{"id":"sl-2020-44","name":"Civil Law (Property) Regulation 2020","slug":"civil-law-property-regulation-2020","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"44 of 2020","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173281,"registerId":"act-sl-2020-44-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Civil Law (Property) Regulation 2020","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCivil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nSL2020-44\nmade under the\nCivil Law (Property) Act 2006\nRepublication No 4\nEffective: 27 November 2023\nRepublication date: 27 November 2023\nLast amendment made by A2023-36\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Civil Law (Property) Regulation 2020, made under the Civil Law\n(Property) Act 2006 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3\n(Editorial changes)) as in force on 27 November 2023. It also includes any commencement,\namendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 27 November 2023.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR4\n27/11/23\nCivil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nEffective: 27/11/23\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCivil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nmade under the\nCivil Law (Property) Act 2006\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n1B Disclosure requirements before contract for sale—Act,\ns 260 (1) (a) (iii) 2\n2 Disclosure requirements for development approval—\nAct, s 260 (1) (m) (i) 2\n3 Disclosure requirements for utility services—Act, s 260 (1) (m) (iv) 3\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 4\n2 Abbreviation key 4\n3 Legislation history 5\n4 Amendment history 6\n5 Earlier republications 6\n\n\n\nR4\n27/11/23\nCivil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nEffective: 27/11/23\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nCivil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nmade under the\nCivil Law (Property) Act 2006\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Civil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nEffective: 27/11/23\nR4\n27/11/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Civil Law (Property) Regulation 2020.\n1B Disclosure requirements before contract for sale—Act,\ns 260 (1) (a) (iii)\nThe detail (including type and location) of any unit subsidiary for the\nunit that adjoins the unit is prescribed.\nExample—unit subsidiary adjoining unit\na balcony or courtyard\n2 Disclosure requirements for development approval—\nAct, s 260 (1) (m) (i)\n(1) The following matters are prescribed:\n(a) if the building in the units plan is authorised by a development\napproval—\n(i) identify the development approval; and\n(ii) include a statement about any condition to which the\ndevelopment approval is subject;\n(b) if the building, or part of the building, in the units plan is not\nauthorised by a development approval—\n(i) confirm the development approval status of the building;\nand\n(ii) include an undertaking to notify the buyer if a development\napplication is made for the building;\n(c) if a development application for a building in the units plan has\nbeen made but not decided—identify the application;\n(d) in all cases—a statement about where the buyer may find further\ninformation about the development approval including\ninformation about how to find information about publicly\nnotified amendments to the development approval.\n\nSection 3\nR4\n27/11/23\nCivil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nEffective: 27/11/23\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(2) In this section:\ndevelopment application—see the Planning Act 2023,\nsection 166 (1).\ndevelopment approval—see the Planning Act 2023, dictionary.\n3 Disclosure requirements for utility services—\nAct, s 260 (1) (m) (iv)\nThe following matters are prescribed:\n(a) information about which units in the units plan will be\nindividually metered for the purpose of cold water supply;\n(b) information about facilities, if any, that will be provided for\ncharging electric vehicles.\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 4 Civil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nEffective: 27/11/23\nR4\n27/11/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR4\n27/11/23\nCivil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nEffective: 27/11/23\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis regulation was made as part of the Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020\n(see A2020-4, s 4) and is taken to have been made under the Civil Law (Property)\nAct 2006 A2006-38 (see A2020-4, s 4 (1)).\nCivil Law (Property) Regulation 2020 SL2020-44\ntaken to have been notified LR 27 February 2020 (A2020-4 s 4 (2) (a))\ns 1 commenced 27 February 2020 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 1 November 2020 (A2020-4 s 4 (2) (b))\nas amended by\nCivil Law (Property) Amendment Regulation 2020 (No 1) SL2020-41\nnotified LR 10 September 2020\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 September 2020 (LA s 75 (1))\ns 4 (so far as it ins s 1B) commenced 1 November 2020 (s 2 and see\nUnit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020 A2020-4, s 2 (1) and\nCN2020-11)\ns 4 (so far as it ins s 1A) commenced 31 March 2021 (s 2 and see Civil\nLaw (Property) Act 2006 A2006-38, s 259A (2))\nPlanning and Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2021 A2021-5\npt 3\nnotified LR 8 April 2021\ns 1, s 2 commenced 8 April 