Topic: Private property not private? – FLAT CHAT

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27/11/2013 at 4:57 pm #9239 Reply | Quote
leif
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In strata we know about dwellings used for different use including private and commercial.

Safety regulation is different in that for private use they are approved as built unless there has been a change to construction or usage unless the amended or new regulation specifically states retrospectively but commercial property must meet current requirements.

In strata common property can be private but if there are no locks on the entry doors or gates and no signage about illegal trespassing the public has right of entry like a door to door sale person can legally enter the property and use the stair wells etc.

If the railing in the stairwell is legal as built but significantly lower than current minimum requirement and known by all including the executive committee to be unsafe to today’s standard and a door to door sale person enters legally and falls down the central light well over the known unsafe railing that is legal as built, who is the then responsible for building safety.

Is the intent of the strata Act that clearly define the difference between different usages to allow unsafe common property that is legally accessible by the unsupervised public?
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