NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
REAL PROPERTY (UNIT TITLES) ACT 1975
As in force at 10 February 2026
Table of provisions
Part I Preliminary matters
1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
4 Incorporation with Land Title Act 2000 ............................................ 2
5 When units plan and other instruments deemed to be
registered......................................................................................... 3
Part II Registration of unit plans
6 Definition.......................................................................................... 3
6A Formal requirements ....................................................................... 3
7 Requirements for registration of units plans .................................... 3
8 Effect of registration of units plan on interests in parcel .................. 5
9 Duties of Registrar-General after registration of units plan .............. 7
Part IIA Registration of units plan of subdivision,
units plan of consolidation, &c.
9A Formal requirements ....................................................................... 8
9B Registration of units plan of subdivision and consolidation .............. 8
9C Registration of notice of conversion................................................. 9
9D Registration of building alteration plan ........................................... 10
9DA Requirements for registration of documents .................................. 10
9E Effect of registration of units plan of subdivision and
consolidation of interests in units ................................................... 11
9F Duties of the Registrar-General after registration of units plan
of subdivision or consolidation ....................................................... 12
9G Duties of Registrar-General after registration of notice of
conversion ..................................................................................... 13
9H Duties of the Registrar-General after registration of building
alteration plan ................................................................................ 13
Part IIB Registration of disclosure statement and
variations
9J Registration of disclosure statement .............................................. 14
9K Variation of disclosure statement................................................... 14
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Part III Cancellation and alteration of units plan
13 Registration of order for alteration of units plan ............................. 14
14 Duties of Registrar-General on registration of order for
alteration of units plan ................................................................... 15
15 Registrar-General to give notice of cancellation or alteration of
units plan ....................................................................................... 15
Part IV Miscellaneous
16 Change of address for service of documents ................................ 15
17 Registration of alteration of articles ............................................... 15
18 Registrar-General to register appointment, &c., of
administrator .................................................................................. 16
19 No dealings while application for cancellation or alteration of
units plan is pending ...................................................................... 16
20 Withdrawal of units plan ................................................................ 16
21 Provisions applicable in relation to trusts ....................................... 17
22 Delivery to Registrar-General of duplicate certificates of title ........ 17
23 Regulations.................................................................................... 17
Part V Transitional matters for Land Title and
Related Legislation Amendment Act 2008
24 Application ..................................................................................... 18
ENDNOTES
Section 1 - Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 - Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 | Zoe
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 10 February 2026
REAL PROPERTY (UNIT TITLES) ACT 1975
An Act to provide for the registration of unit plans and other instruments
under the Unit Titles Act, and for other matters
Part I Preliminary matters
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975.
2 Commencement
This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the
Administrator by notice in the Gazette.
3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act the Principal Act means the Land Title Act 2000.
(2) Where an expression used in this Act is defined in the Unit Titles
Act 1975, that expression as so used has the same meaning as in
that Act.
(3) In Parts III and IV:
(a) a reference to a unit is to be taken to be a reference to a
building lot; and
(b) a reference to a units plan is to be taken to be a reference to a
building development plan.
(4) This Act does not apply to the registration of an instrument made
under the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009.
(5) In this Act:
prescribed, in relation to fees, means prescribed under the
Registration Act 1927.
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4 Incorporation with Land Title Act 2000
(1) This Act is incorporated and is to be read as one with the Principal
Act.
(2) Any document or instrument lodged under this Act with the
Registrar-General, other than the following, is, for the purposes of
the Principle Act, taken to be an instrument affecting land:
(a) a certificate under the Building Act 1993;
(b) a certificate under the Planning Act 1999;
(c) a resolution of a corporation;
(d) the consent of a person having a registered interest in a parcel
or unit;
(e) a certificate of a corporation;
(f) a notice referred to in section 21E(2)(b) of the Unit Titles
Act 1975;
(g) a certificate referred to in section 21F(1)(d) of the Unit Titles
Act 1975.
