New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STRATA SCHEMES MANAGEMENT ACT 2015 - SECT 258

258 Tenancy notice to be given to owners corporation

(1) If a lot is leased, the relevant person must give notice of the lease to the owners corporation not later than 14 days after the commencement of the lease.

: Maximum penalty--5 penalty units.

(2) If the relevant person fails to comply with subsection (1), the tenant may give notice of the lease to the owners corporation.

(3) If a lease of a lot is assigned, the assignor must give notice of the assignment to the owners corporation not later than 14 days after the execution of the assignment.

: Maximum penalty--5 penalty units.

(4) The notice must be in writing and specify--

(a) the name of the tenant and an address for service of the tenant, and

(b) the date of commencement or assignment of the lease, as the case requires, and

(c) the name of the real estate agent managing the lease, if applicable.

Note--: An address for service of notices may be an Australian postal address or other electronic address, including an email address (see section 261).

(5) This section does not apply to the lease of a lot by the lessor of a strata leasehold scheme to a lessee who is the owner of a lot.

(6) A notice under this section is to be given to the original owner if it is given during the initial period of the owners corporation for a strata scheme.

(7) The regulations may prescribe the documents or other evidence a tenant must provide in giving notice of a lease under this section.

(8) In this section--

"lease" includes a sublease.

"relevant person" means--

(a) if the lessor leasing the lot to the tenant is represented by a real estate agent in relation to the lease--the real estate agent, or

(b) otherwise--the lessor.