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It might assist in making the argument to point to other jurisdictions:
In the ACT, new default rules (ACT-speak for by-laws) that apply from later this year include a ‘pet-friendly’ default. Existing Owners Corporations can take up the new default or adopt their own ‘pet-friendly’ ‘alternative rule’. An alternative rule is not valid to the extent that it results in the rules prohibiting a unit owner from keeping an animal, or allowing an animal to be kept, within the unit or the common property in any circumstances.
In the absence of either the default rule or alternative ‘pet-friendly’ rule, the Act provides that permission must be obtained but must not be unreasonably withheld. Conditions may be applied.