196HSigning of building management statement

196H Signing of building management statement

196H Signing of building management statement

(1) The Registrar-General may register a building management statement or any amendment of a registered building management statement only if the statement or amendment is—

(a) signed by each owner of a part of the building concerned or its site, and

(b) signed by every mortgagee, chargee or covenant chargee under a mortgage, charge or covenant charge recorded in a folio of the Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900 relating to a part of the building or its site.

(2) The Registrar-General may refuse to register a building management statement or an amendment of a registered building management statement unless there have been lodged with the Registrar-General written consents to the registration of the statement or amendment signed by (or by an agent authorised by) such one or more of the following as the Registrar-General determines—

(a) the lessee under any lease, or the judgment creditor under any writ, recorded in any folio of the Register affected by the statement or amendment,

(b) the caveator under a caveat affecting any estate or interest recorded in any folio of the Register affected by the statement or amendment.

(3) The Registrar-General may, in a particular case, dispense with the need to obtain any signature that would otherwise be required by or under this section without giving notice to any person.

s 196H: Ins 2001 No 9, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2002 No 2, Sch 1 [15]; 2016 No 46, Sch 4.2 [27].