You may only keep a pet if you apply to the Body Corporate for approval. Approval is subject to compliance with By-Law 11 and any other condition that may be set by the Body Corporate. This also applies to pets that are regular visitors to the building.

The Application Form can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

The pet will be registered in the Pet Register and a copy is kept by the Building Manager.  In the event of a fire or a pet is lost within the building the Register will help to re-establish the pet with its owner.

By-Law 11 Pets includes the following conditions:

1. The occupier of a lot must not, without the Committee’s written approval bring or keep an animal on the lot or the common property or permit an invitee to bring or keep an animal on the lot or the common property.
2. The animal must not roam on the Common Property, must enter and leave the buildings only via the basement (not the Ground floor), and must be carried in a pet cage when being taken from the lot across Common Property;
3. The lot owner must provide detailed information about the animal and the conditions under which it will be kept on the lot including a clear photograph of the animal.
4. The animal must comply with all local authority requirements and by-laws regarding the keeping of animals at all times;
5. The animal must wear an identification collar or be micro-shipped;
6. An approved animal must be cleaned, trimmed, immunised and treated for worms, fleas and ticks, in accordance with the recommendations of a qualified veterinary surgeon and proof of the maintenance of the animal must be supplied to the Body Corporate upon request.
7. All animal owners must ensure that the animal faeces are cleaned every day and that any animal waste is disposed of in such a way that it does not create noxious odours or otherwise contaminate the scheme.
8. An approved animal must not cause a nuisance to any other occupiers or unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of their lots.
9. In the case of an Occupier, the Occupier has and at all relevant times, will continue to have the Owners’ permission for the keeping of the animal;
10. The Owner or Occupier of the animal shall make good any damage caused to the Common Property by the animal and shall ensure that the animal is not toileted on Common Property (for the avoidance of doubt, the animal should be toileted within the lot or external to the common property);
11. The Body Corporate shall be entitled to withdraw its consent and require removal of the animal upon receiving complaints from Owners or Occupiers of other Lots in the Scheme Land or should the Owner or Occupier of the Lot breach any of the terms and conditions of this consent;
12. The Occupier of the lot in which the animal is being kept shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Body Corporate and or the owner or occupant of any other lot within the scheme against injury, damage, loss or expense, legal or otherwise, incurred or suffered as a result of the animal being on scheme land;

Note: Fish and other aquatic animals that do not require a permit and which are kept in an aquarium or fish tank within a lot, are deeded to be Approved Animals for the purposes of this by-law.

Any queries should be directed to our Body Corporate Manager RUBICON BCS at admin@rubiconbcs.com.au or by phone 3236 1000.

When you are ready to submit a Pet application, please download the Macleay T&V Animal Request Form Here and email it to RUBICON BCS at admin@rubiconbcs.com.au.