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Strata Titles Act 1988
Div 3Proprietary incidents arising from deposit of strata plan
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Division 3—Proprietary incidents arising from deposit of strata plan
9—Easements
The following easements exist, to the extent required by the nature of the strata scheme, between the units and between the units and common property:
(a) easements of support and shelter;
(b) easements allowing for the establishment and maintenance of pipes, ducts, cables and other equipment so that—
(i) a unit may be supplied with water, gas, electricity, heating oil, or air-conditioned air;
(ii) a unit may be connected to the telephone or to a radio or television antenna;
(iii) a unit may be connected to sewerage, garbage, drainage or other similar services.
10—Common property
(1) The common property is held by the strata corporation in trust for the unit holders.
(2) An equitable share in the common property attaches to each unit and cannot be alienated or dealt with separately from the unit.
(3) The extent of the share is proportioned to the unit entitlement of the unit.
11—Vesting of public land in the council
(1) Any land shown on a deposited strata plan as a road, street, thoroughfare, reserve or similar open space (except any such land shown on the plan as an easement or excluded by regulation from the application of this section) is vested in the council in fee simple free of any encumbrance.
(2) Any road, street or thoroughfare that vests in a council under subsection (1) will be regarded, for all purposes, as a public road, street or thoroughfare.