A body corporate is a legal entity which is created when land is subdivided and registered under the Land Title Act to establish a community titles scheme.

All the owners in a Community Titles Scheme are automatically members of the Body Corporate.

A body corporate manager for a scheme is a person or business who supplies administrative services to a Body Corporate as per the Administration Agreement that is entered into with the Body Corporate.

If a body corporate has elected a committee, the body corporate manager is engaged to help them. The manager can only act under the instructions of the Body Corporate.

A development of freehold land which includes common property is referred to as a community titles scheme (CTS).  A community titles scheme is a single community management statement, scheme land, at least two or more lots and contains common property.

The Community Management Statement is a document that identifies a community titles scheme and contains relevant information for the lot owners.  Some of this information includes:

• Name and number of the Community Titles Scheme
• Contribution Schedule Lot and Interest Entitlement Schedules
• Body Corporate By-Laws
• Description of any Exclusive Use Areas