2021 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 3 commenced 9 April 2021 (s 2)\nPlanning (Consequential Amendments) Act 2023 A2023-36 sch 1\npt 1.9\nnotified LR 29 September 2023\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 September 2023 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.9 commenced 27 November 2023 (s 2 (1) and see Planning\nAct 2023 A2023-18, s 2 (2) and CN2023-10)\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 6 Civil Law (Property) Regulation 2020\nEffective: 27/11/23\nR4\n27/11/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nType 1 matter in disclosure statement—Act, s 259A (1) (a) (iv)\ns 1A ins SL2020-41 s 4\nom A2021-5 s 10\nDisclosure requirements before contract for sale—Act, s 260 (1) (a) (iii)\ns 1B ins SL2020-41 s 4\nDisclosure requirements for development approval—Act, s 260 (1) (m) (i)\ns 2 am A2023-36 amdt 1.69, amdt 1.70\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1 (RI)\n19 Nov 2020\n1 Nov 2020–\n30 Mar 2021\nSL2020-41 new regulation and\namendments by\nSL2020-41\nreissued for\nrepublication\ncorrection\nR2\n31 Mar 2021\n31 Mar 2021–\n8 Apr 2021\nSL2020-41 amendments by\nSL2020-41\nR3\n9 Apr 2021\n9 Apr 2021–\n26 Nov 2023\nA2021-5 amendments by\nA2021-5\n© Australian Capital Territory 2023","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: prescribing specific disclosure requirements for unit sales. It has not expanded beyond this narrow technical function. The amendments made since 2020 have simply updated references to external planning legislation (the Planning Act 2023) and refined the disclosure requirements, without broadening the scope to cover new subject matters."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document — only 3 substantive sections (1B, 2, and 3) plus the name provision","Minimal defined terms — only 2 definitions in section 2(2), both referencing external legislation (Planning Act 2023)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic — each section is a straightforward list of disclosure items","Simple structure — linear presentation with clear headings tied to specific sections of the parent Act","No cross-references within the regulation itself — all references are to the parent Act or external legislation","Clear prescriptive language — uses \"must\" and \"is prescribed\" rather than complex conditional drafting"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation expands pre-contract disclosure for sellers of units in the ACT, requiring clearer, specific information be given to buyers about parts of the unit that sit outside its walls (e.g., balconies, storage), the building’s planning/approval status, and practical services like individual cold-water meters and EV charging facilities.\n\nIt affects any seller or buyer of apartments, townhouses, or similar units, aiming to prevent costly surprises about approvals, utilities, and shared spaces."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation’s content has been amended since first made: SL2020-41 inserted the disclosure about adjoining unit subsidiaries (s 1B); later amendments (including A2023-36) revised the development-approval disclosure requirements (s 2) and the regulation now prescribes utility-service disclosures including cold-water metering and EV charging (s 3). See the amendment history entries for SL2020-41, A2021-5 and A2023-36 in the endnotes."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, prescriptive scope but multiple discrete disclosure items rather than a single rule (see ss 1B, 2, 3)","Cross-references to other statutes and external definitions (Planning Act 2023 for ‘development approval’ and ‘development application’) — s 2(2)","Amendment history and staggered commencement dates (SL2020-41, A2021-5, A2023-36) increase legislative tracing required to confirm current obligations (endnotes and amendment history)","Practical compliance burden on sellers/developers to identify and report specific site features (adjoining unit subsidiary detail under s 1B) and metering/EV facilities (s 3)","Requirement to identify or undertake to notify about development applications and conditions creates ongoing information duties and potential discretion/coordination with planning records (s 2(1)(a)–(d))","Regulation is short and technical rather than policy-heavy, so legal drafters and conveyancers must interpret few but precise clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"This Regulation prescribes specific information sellers, developers and their conveyancers must disclose for unit-title properties in the ACT before contract or in relation to development approvals — for example, details about adjoining private spaces, the development approval status of buildings, and which units will be individually metered or have EV-charging facilities. It affects unit owners, buyers, developers and professionals involved in sales and planning because it creates mandatory, itemised pre-contract and development-disclosure duties that must be complied with."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/civil-law-property-regulation-2020","history":"/api/acts/civil-law-property-regulation-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/civil-law-property-regulation-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/civil-law-property-regulation-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/civil-law-property-regulation-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/civil-law-property-regulation-2020/documents"}}