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COMMUNITY TITLES ACT 1996 - SECT 36

36—By-law as to the exclusive use of part of the common property

        (1)         A by-law may confer on the occupier for the time being of a community lot (or the occupiers of a group of lots) the exclusive right to use a specified part of the common property for the purpose or purposes stated in the by-law.

        (2)         Where the owner of the lot is—

            (a)         a secondary corporation, the by-law will, subject to any restriction or limitation expressed in the by-law, operate for the benefit of the occupiers of the secondary lots; and

            (b)         a tertiary corporation, the by-law will, subject to any restriction or limitation expressed in the by-law, operate for the benefit of the occupiers of the tertiary lots.

        (3)         The by-law—

            (a)         may impose conditions in relation to the use of that part of the common property; and

            (b)         may impose requirements on the owner or occupier of the lot; and

            (c)         without limiting paragraph (b), may require the owner of the lot to pay a fee (whether periodically or not) to the community corporation or to the owner or owners of another lot or lots.

        (4)         The occupier cannot erect a building or install a fixture on the part of the common property of which he or she has exclusive use or alter that part of the common property in any other way without the approval of a special resolution of the corporation.

        (5)         A community corporation cannot make a by-law under this section without the written consent of the owner of the lot (or the owners of the group of lots) to which it relates.

        (6)         The benefits of a by-law under this section apply for the benefit of subsequent occupiers of the lot or lots concerned and the obligations imposed by a by-law under this section attach to subsequent owners and occupiers of the lot or lots concerned.

        (7)         The fee referred to in subsection (3)(c) may be recovered as a debt and the owner of the lot when the fee became payable and the succeeding owners of the lot are jointly and severally liable for payment of the fee.



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