12A unit holder must immediately notify the strata corporation of—

12 A unit holder must immediately notify the strata corporation of— (a) any change in the ownership of the unit, or any change in the address of an owner; (b) any change in the occupancy of the unit. Legislative history Notes • Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text. • Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete. • Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history. • For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au. Legislation amended by principal Act The Strata Titles Act 1988 amended the following: Real Property Act 1886 Land Agents, Brokers and Valuers Act 1973 Legal Practitioners Act 1981 Retirement Villages Act 1987 Principal Act and amendments New entries appear in bold. Year No Title Assent Commencement Strata Titles Act 1988 7.4.1988 1.9.1988 (Gazette 21.7.1988 p420) Strata Titles Act Amendment Act 1989 20.4.1989 4.5.1989 (Gazette 27.4.1989 p1152) Strata Titles Act Amendment Act 1990 12.4.1990 2.8.1990 (Gazette 26.7.1990 p397) except ss 6(b) & 27—1.9.1988: s 2(2) Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1990 22.11.1990 Sch 4—24.12.1990 (Gazette 6.12.1990 p1685) Strata Titles (Resolution of Disputes) Amendment Act 1991 12.12.1991 2.4.1992 (Gazette 19.3.1992 p876) Real Property (Transfer of Allotments) Amendment Act 1992 14.5.1992 21.5.1992 (Gazette 21.5.1992 p1468) Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 1992 14.5.1992 6.7.1992 (Gazette 2.7.1992 p209) Statutes Repeal and Amendment (Development) Act 1993 27.5.1993 15.1.1994 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1889) Heritage Act 1993 27.5.1993 15.1.1994 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1890) Real Property (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1994 5.5.1994 Sch—8.9.1994 (Gazette 8.9.1994 p728) Statutes Amendment (Community Titles) Act 1996 as amended by 43/1997 9.5.1996 ss 42—45—4.11.1996 (Gazette 31.10.1996 p1460); s 41—9.5.1998 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915) Statutes Amendment (Community Titles) Amendment Act 1997 17.7.1997 17.7.1997 Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 1998 3.9.1998 Pt 12 (s 21)—13.12.1998 (Gazette 3.12.1998 p1676) Financial Sector Reform (South Australia) Act 1999 17.6.1999 Sch (item 56)—1.7.1999 being the date specified under s 3(16) of the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999 of the Commonwealth as the transfer date for the purposes of that Act: s 2(2) Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act 2006 6.7.2006 Pt 71 (ss 223 & 224)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006 p2831) Statutes Amendment (Real Property) Act 2008 8.5.2008 Pt 6 (ss 73—86)—1.6.2009 (Gazette 28.5.2009 p1843) Statutes Amendment (Community and Strata Titles) Act 2012 12.4.2012 Pt 3 (new s 50A (as inserted by s 72))—18.7.2013; ss 46—71, new s 50B (as inserted by s 72), 73 & Sch 1—28.10.2013 (Gazette 18.7.2013 p3075) Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 2013 18.4.2013 Pt 11 (ss 24 & 25)—28.10.2013 immediately after 8/2012 s 8 (Gazette 6.6.2013 p2498) Real Property (Electronic Conveyancing) Amendment Act 2016 16.6.2016 Sch 2—4.7.2016 (Gazette 30.6.2016 p2761) Statutes Amendment (Planning, Development and Infrastructure) Act 2017 28.2.2017 Pt 26 (ss 83 & 84)—19.3.2021 (Gazette 4.3.2021 p823) Statutes Amendment (Strata Schemes) Act 2021 Pt 3 (s 4)—9.12.2021 Biodiversity Act 2025 26.6.2025 Sch 5 (cl 98)—uncommenced Provisions amended New entries appear in bold. Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics. Provision How varied Commencement Long title Pt 1 s 2 deleted by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 4) s 3 s 3(1) assistance animal inserted by 11/2013 s 24(1) body corporate manager inserted by 8/2012 s 46(1) business day inserted by 8/2012 s 46(2) the Commission substituted by 54/1993 s 13(a) deleted by 5/2017 s 83(1) ERD Court inserted by 8/2012 s 46(3) fence inserted by 13/1990 s 3(a) holder inserted by 12/2008 s 73(1) amended by 5/2017 s 83(2) ordinary resolution inserted by 8/2012 s 46(4) relevant animal inserted by 11/2013 s 24(2) special resolution amended by 8/2012 s 46(5), (6) statutory encumbrance inserted by 13/1990 s 3(b) amended by 54/1993 s 13(b) (c) deleted by 54/1993 s 13(b) amended by 56/1993 Sch 2 amended by 12/2008 s 73(2)—(5) amended by 5/2017 s 83(3) therapeutic animal inserted by 11/2013 s 24(3) Pt 2 Pt 2 Div 1 s 5 s 5(3) amended by 12/2008 s 74 s 5(6) amended by 13/1990 s 4 s 5(7) amended by 78/1991 s 3 Pt 2 Div 2 before deletion by 12/2008 s 7 s 7(4) amended by 54/1993 s 13(c) s 7(6) amended by 13/1990 s 5(a) s 7(7) amended by 13/1990 s 5(b), (c) s 8 s 8(1) amended by 38/1996 s 41(a) 9.5.1998 s 8(1a) and (1b) inserted by 38/1996 s 41(b) as substituted by 43/1997 s 2 9.5.1998 s 8(4) amended by 11/1994 Sch s 8(5) substituted by 13/1990 s 6(a) s 8(6) substituted by 13/1990 s 6(b) s 8(7) inserted by 13/1990 s 6(b) Pt 2 Div 2 deleted by 12/2008 s 75 Pt 2 Div 4 s 12 s 12(2) amended by 13/1990 s 7(a) amended by 12/2008 s 76(1) s 12(2a) inserted by 12/2008 s 76(2) s 12(3) amended by 54/1993 s 13(d) (b) deleted by 12/2008 s 76(3) s 12(3a) inserted by 13/1990 s 7(b) s 12(3b) inserted by 12/2008 s 76(4) amended by 5/2017 s 84(1) s 12(3c) inserted by 12/2008 s 76(4) amended by 5/2017 s 84(2) s 12(4a) inserted by 13/1990 s 7(c) s 12(5) substituted by 13/1990 s 7(d) amended by 12/2008 s 76(5) s 12(5a) inserted by 13/1990 s 7(d) amended by 12/2008 s 76(6) s 12(6) amended by 13/1990 s 7(e) amended by 11/1994 Sch s 12(6a) inserted by 13/1990 s 7(f) s 12(8) inserted by 38/1996 s 42 s 12A inserted by 12/2008 s 77 s 13 s 13(1) amended by 8/2012 s 47(1) s 13(3a) and (3b) inserted by 8/2012 s 47(2) s 13(4) amended by 8/2012 s 47(1) Pt 2 Div 5 amended by 13/1990 s 8 amended by 23/1992 s 7 21.5.1992 deleted by 54/1993 s 13(e) Pt 2 Div 6 s 16 s 16(2) amended by 13/1990 s 9 amended by 12/2008 s 78 (d)(ii) deleted by 29/2016 Sch 2 Pt 2 Div 7 s 17 s 17(1) s 17(3) amended by 12/2008 s 79(1) s 17(4) s 17(4a) and (4b) inserted by 8/2012 s 48(2) s 17(5) amended by 12/2008 s 79(2) amended by 8/2012 s 48(1) substituted by 29/2016 Sch 2 s 17(7) amended by 13/1990 s 10(a) s 17(7a) inserted by 13/1990 s 10(b) s 17(9) inserted by 38/1996 s 43 Pt 2 Div 7A inserted by 38/1996 s 44 Pt 2 Div 8 inserted by 13/1990 s 11 s 17A s 17A(1) amended by 12/2008 s 80 s 17B s 17B(2) and (3) substituted by 11/1994 Sch s 17B(4) s 17B(5) amended by 54/1993 s 13(f) s 17B(6) amended by 54/1993 s 13(g) Pt 3 Pt 3 Div 1 s 19 s 19(3a)—(3d) inserted by 