(3) Section 159 of the Principle Act does not apply in relation to the
following documents or instruments lodged under this Act with the
Registrar-General:
(a) a units plan;
(b) a units plan of subdivision;
(c) units plan of consolidation;
(d) a notice of conversion;
(e) by-laws under the Unit Titles Act 1975;
(f) a building development plan;
(g) an application to change to land under section 21FA of the
Unit Titles Act 1975;
(h) a building alteration plan;
(i) a prescribed application form;
(j) a notice under section 16(1);
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(k) a disclosure statement;
(l) a copy of a Tribunal order.
5 When units plan and other instruments deemed to be
registered
For the purposes of the Principal Act and of this Act:
(a) a units plan, units plan of subdivision, units plan of
consolidation, building development plan, notice of a change
to land under section 21FA of the Unit Titles Act 1975, notice
of conversion or building alteration plan shall be deemed to be
registered when the Registrar-General records the particulars
in accordance with section 177 of the Principal Act; and
(b) every other document or instrument relating to a plan or notice
referred to in paragraph (a) lodged under this Act with the
Registrar-General shall be deemed to be registered when the
Registrar-General records the particulars in accordance with
section 177 of the Principal Act.
Part II Registration of unit plans
6 Definition
In this Part unit, in relation to a condominium development,
includes so much of the parcel the subject of the condominium
development as is not a unit or common property in a registered
units plan in respect of a completed stage of the condominium
development.
6A Formal requirements
A units plan shall be in accordance with the appropriate form and
any prescribed requirements.
7 Requirements for registration of units plans
(1) The Registrar-General must, after payment of the prescribed fee
and lodgement with the Registrar-General within the period referred
to in section 21 of the Unit Titles Act 1975 of:
(a) an application in accordance with the appropriate form; and
(b) 3 copies of the units plan complying with section 6A and
endorsed under section 20 of the Unit Titles Act 1975 by the
Surveyor-General; and
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(c) the certificate as to title for the relevant parcel or, in relation to
an application in respect of the second or subsequent stage of
a condominium development, the certificate as to title for the
relevant unit; and
(d) the written consent of each person whose consent is required
for the registration of the units plan under the provisions
applied under subsection (1A);
register the units plan.
(1A) For this section, the provisions in section 52(2) to (11) of the Land
Title Act 2000 (the applied provisions) apply with the following
changes:
(a) a reference in the applied provisions to the plan is taken to be
a reference to the units plan;
(b) a reference in section 52(3) of the applied provisions to the lot
to be subdivided or a lot to be consolidated is taken to be a
reference to the parcel to which the units plan relates;
(c) a reference in section 52(10) and (11) of the applied
provisions to a subdivision or consolidation is taken to be a
reference to the subdivision to which the units plan relates;
(d) if the consent of any of the following would otherwise be
required for the registration of the units plan under the applied
provisions, the consent is not required:
(i) a service authority as defined in section 3(1) of the
Planning Act 1999;
(ii) a referral authority as defined in section 60(1) of that Act
for a planning scheme;
(iii) a person who has consented in writing to the proposal to
which the units plan relates.
(1B) Subsection (1A)(d)(iii) has no effect for a person if:
(a) the proposal has been changed; and
(b) the person has not consented to the change.
(1C) Section 210 of the Land Title Act 2000 applies with necessary
changes for the issuing of Registrar-General's directions for the
applied provisions.
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(2) Subject to subsections (1A) to (1C), the registered proprietor of an
estate or interest in a parcel of land to which a units plan for a
condominium development relates is taken to have consented to
the units plan if:
(a) the units plan relates to a second or subsequent stage of the
condominium development, the first stage of which has been,
before or after the commencement of the Real Property (Unit
Titles) Amendment Act 1998, registered; or
(b) he or she gave written consent for the applied provisions, or
section 11(3) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 as in force
immediately before the commencement of the amendment of
that Act by the Land Title and Related Legislation Amendment
Act 2008, to the proposed subdivision to which the units plan
relates; or
(c) he or she became the registered proprietor of the estate or
interest after the registration of a disclosure statement under
section 9J in relation to the condominium development to
which the units plan relates.
