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54G Registration of documents required for termination of
development
(1) If a development is to be terminated under Part 3, 4 or 5 of the
Termination Act, the prescribed fee must be paid to the Registrar-
General, and the following documents must be lodged as
mentioned in section 19 of that Act:
(a) the plan of termination for the development as prescribed by
regulation;
(b) the written consent of persons as prescribed by regulation;
(c) if Part 4 of the Termination Act applies – a certificate from the
schemes supervisor stating that there is no impediment to the
termination of the development;
(d) if applicable, the order of termination of the Tribunal made
under section 17, or the order of the Supreme Court made
under section 18, of the Termination Act, on or after the day
on which it takes effect;
(e) the resolution mentioned in section 7 or 11 of the Termination
Act.
(2) The documents must be lodged by:
(a) if Part 3 or 5 of the Termination Act applies – the body
corporate of the development; or
(b) if Part 4 of the Termination Act applies – the proponent.
(3) If the Registrar-General is satisfied that the proposed termination
complies with the Termination Act, including that any order for the
termination of the development has taken effect under section 17(6)
of that Act, the Registrar-General must:
(a) register the documents; and
(b) cancel the registration of the development; and
(c) cancel any particulars in the land register about the
development as prescribed by regulation; and
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(d) create one indefeasible title for the lot that comprised the
development land and register:
(i) the persons who were the owners of the units
immediately before the termination to be the owners of
the lot as tenants in common; and
(ii) the interest of each of the persons mentioned in
subparagraph (i) in the lot in accordance with the interest
entitlements of the development as in force immediately
before the termination; and
(iii) each person who was the registered proprietor of an
easement over the common property of the development
immediately before the termination to be the registered
proprietor of an easement over the part of the lot that
had been the common property as if the easement had
originally been over the part of the lot; and
(iv) each person who was the registered proprietor of an
easement over a unit in the development immediately
before the termination to be the registered proprietor of
an easement over the part of the lot that had been the
unit as if the easement had originally been over the part
of the lot; and
(v) each person who was the registered proprietor of a
mortgage of a unit in the development immediately
before the termination to be the registered proprietor of a
mortgage of the interest of the person who had been the
owner of the unit; and
(vi) each person who was the registered proprietor of an
interest, other than an interest as lessee or an interest
mentioned in subparagraph (iii), (iv) or (v), in a unit or
the common property of the development immediately
before the termination to be a registered proprietor of the
same interest in the equivalent part of the lot; and
(vii) any other interest required to be registered by order of
the Tribunal.
(4) In this section:
body corporate, see section 4 of the Termination Act.
development, see section 4 of the Termination Act.
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owner, in relation to a unit in a development:
(a) means:
(i) if the development is a scheme – the unit owner under
the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009; or
(ii) otherwise – the proprietor of the unit under the Unit
Titles Act 1975; and
(b) includes a person who has a share of the ownership of the
unit as a joint tenant or tenant in common.
proponent, see section 4 of the Termination Act.
schemes supervisor, see section 5 of the Unit Title Schemes
Termination Act means the Termination of Units Plans and Unit
Title Schemes Act 2014.