8/2012 s 49(1) s 19(4) amended by 11/2013 s 25 s 19(5) inserted by 8/2012 s 49(2) s 19A inserted by 8/2012 s 50 s 20 s 20(3) deleted by 78/1991 s 4 s 22 s 22(1) amended by 78/1991 s 5 s 23 s 23(1) amended by 13/1990 s 12(a) s 23(1a) inserted by 13/1990 s 12(b) s 23(5) substituted by 78/1991 s 6 Pt 3 Div 2 s 25 amended by 13/1990 s 13 s 26 s 26(1) amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 56(a)) s 26(2) amended by 13/1990 s 14(a) s 26(3) amended by 13/1990 s 14(b) s 26(6) s 26A inserted by 8/2012 s 51 s 27 s 27(2) amended by 8/2012 s 52(1) s 27(4) substituted by 8/2012 s 52(2) s 27(8) inserted by 13/1990 s 15 Pt 3 Div 2A inserted by 8/2012 s 53 Pt 3 Div 3 s 28 s 28(3) amended by 8/2012 s 54(1) s 28(3a) and (3b) inserted by 8/2012 s 54(2) s 29 s 29(1) substituted by 13/1990 s 16 amended by 8/2012 s 55(1) s 29(1a) inserted by 8/2012 s 55(2) substituted by 53/2021 s 4(1) s 29(1b) inserted by 53/2021 s 4(1) s 29(2) amended by 53/2021 s 4(2) s 29(3) s 29(4) s 29(5) s 29A inserted by 26/1992 s 10 Pt 3 Div 4 s 30 s 30(3) amended by 13/1990 s 17 s 31 s 31(2) amended by 13/1990 s 18 s 31(2a)—(2c) inserted by 8/2012 s 56 s 32 s 32(1) amended by 78/1991 s 8 amended by 8/2012 s 57 Pt 3 Div 5 s 33 s 33(2) amended by 13/1990 s 19(a) amended by 8/2012 s 58(1) s 33(3) amended by 13/1990 s 19(b) s 33(3aa) inserted by 8/2012 s 58(2) s 33(3a) inserted by 13/1990 s 19(c) s 33(4) amended by 78/1991 s 9 s 33(4a) and (4b) inserted by 8/2012 s 58(3) s 33(6) substituted by 13/1990 s 19(d) s 33(7) amended by 13/1990 s 19(e) s 33(8) inserted by 13/1990 s 19(f) substituted by 8/2012 s 58(4) s 33(9)—(12) inserted by 8/2012 s 58(4) s 33A inserted by 8/2012 s 59 s 34 s 34(2) amended by 13/1990 s 20(a) s 34(2a) inserted by 8/2012 s 60(1) s 34(3a)—(3f) inserted by 8/2012 s 60(2) s 34(5) amended by 13/1990 s 20(b) s 34(6) substituted by 13/1990 s 20(c) s 34(8) substituted by 13/1990 s 20(d) substituted by 8/2012 s 60(3) s 34A inserted by 8/2012 s 61 Pt 3 Div 6 s 35 s 35(1) amended by 13/1990 s 21(a) amended by 8/2012 s 62 s 35(1a) inserted by 13/1990 s 21(b) s 35(4) substituted by 13/1990 s 21(c) s 35(4a) and (4b) inserted by 13/1990 s 21(c) s 35(5) amended by 8/2012 s 62 s 35(6) amended by 13/1990 s 21(d) s 35(7) amended by 13/1990 s 21(e) Pt 3 Div 6A inserted by 38/1996 s 45 s 36A amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 56(b)) s 36B agent amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 56(c)) s 36C s 36C(4) amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 56(d)) s 36E amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 56(e)) s 36G s 36G(3) amended by 8/2012 s 63(1), (2) s 36G(4) amended by 12/2008 s 81 s 36H s 36H(1) amended by 59/1998 s 21 13.12.1998 amended by 8/2012 s 64(1) s 36H(2) amended by 8/2012 s 64(2) s 36I s 36I(2) amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 56(f)) s 36J amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 56(g)) s 36L s 36L(1) and (2) amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 56(h)) Pt 3 Div 7 s 37 s 37(a1) inserted by 12/2008 s 82(1) s 37(1) amended by 12/2008 s 82(2) s 37(3) amended by 12/2008 s 82(3) s 37(4) amended by 12/2008 s 82(4) Pt 3 Div 8 s 38 s 38(1) s 38(2) substituted by 13/1990 s 22 s 38(3) s 39 s 39(2) s 39A inserted by 8/2012 s 65 s 40 s 40(2) s 41 s 41(1) amended