8 Effect of registration of units plan on interests in parcel
(1) If, immediately before the registration of a units plan, a person was
the proprietor of a registered interest in:
(a) in the case of a units plan relating to a second or subsequent
stage of a condominium development – a unit included as
described in section 6; and
(b) in any other case – the parcel,
he shall be deemed to be, on the registration of the units plan, the
proprietor of a registered interest in each unit, as if:
(c) on the date on which the memorandum creating the first-
mentioned registered interest was executed, the registered
proprietor had been the proprietor of all the units and that
memorandum had, as the case required, been executed by
him accordingly; and
(d) the first-mentioned registered interest had been a registered
interest of all the units and not of the parcel or unit, as the
case may be.
(2) If, immediately before the registration of a units plan, a person was
the registered proprietor of an easement over portion of the parcel,
he shall be deemed to be, on the registration of the units plan, the
proprietor of an easement over so much of the land comprised in
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the common property and each unit as was affected by the first-
mentioned easement; as if:
(a) on the date on which the memorandum creating the first-
mentioned easement was executed, the proprietor or the
lessee of the parcel on that date had been the proprietor or
the lessee of the common property and the unit or units, as
the case may be, and that memorandum had been executed
by him accordingly; and
(b) the first-mentioned easement had been an easement over the
common property or the unit or units, as the case may be, and
not over that portion of the parcel.
(3) If, immediately before the registration of a units plan the registered
proprietor of the parcel was, in respect of that parcel, the proprietor
of an easement over any other land, upon the registration of the
units plan:
(a) each proprietor of a unit shall be the proprietor of that
easement in respect of his unit; and
(b) the proprietor of the common property shall be the proprietor
of that easement in respect of the common property,
as a dominant tenement, notwithstanding that the units or common
property may not be contiguous with the servient tenement.
(4) On and after the registration of a units plan, the memorandum of a
registered interest referred to in subsection (1) and the memoranda
of easements referred to in subsections (2) and (3) and any
instrument or other document relating to the parcel or the lease of
the parcel or to that registered interest or easement shall be
deemed to be modified in such manner as is necessary to give
effect to subsections (1), (2) and (3).
(5) In this section:
(aa) except in subsection (1)(b), parcel includes a unit referred to
in subsection (1)(a);
(a) registered proprietor of an easement and proprietor of an
easement include a person in whose favour an easement is
reserved in the land register; and
(b) a reference to a memorandum creating an easement and the
date of its execution includes a reference to the reservation of
an easement in the land register, and the date of that
reservation.
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(6) In this section:
(a) a reference to a unit (other than a reference in subsection (1))
is to be taken to be a reference to a building lot; and
(b) a reference to a units plan (other than a reference in
subsection (1)) is to be taken to be a reference to a building
development plan.
