Can an Owners Corporation pass a rule that prevents a particular use of a lot in Victoria?

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It is relatively common for Owners Corporations to seek to restrict the use to which a lot in a building subject to a subdivision can be put. 
 
Both the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal have found that an owners corporation rule seeking to prohibit a

Who is responsible when external cladding fails in an apartment tower during a fire – Court of appeal?

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Further to my post about the fall out from the Lacrosse Tower fire in VCAT (see:  https://melbournepropertylaw.blogspot.com/2020/01/who-is-responsible-when-external.html), the Court of Appeal recently handed down its decision on the appeal from VCAT. 

In Tanah Merah Vic Pty Ltd v Owners’ Corporation No 1 of PS631436T [2021] VSCA 72, Beach, Osborn JJA and Stynes AJA