Australia: NATIONALSTRATA OPINION ‘A dog’s breakfast’: NSW strata by-laws need to catch up to the 21st century

If you will excuse the pun, strata law in relation to pets is a dog’s breakfast. An appeal is pending on whether by-laws that impose blanket pet bans are “harsh, unconscionable or oppressive”. Individual NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal members have held they are, while the tribunal’s appeal panel thinks not. Since 2015, strata legislation has made it impermissible to oppress your neighbours. Before that, it was apparently OK.    Read the article……………………………

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