Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016

An owner or occupier of a lot must not mark, paint, drive nails or screws or the like into, or otherwise damage or deface, any structure that forms part of the common property without the approval in writing of the owners corporation.

An approval given by the owners corporation under clause (1) cannot authorise any additions to the common property.

This by-law does not prevent an owner or person authorised by an owner from installing—

any locking or other safety device for protection of the owner’s lot against intruders, or

any screen or other device to prevent entry of animals or insects on the lot, or

any structure or device to prevent harm to children.

Any such locking or safety device, screen, other device or structure must be installed in a competent and proper manner and must have an appearance, after it has been installed, in keeping with the appearance of the rest of the building.

Despite section 106 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015, the owner of a lot must maintain and keep in a state of good and serviceable repair any installation or structure referred to in clause (3) that forms part of the common property and that services the lot.