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…
Question: Can the Owners Corporation place a limit on the size of pets for units? We have a growing, medium size dog. We are worried strata will decide he is too big to be kept in our apartment. Answer: Some strata schemes regulate dogs by reference to weight (eg no more than 10kgs), dogs that…
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.
As we count down to the 30th of November, we wanted to test your knowledge of the new strata legislation through a number of quiz questions. Over the coming 2 weeks we will publish 5 questions and answers. Why not have a go? Today our second question: True or False? Small pets will be allowed in…
The Domain has written a nice article summarising 10 proof points confirming that you purchased a strata unit in a good block: Source
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