9 Duties of Registrar-General after registration of units plan
Immediately after the registration of a units plan or a building
development plan, the Registrar-General shall:
(a) in the case of a units plan that does not relate to a second or
subsequent completed stage of a condominium development:
(i) cancel the certificate as to title; and
(ii) issue to the relevant corporation a certificate as to title
for the common property in accordance with the
prescribed form; and
(b) in the case of a units plan relating to a second or subsequent
completed stage of a condominium development – cancel the
certificate of title and the duplicate of that certificate for the
unit (other than a unit in a previously completed stage of the
condominium development) held by the developer; and
(c) issue, in accordance with the prescribed form, a certificate as
to title for each unit to the person who, by force of section 23
of the Unit Titles Act 1975, is the proprietor of the unit; and
(ca) issue, in accordance with the prescribed form, a certificate as
to title for each building lot to the person who, by force of
section 26ZQ of the Unit Titles Act 1975, is the proprietor of
the building lot; and
(d) in the case of a units plan relating to any completed stage of a
condominium development – issue to the developer a
certificate as to title for the unit comprising the balance, if any,
of the parcel; and
(da) enter on each certificate as to title issued a memorial of any
registered interest to which, by force of section 8, or by force
of section 23 or 26ZQ of the Unit Titles Act 1975, the unit or
building lot is subject and, if it is subject to 2 or more
registered interests, enter the memorials in such manner as to
preserve their priority; and
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(e) enter on the registered instrument evidencing or creating such
a registered interest and on its duplicate copy a memorial that
it has effect in accordance with section 8 or in accordance with
section 23 or 26ZQ of the Unit Titles Act 1975, as the case
may be; and
(ea) where the units plan relates to a completed stage of a
condominium development record that fact in such manner as
he thinks fit on the units plan and on each certificate as to title
issued under this section as a result of its registration; and
(f) enter on a certificate as to title issued under this section a
memorial of any easement in respect of which, by force of
section 8(3), the unit or building lot, and the common property,
are the dominant tenements; and
(g) record in the land register in respect of the servient tenement
a note that the easement has effect in accordance with section
8(3); and
(h) deliver a copy of the units plan or building development plan to
the applicant or person entitled to it and another copy to the
local government council for the local government area in
which the parcel is situated or, if the parcel is not situated in a
local government area, to the Minister.
Part IIA Registration of units plan of subdivision, units
plan of consolidation, &c.
9A Formal requirements
A units plan of subdivision, units plan of consolidation, building
development plan, change to land under section 21FA of the Unit
Titles Act 1975, notice of conversion or building alteration plan shall
be in accordance with the appropriate form and any prescribed
requirements.
9B Registration of units plan of subdivision and consolidation
Subject to section 9DA, the Registrar-General shall, on lodgement
with him of:
(a) an application in the appropriate form; and
(b) 3 copies of the units plan of subdivision or units plan of
consolidation in accordance with Part IIIA of the Unit Titles
Act 1975 and section 9A of this Act; and
(c) the certificate as to title for the relevant unit or units; and
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(d) in the case of a units plan of subdivision – the certificate or
certificates required by section 21B(2)(c) of the Unit Titles
Act 1975 to accompany the units plan of subdivision; and
(e) a certified copy of the unanimous resolution of the corporation
referred to in section 21A(b)(i) of the Unit Titles Act 1975; and
(g) the duplicate copy of every instrument evidencing or creating
an estate or interest in the units subdivided or consolidated to
which a consent referred to in paragraph (f) relates; and
(h) the certificate of the corporation under section 21D(b) of the
Unit Titles Act 1975; and
(j) in the case of a subdivision, a certificate of a licensed surveyor
referred to in section 21B(2)(b) of the Unit Titles Act 1975,
register the units plan of subdivision or units plan of consolidation.
9C Registration of notice of conversion
Subject to section 9DA, the Registrar-General shall, after payment
of the prescribed fee and lodgement with the Registrar-General of:
(a) 3 copies of the notice of conversion executed in accordance
with section 21E of the Unit Titles Act 1975 and in accordance
with section 9A of this Act; and
(b) the certificates as to title for the relevant units; and
(c) the discharge or surrender of all registered interests, other
than easements, as referred to in section 21E(2)(a) of the Unit
Titles Act 1975; and
(d) a certified copy of the notice referred to in section 21E(2)(b) of
the Unit Titles Act 1975; and
(e) a certified copy of the unanimous resolution of the corporation
referred to in section 21A(b)(i) of the Unit Titles Act 1975; and
(f) the certificate of the corporation under section 21D(b) of the
Unit Titles Act 1975;
register the notice of conversion.
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9D Registration of building alteration plan
Subject to section 9DA, the Registrar-General shall, after payment
of the prescribed fee and lodgement with the Registrar-General
within the period referred to in section 21F(1) of the Unit Titles
Act 1975, of:
(a) an application in the appropriate form; and
(b) 3 copies of the building alteration plan in accordance with
section 21F(1) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 and in accordance
with section 9A of this Act; and
(c) the certificate as to title for the relevant unit; and
(d) a certificate of a licensed surveyor referred to in
section 21F(1)(d) of the Unit Titles Act 1975; and
(e) a certified copy of the unanimous resolution by the corporation
referred to in section 21A(b)(i) of the Unit Titles Act 1975; and
(f) the relevant certificate under section 40 of the Building
Act 1993;
register the building alteration plan.
