declared to be an excluded matter for the purposes of section 5F of the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth in relation to the whole of the Corporations legislation.
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> > Note.
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> > This subsection ensures that neither the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth nor Part 3 of the [Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth will apply in relation to an owners corporation. Section 5F of the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth provides that if a State law declares a matter to be an excluded matter in relation to those Acts, then the provisions of those Acts will not apply in relation to that matter in the State concerned.