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Owners should understand their responsibility for maintaining certain parts of the scheme. The following table categorizes various responsibilities.
| Area | Responsibility for maintenance | Legislation |
| Title (the area within a lot) for lots that are created by standard format plan | Owners are responsible for all areas within the title boundaries to their lot | |
| Title (the area within a lot) for lots that are created by building format plan | Owners are responsible for all areas within the title boundaries to their lot, EXCEPT for items that are structural in nature, or part of the roofing, the body corporate is responsible for maintenance of these areas | Standard Module Section 109(2) |
| Common property | Generally the body corporate is responsible for maintaining the common property in good condition, which means keeping it structurally sound | Standard Module Section 109(1) |
| Exclusive-use common property | The by-law that grants an owner the exclusive-use of the common property should specify where the responsibility for repair and maintenance of that common property lies. If the by-law is silent on the matter then the responsibility lies with the lot owner who has exclusive use | |
| Improvements to common property for the sole benefit of one owner | The owner who benefits from the improvement | |
| General utility infrastructure | Body corporate | Standard Module Section 109(1) |
| Utility infrastructure relating to utility service supply to one particular lot only | The owner receiving the utility service is responsible for keeping the utility infrastructure in good order and condition | Standard Module Section 109(3)(b) |
| Railings, parapets, and balustrades that are precisely or practically on the boundary of the lot, for lots created by building format plan | The body corporate must maintain in good condition | Standard Module Section 109(2)(a)(i) |
| Doors, windows and associated fillings (i.e. knobs and latches) situated in a boundary wall separating a lot from common property, for lots created by building format plan | The body corporate must maintain in good condition | Standard Module Section 109(2)(a)(ii) |
| All roofing membranes protecting either lots or common property, regardless of whether the roof or membrane itself is common property for lots created by building format plan | The body corporate must maintain in good condition | Standard Module Section 109(2)(a)(iii) |
