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Strata Titles Act 1998
10Ownership of common property
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### 10 Ownership of common property
> > (1) The body corporate holds the common property in trust for the owners of the lots.
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> > (2) The owners of the lots are, in equity, tenants in common of the common property in shares proportionate to the unit entitlements of their respective lots.
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> > (3) An owner's interest in a lot is inseparable from the owner's interest in the common property so that –
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> > > > (a) a dealing with the lot affects, without express mention, the interest in the common property; and
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> > > > (b) an owner cannot separately deal with or dispose of the owner's interest in the common property.
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> > (4) The body corporate may deal with the common property on behalf of the owners of the lots as authorised under this Act.