9DA Requirements for registration of documents
(1) For the registration of a document covered by section 9A, the
provisions in section 52(2) to (11) of the Land Title Act 2000 (the
applied provisions) apply with the following changes:
(a) a reference in the applied provisions to the plan is taken to be
a reference to the document;
(b) a reference in section 52(3) of the applied provisions to the lot
to be subdivided or a lot to be consolidated is taken to be a
reference to the parcel to which the document relates;
(c) a reference in section 52(10) and (11) of the applied
provisions to a subdivision or consolidation is taken to be a
reference to the subdivision, consolidation, conversion,
alteration or change to which the document relates;
(d) if the consent of any of the following would otherwise be
required for the registration of the document under the applied
provisions, the consent is not required:
(i) a service authority as defined in section 3(1) of the
Planning Act 1999;
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(ii) a referral authority as defined in section 60(1) of that Act
for a planning scheme;
(iii) a person who has consented in writing to the proposal to
which the document relates.
(2) Subsection (1)(d)(iii) has no effect for a person if:
(a) the proposal has been changed; and
(b) the person has not consented to the change.
(3) Section 210 of the Land Title Act 2000 applies with necessary
changes for the issuing of Registrar-General's directions for the
applied provisions.
9E Effect of registration of units plan of subdivision and
consolidation of interests in units
(1) If, immediately before the registration of a units plan of subdivision
or a units plan of consolidation a person was the proprietor of a
registered interest in the unit or units affected by the subdivision or
consolidation, he shall be deemed to be, on that registration, the
proprietor of a registered interest in the subdivided units or
consolidated unit, as the case may be, as if:
(a) on the date on which the memorandum creating the first-
mentioned registered interest was executed, the registered
proprietor had been the proprietor of the subdivided units or
consolidated unit, and that memorandum had been executed
by him accordingly; and
(b) the first-mentioned registered interest had been a registered
interest of the subdivided units or consolidated unit.
(2) If, immediately before the registration of a units plan of subdivision
or units plan of consolidation, a person was the registered
proprietor of an easement over portion of the common property or
unit being subdivided or units being consolidated, he shall be
deemed to be, on the registration of the units plan of subdivision or
units plan of consolidation, the proprietor of an easement over so
much of the land comprised in the new unit or units as was affected
by the first-mentioned easement, as if:
(a) on the date on which the memorandum creating the first-
mentioned easement was executed, the proprietor or the
lessee of the common property or unit being subdivided or
units being consolidated on that date had been the proprietor
or the lessee of the new unit or units, and that memorandum
had been executed by him accordingly; and
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(b) the first-mentioned easement had been an easement over the
new unit or units, and not over the common property or unit
being subdivided or units being consolidated.
(3) If, immediately before the registration of a units plan of subdivision
or units plan of consolidation, the registered proprietor of the
common property or unit being subdivided or units being
consolidated was, in respect of that land, the proprietor of an
easement over any other land, upon the registration of the units
plan of subdivision or units plan of consolidation, each proprietor of
a unit shall be the proprietor of that easement in respect of his unit
as a dominant tenement, notwithstanding that the unit may not be
contiguous with the servient tenement.
(4) On and after the registration of a units plan of subdivision or units
plan of consolidation, the memorandum of registered interest
referred to in subsection (1) and the memorandum of easements
referred to in subsections (2) and (3) and any instrument or other
document relating to the common property or unit being subdivided
or units being consolidated or the lease of the common property or
unit being subdivided or units being consolidated or to that
registered interest or easement shall be deemed to be modified in
such manner as is necessary to give effect to subsections (1), (2)
and (3).
