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@Lady Penelope said:
In my opinion an OC should not be ultimately responsible for an illegal addition. The OC may initially be made responsible by the Council but then the OC can shift the responsibility onto the current owner who has inherited the defects and mistakes of the previous owner.
Our council was crystal clear: the current owner (the OC) fixes it or gets fined. We got that in writing.
The OC could of course pursue the previous lot owner. But that might be legal action outside the OC Act.
Lady Penelope said
The OC should be seeking legal advice about this issue.
I agree. We did that. There were several lawyers involved in the end.
@Lady Penelope said:
If the OC was to be made responsible for every illegal addition then there would be many more owners doing it.
Not when the owner that made the alteration is still the owner. The OC Act then still applies. I think that’s a key difference.