New Zealand Legislation: Acts

13 Actions by and against body corporate

• (1) The body corporate shall be capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name and of doing and suffering all that bodies corporate may do and suffer.

  (2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the body corporate may sue for and in respect of damage or injury to the common property caused by any person, whether that person is a unit proprietor or not.

  Compare: Victoria Act, s 14(3), (4)