Section 196CConveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)

Definitions

In this Division and Schedules 8A and 8B—
Australian Height Datum has the same meaning as it has in the Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002.
development consent has the same meaning as it has in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
owner of a part of a building or a site means a person in whom is vested an estate in fee simple, recorded in a folio of the Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900, in the part of the building or the site.
plan of subdivision of a building means a plan of subdivision (within the meaning of Division 3) for a building or part of a building, being a plan of subdivision that contains a stratum lot.
registered building management statement means a building management statement registered under this Division.
stratum lot means a lot that is limited in height or depth (or both) by reference to Australian Height Datum or another datum approved by the Surveyor-General, but does not include a lot within the meaning of the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015.

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