Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Preamble
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Terms used
4. Notes and examples not part of Act
5. Act binds Crown
PART 2 -- Community schemes
6. Legislative framework
7. Community scheme
8. Community titles scheme -- tier 1 scheme
9. Community titles scheme -- tier 2 scheme
10. Community titles scheme -- tier 3 scheme
11. Lots -- community titles (building) schemes and community titles (land) schemes
12. Common property
13. Relationships in and between schemes
14. Subdivision of land by community scheme
15. Registration of community titles scheme
16. Community titles
17. Community corporation
PART 3 -- Planning and development
Division 1 -- Introduction
18. Planning requirements for subdivision by community scheme
19. Effect of community development statement on planning approvals
20. Waiver of other requirements relating to plans or instruments
Division 2 -- Community development statement
21. Application to approve statement or amendment
22. Comments from local government and others
23. Decision as to appropriate form of subdivision
24. Approval of community development statement or amendment
25. Content of statement
26. Development period for community scheme
27. Statement or amendment ceases to have effect in certain circumstances
28. Availability of statement
Division 3 -- Planning approvals
29. Planning approvals
30. Modification of Planning and Development Act
31. Approval of modification of restricted use condition
32. Approval under planning (scheme by-laws) condition
Division 4 -- Miscellaneous
33. Applications under PART
34. Review of decisions
PART 4 -- Scheme documents
Division 1 -- Scheme notice
35. Scheme notice
36. Name and address for service of community corporation
Division 2 -- Scheme plan
37. Scheme plan
38. Short form easements or restrictive covenants
39. Requirements for registration of scheme plan
40. Requirements for registration of amendment of scheme plan
Division 3 -- Schedule of unit entitlements
41. Schedule of unit entitlements
42. Requirements for registration of amendment of schedule of unit entitlements
Division 4 -- Scheme by-laws
43. Scheme by-laws
44. Application of scheme by-laws
45. Content of scheme by-laws
46. Exclusive use by-laws
47. Invalidity of scheme by-laws
48. Enforcement of scheme by-laws
49. Requirement for registration of amendment to give effect to scheme by-laws
PART 5 -- Registration and land titles
Division 1 -- Schemes and amendments of schemes
50. Application for registration
51. Effect of registration
52. Registration process
53. No presumption of validity of scheme by-laws
Division 2 -- Statutory easements
54. Easement for support, shelter and projections -- lot
55. Easement for support, shelter and projections -- common property
56. Utility service easement
57. Common property infrastructure easement
58. Entry under statutory easement
59. Rectification of damage
Division 3 -- Rates, taxes and charges
60. Arrangements for sharing of information
61. Valuation for rating and taxing
62. Objections
63. Rating and taxing
64. Charges for water supplied
PART 6 -- Original subdivision owner
65. First statutory general meeting
66. Key documents
67. Disclosure of remuneration and other benefits
68. Defects in scheme buildings or infrastructure
69. Contracting out prohibited
PART 7 -- Lot owners and occupiers
70. Offence to contravene restricted use condition
71. Use and enjoyment
72. Information and agent
73. Insurance for lot
74. Person to act for lot owner in certain circumstances
PART 8 -- Community corporation
Division 1 -- Functions
Subdivision 1 -- Property
75. Control and management of common property
76. Rights over common property
77. Personal property
78. Temporary common property
79. Transactions relating to land
80. Carrying out work and recovering cost
81. Power of community corporation to enter any part of parcel
82. Recovery of property
Subdivision 2 -- Insurance
83. Required insurance
84. Notice to member of community corporation
Subdivision 3 -- Financial management
85. Funds and investment
86. Accounting records and statement of accounts
87. Budget
88. Contributions
Subdivision 4 -- Participation in community scheme
89. Functions as member of another community corporation
90. Cooperation between community corporations
Subdivision 5 -- Records and correspondence
91. Records and correspondence
92. Scheme contacts register
93. Letterbox and electronic communications
Subdivision 6 -- Provision of information
94. Application by person with proper interest in information
95. Information from scheme contacts register
96. Inspection of material
97. Certificates
98. Legal professional privilege and defamation
Subdivision 7 -- Miscellaneous powers
99. Compliance with scheme by-laws
100. Enforcement of road laws
101. Enforcement of local laws
102. Termination of certain services or amenities contracts
Subdivision 8 -- Limitations
103. Limitations on exercise of powers
104. Common seal and execution of documents
Division 2 -- Objectives
105. Objectives
Division 3 -- Procedures
106. Voting and resolutions
107. Voting by proxy
108. Annual general meeting
109. Convening of general meetings
110. Procedure at general meetings
Division 4 -- Council and officers
111. Council and officers of community corporation
112. Functions and procedures of council
113. General duties and conflicts of interest
Division 5 -- Miscellaneous
114. Performance of council functions in general meeting
115. Protection from liability
116. Exclusion of Corporations Act
PART 9 -- Scheme managers
117. Authorisation of functions of scheme manager
118. Requirements to be met by scheme manager
119. Scheme management contract: minimum requirements
120. General duties and conflict of interest
121. Disclosure of remuneration and other benefits
122. Operation of accounts
123. Accounting information
124. Audits
125. Termination of scheme management contract
126. Return of property
127. Provision of information about industry
128. Contracting out prohibited
129. Protection from liability
PART 10 -- Protection of buyers
130. Information to be given before contract
131. Information to be given after contract