by 13/1990 s 23(a), (b) amended by 8/2012 s 66(1), (2) s 41(1a) and (1b) inserted by 8/2012 s 66(3) s 41(2a) inserted by 13/1990 s 23(c) Pt 3A inserted by 78/1991 s 10 s 41AA inserted by 8/2012 s 67 s 41A s 41A(1) amended by 8/2012 s 68(1)—(3) s 41A(2) substituted by 26/1992 s 11(a) substituted by 12/2008 s 83 s 41A(3) amended by 17/2006 s 223 s 41A(4) amended by 26/1992 s 11(b) s 41A(9) amended by 8/2012 s 68(4)—(6) s 41A(10a) inserted by 8/2012 s 68(7) s 41A(19) before deletion by 8/2012 small claim deleted by 26/1992 s 11(c) s 41A(19) deleted by 8/2012 s 68(8) Pt 4 s 44 s 44(2) substituted by 13/1990 s 24 s 44(3) s 44A inserted by 16/1989 s 3 4.5.1989 s 44A(2a) and (2b) inserted by 13/1990 s 25 s 46 s 46(a1) inserted by 12/2008 s 84(1) s 46(1) amended by 12/2008 s 84(2), (3) s 46(2) and (3) amended by 12/2008 s 84(4) s 47 substituted by 8/2012 s 69 s 48A inserted by 12/2008 s 85 s 49 s 49(1) substituted by 8/2012 s 70 s 49(2) substituted by 78/1991 s 11(a) s 49(3) amended by 78/1991 s 11(b) s 50 s 50(2) and (3) substituted by 8/2012 s 71 s 50(4) amended by 13/1990 s 26 s 50(5) s 50A inserted by 8/2012 s 72 18.7.2013 s 50B inserted by 8/2012 s 72 s 51 s 51(2) amended by 8/2012 s 73 Sch 1 deleted by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 4) Sch 2 cl 2 substituted by 13/1990 s 27 cl 5 before deletion by 12/2008 cl 5(4) amended by 17/2006 s 224 cl 5 deleted by 12/2008 s 86 Sch 3 Article 6 amended by 13/1990 s 28 Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments Statutes Amendment (Community and Strata Titles) Act 2012, Sch 1—Transitional provisions 1—Delegations made prior to commencement (1) A delegation of functions or powers made by a community corporation before the commencement of section 17 or made by a strata corporation before the commencement of section 53 is revocable as follows: (a) in a case where there is a contract relating to the delegation between the corporation and a body corporate manager—the delegation is revoked on termination or expiry of the contract; (b) in any other case—the delegation is revocable by the corporation at any time by notice given in writing (notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary by the corporation). (2) In this clause— body corporate manager means a person who carries on a business, or is an employee in a business, that consists of, or includes, acting as a delegate of community corporations under the Community Titles Act 1996 or of strata corporations under the Strata Titles Act 1988. Historical versions Reprint No 1—2.4.1992 Reprint No 2—21.5.1992 Reprint No 3—6.7.1992 Reprint No 4—15.1.1994 Reprint No 5—8.9.1994 Reprint No 6—4.11.1996 Reprint No 7—9.5.1998 Reprint No 8—13.12.1998 Reprint No 9—1.7.1999 18.7.2013 Appendix—Divisional penalties and expiation fees At the date of publication of this version divisional penalties and expiation fees are, as provided by section 28A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915, as follows: Division Maximum imprisonment Maximum fine Expiation fee 15 years $60 000 — 10 years $40 000 — 7 years $30 000 — 4 years $15 000 — 2 years $8 000 — 1 year $4 000 $300 6 months $2 000 $200 3 months $1 000 $150 – $500 $100 – $200 $75 – $100 $50 – $50 $25 Note: This appendix is provided for convenience of reference only.