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(In NSW) Section 65B only allows an OWNER to be granted license to use common property. This is an important distinction.
An owners corporation can LEASE an area of common property as per section 25 of the Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 pursuant to a special resolution being passed. A lease can be with an owner, a tenant, or an unrelated 3rd party (such as a Telco company wanting to place a tower on your roof). The lease can contain condition including termination and payment of rent.
A lease will also be registered on the common property title such as to disclose the arrangement.
It is also worth considering that any income an owners corporation receives from a third party such as a lease arrangement (not levy income) is treated as taxable income in the individual owners hands. Individual owners are required to disclose their portion of the lease income on the annual tax return statement despite the fact that the income is not being paid to them individually.