132. Delay in settlement for failure to give information
133. Avoidance of contract for failure to give information
134. Avoidance of contract on notification of variation for material prejudice
135. Avoidance of contract for failure to disclose type 1 notifiable variation
136. Avoidance of contract for failure to disclose type 2 notifiable variation
137. Proposed lot contract
138. Avoidance of contract -- manner and effect
139. Contracting out prohibited
PART 11 -- Termination
Division 1 -- Termination proposals
140. Introduction
141. Outline of termination proposal
142. Content of outline of termination proposal
143. Ordinary resolution required to proceed further
144. Approval of plan of subdivision
145. Full proposal
146. Reference of full proposal to independent advocate
147. Content of full proposal
148. Meetings and submissions
149. Vote
150. Confirmation of termination resolution by Tribunal
151. Endorsement of subdivision approval on plan
152. Order for directions about winding up of community corporation
153. Application for termination
154. Registration process for termination
155. Effect of termination of scheme
156. Withdrawal of termination proposal
157. Notice that termination proposal cannot proceed further
158. Notices received by Registrar of Titles
159. Costs of process
160. Arrangements for independent advice or representation for owners
Division 2 -- Termination by single owner
161. Termination by single owner
PART 12 -- Tribunal proceedings
162. Scheme disputes
163. Procedure
164. Declarations
165. Orders
166. Interim orders
167. Decision not to make order or declaration
168. Certain powers only exercisable by judicial member or legally qualified member
169. Limitations on orders
170. Administrator of community corporation
171. Contributions for money payable by community corporation
172. Enforcement of order to act
173. Order overrides existing scheme by-laws
174. Original jurisdiction
175. Internal review of order or declaration
PART 13 -- Miscellaneous
176. Refusal or failure to perform function
177. Address for service
178. Termination or amendment of community titles scheme as consequence of compulsory acquisition
179. Entry to common property
180. Court or tribunal may refer matters to Tribunal
181. Service of documents on community corporations, members and others
182. Correction of errors by Registrar of Titles
183. Delegation by Registrar of Titles
184. Money received by Registrar of Titles
185. Disposition statement
186. Requirements under Transfer of Land Act
187. Regulations
188. Certain prescribed fees may exceed cost recovery
189. Expiry of section
190. Review of this Act
PART 14 -- Other Acts amended
Division 1 -- Building Act 2011 amended
191. Act amended
192. Section 3 amended
Division 2 -- Commercial Tenancy (Retail Shops) Agreements Act 1985 amended
193. Act amended
194. Section 3 amended
195. Section 12 amended
Division 3 -- Credit (Administration) Act 1984 amended
196. Act amended
197. Section 4 amended
Division 4 -- Credit Act 1984 amended
198. Act amended
199. Section 5 amended
Division 5 -- Dividing Fences Act 1961 amended
200. Act amended
201. Section 5 amended
202. Section 6 amended
Division 6 -- Duties Act 2008 amended
203. Act amended
204. Section 17 amended
205. Section 87 amended
206. Section 90 amended
Division 7 -- Electronic Conveyancing Act 2014 amended
207. Act amended
208. Section 3 amended
Division 8 -- Environmental Protection Act 1986 amended
209. Act amended
210. Section 3 amended
Division 9 -- First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 amended
211. Act amended
212. Section 14B amended
Division 10 -- Home Building Contracts Act 1991 amended
213. Act amended
214. Section 3 amended
Division 11 -- Land Information Authority Act 2006 amended
215. Act amended
216. Section 94A amended
Division 12 -- Land Tax Assessment Act 2002 amended
217. Act amended
218. Section 43A amended
219. Glossary amended
Division 13 -- Perth Parking Management Act 1999 amended
220. Act amended
221. Section 4 amended
Division 14 -- Planning and Development Act 2005 amended
222. Act amended
223. Section 136 amended
Division 15 -- Property Law Act 1969 amended
227. Act amended
228. Section 6 amended
229. Section 7 amended
Division 16 -- Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992 amended
230. Act amended
231. Section 28 amended
Division 17 -- Real Estate and Business Agents Act 1978 amended
232. Act amended
233. Section 4 amended
234. Section 61 amended
235. Section 131A amended
Division 18 -- Residential Tenancies Act 1987 amended
236. Act amended
237. Section 48 amended
Division 19 -- Retirement Villages Act 1992 amended
238. Act amended
239. Section 15 amended
240. Section 23 amended
241. Section 54A inserted
54A. Jurisdiction of Tribunal under Community Titles Act 2018 1
242. Section 75 amended
Division 20 -- Sale of Land Act 1970 amended
243. Act amended
244. Section 11 amended
245. Section 13 amended
246. Section 14 amended
Division 21 -- Settlement Agents Act 1981 amended
247. Act amended
248. Section 46 amended
249. Schedule 2 clause 1 amended
Division 22 -- Swan and Canning Rivers Management Act 2006 amended
250. Act amended
251. Schedule 5 amended
Division 23 -- Transfer of Land Act 1893 amended
252. Act amended
254. Section 65A amended
255. Section 129A amended
256. Section 136A amended
257. Section 136F amended
258. Section 181 amended
259. Section 182A amended
260. Section 192B amended
261. Section 192C amended
262. Section 192D amended
263. Section 198 amended
264. Section 214 amended
265. Section 239 amended
266. Section 242 amended
Division 24 -- Valuation of Land Act 1978 amended
267. Act amended
268. Section 24 amended
269. Section 37 amended
Division 25 -- Water Services Act 2012 amended
270. Act amended
271. Section 3 amended
272. Section 71 amended
273. Section 124 amended
274. Section 125 amended
Uncommenced provisions table
Other notes
Defined terms
An Act —
• to provide
for the subdivision of land by community schemes, the creation of community
titles, and the governance and operation of community schemes;
and
• to make consequential and related amendments to other
Acts; and
• for related purposes.