A Body Corporate is a legal entity made up of all the owners within a unit titled property. Owning a unit or apartment in a complex automatically makes you a member of your property’s body corporate, which gives you a say in the daily running and maintenance of the body corporate. You also have a say in any financial obligations to which you are required to contribute. This doesn’t change if Crockers is appointed body corporate manager. Crockers provides advice and contractor services. Another name for a body corporate is a Strata.

How is a Body Corporate Established?
A body corporate is established when a developer of a block of land deposits a unit plan with the District Land Registrar at the local office of Land Information New Zealand. At this point, the owner of all of the units may be one person or an entity, that is, the developer. Often at this stage changes will be made to the rules and certain 'founding' agreements entered into, with one person controlling all of the voting power.
New owners automatically become part of the body corporate upon the settlement date of their unit/apartment. Being a member of a body corporate isn't an optional arrangement - if you own a unit/apartment in a unit titled development, you're automatically a member, with all the rights and responsibilities that come with that. Your membership doesn't stop until you sell your unit/apartment.



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