Land Title Practice Manual

119 Nature Of Bylaws

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119 (1) The strata corporation must have bylaws.

  • (2) The bylaws may provide for the control, management, maintenance, use and enjoyment of the strata lots, common property and common assets of the strata corporation and for the administration of the strata corporation.

1998-43-119, effective July 1, 2000 (B.C. Reg. 43/2000).

CROSS REFERENCES AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Standard Bylaws

See s. 120 of the Act in chapter 7 (Land Title Act Part 7 (ss. 58 to 120)—Descriptions and Plans) and the Schedule of Standard Bylaws included immediately before chapter 58 (Strata Property Regulations).

Amending Bylaws

See s. 128 of the Act for bylaw amendment procedures and Form I, Amendments to Bylaws, at chapter 59 (Strata Property Forms), for the prescribed form for bylaw amendments.

Fines Set for Contravention of Bylaws and Rules

See ss. 130 to 132 of the Act regarding the fines that may be set for contravention of the bylaws or rules.

Bylaws for Phased Strata Plan

See s. 13.2 of the Strata Property Regulation, B.C. Reg. 43/2000, in chapter 58 (Strata Property Regulations), which provides that, upon deposit of a phase other than the first phase of a phased strata plan, the bylaws of the strata corporation for the new phase are the bylaws established and amended in the first phase of a phased strata plan.

Bylaws for Section within the Strata Corporation

See s. 197 of the Act, which provides that the bylaws of the strata corporation apply to a section unless they have been amended by the section.

Bylaws for Strata Corporation Created under the Condominium Act

See s. 17.11 of the Strata Property Regulation, B.C. Reg. 43/2000, regarding the application of Standard Bylaws to a strata corporation created under the Condominium Act. The Strata Property Regulation is included in chapter 58 (Strata Property Regulations).