251AOwners corporation may carry out work

251A Owners corporation may carry out work (1) This section applies if an order or notice under this Act requires or proposes that the owner of a lot affected by an owners corporation carry out building work, protection work, plumbing work or other work in relation to that lot. (2) If the order or notice is served on the owners corporation under section 236(4C), the owners corporation may make representations under Part 8 or Part 12A (as the case may be) in relation to the notice as if it were the owner of the lot. (3) If the order or notice is served on the owners corporation under section 236(4C), the owners corporation must comply with the order as if it were the owner of the lot. Penalty: 2500 penalty units. (4) An owners corporation may authorise a person to enter a lot or a building on a lot on its behalf to carry out works in accordance with this section. (5) Section 51 of the **Owners Corporations Act 2006** applies in relation to an entry under subsection (4) as if it were an entry under section 50 of that Act. (6) An owners corporation may recover from the owner of the lot as a debt due to the owners corporation the cost of any work carried out under subsection (3) that is not covered by the insurance held by the owners corporation.