How do I apply to keep an animal in a body corporate lot?
A written request to keep an animal should be submitted to the secretary of the body corporate committee or the chair in the secretary’s absence. An Animal Request Form can be found here, or contact the committee to find the preferred form for animal applications.
A body corporate has 21 days to respond to an application to keep an animal in a scheme, otherwise approval is deemed given.
If there are no animal by-laws in a scheme, permission is not required to keep an animal in a lot; however, consideration must still be given to other by-laws, such as noise.
Disabled people who rely on guide, hearing and assistance dogs as outlined in the Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs Act 2009 are exempt from needing permission to bring a dog into a body corporate property.
Further reading
- Can a body corporate ban pets in strata?
- New laws open the catflap to pets
- Government doubles down on pets in strata
- A body corporate can request evidence of a service animal’s training
- Are your by-laws legally valid and enforceable?
- The saga of Joe – the unwanted galah
- What are body corporate by-laws?
- Are by-laws legally enforceable?
- How does a body corporate enforce a by-law?
- What can be included in a valid by-law?
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