Question: I’m a tenant with a cat. The Owners Corporation has a bylaw requesting a $500 Pet Bond to be paid to strata. I thought pet bonds weren’t legal in NSW. Answer: As a Tenant, you must comply with both your lease and the strata by-laws. Pet bonds are not illegal and the strata…
Pets and Strata Bylaws My super owns an investment unit within a strata which previously had an “Option B” pets policy but has recently changed that bylaw to “No Pets”. I bought the property, obviously, as an investment property and this new bylaw severely limits my ability to rent my property. Do I have any…
Question: There are a number of very vocal apartment owners in my building who are against animals of any type, including a companion animal. Answer: If you can demonstrate your animal meets the requirements of a companion animal for the specific outlined range of disabilities, the Owners Corporation cannot prohibit the keeping of your…
Despite the highly anticipated “pet-friendly” amendments to the new strata legislation, animals are still not automatically permitted in strata schemes unless they are assistance animal as referred to in section 9 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth. So, you have a statutory right to keep an assistance animal within strata. However, if your animal is…
A Look Up Strata reader, who is a lot owner from NSW is concerned about their building’s new strata dog laws. Can they still mind a medium-sized dog for a few weeks this Christmas, or does this require permission from the Owners Corporation? Answer: Strictly speaking, because they are minding a “medium” sized dog (rather…
We have written a new article explaining the requirements around the keeping of animals in NSW strata titled buildings. We explain the various by-law options, depending on whether your strata scheme was registered before or after 1996. Please follow this link to the detailed article.
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