(5) In this section:
(a) registered proprietor of an easement and proprietor of an
easement include a person in whose favour an easement is
reserved in the land register; and
(b) a reference to a memorandum creating an easement and the
date of its execution includes a reference to the reservation of
an easement in the land register, and the date of that
reservation.
9F Duties of the Registrar-General after registration of units plan
of subdivision or consolidation
Immediately after registration of the units plan of subdivision or
consolidation the Registrar-General shall:
(a) make appropriate amendments to the land register in respect
of the relevant unit or units; and
(b) issue, in accordance with the prescribed form, a certificate as
to title for each unit to the person who, by force of section 23
of the Unit Titles Act 1975, is the proprietor of the unit; and
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(c) enter on each relevant certificate as to title so issued a
memorial of any registered interest to which, by force of
section 9E, the unit is subject and, if it is subject to 2 or more
registered interests, enter the memorials in such manner as to
preserve their priority; and
(d) enter on the instrument evidencing or creating such interests
and on its duplicate copy a memorial that it has effect in
accordance with section 9E; and
(e) enter in the land register a memorial of any registered interest
in respect of which, by force of section 9E(3), the unit is the
dominant tenement; and
(f) enter in the land register in respect of the servient tenement a
note that the registered interest has effect in accordance with
section 9E(3); and
(g) deliver a copy of the units plan of subdivision or units plan of
consolidation to the applicant or the person entitled to it and
another copy to the local government council for the local
government area in which the relevant unit, is or units are
situated or, if the unit is not or units are not situated in a local
government area, to the Minister.
9G Duties of Registrar-General after registration of notice of
conversion
Immediately after the registration of a notice of conversion referred
to in section 9C, the Registrar-General shall:
(a) make appropriate amendments to the land register; and
(b) deliver a copy of the notice of conversion and a copy of the
schedule of unit entitlements to the applicant or the person
entitled to it and another copy of both those documents to the
local government council for the local government area in
which the unit is, or units are, situated or if the unit is not or
units are not situated in a local government area, to the
Minister.
9H Duties of the Registrar-General after registration of building
alteration plan
Immediately after the registration of a building alteration plan
referred to in section 9D, the Registrar-General shall:
(a) make in the land register such record of the building alteration
plan as he thinks fit; and
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(b) deliver a copy of the building alteration plan to the applicant or
to the person entitled to it and another copy to the local
government council for the local government area in which the
unit is situated or, if the unit is not situated in a local
government area, to the Minister.
Part IIB Registration of disclosure statement and
variations
9J Registration of disclosure statement
The Registrar-General shall, after payment of the prescribed fee
and lodgement with him, in accordance with section 26E(1), 26T(1)
or 26ZI(3)(a) of the Unit Titles Act 1975, of a copy of a disclosure
statement, enter the details in the land register in an appropriate
way so as to affect each part of the land that comprises the balance
of the parcel (except in the case of disclosure statement relating to
an estate development of a Crown lease).
9K Variation of disclosure statement
The Registrar-General shall, after payment of the prescribed fee
and lodgement with the Registrar-General of the disclosure
statement referred to in section 26J(2)(a) or 26W(2)(a) of the Unit
Titles Act 1975 or a variation of a disclosure statement in
accordance with section 26ZK or 26ZM of that Act, a notice in
writing in pursuance of section 26J(3) or 26W(4) or an instrument of
approval referred to in section 26W(5), of the Minister's approval of
that disclosure statement, replace the original disclosure statement
with the disclosure statement so lodged and cause to be made in
the land register such notations as he thinks fit to record that fact.
Part III Cancellation and alteration of units plan
13 Registration of order for alteration of units plan
On the lodgment with the Registrar-General of an office copy of an
order made by the Tribunal under section 99 of the Unit Titles
Act 1975 for the alteration of a units plan, together with a copy of
the schedule of unit entitlement altered in accordance with the
order, together with the prescribed fee, the Registrar-General shall
register those documents.
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14 Duties of Registrar-General on registration of order for
alteration of units plan
Immediately after the registration of an order for the alteration of a
units plan, the Registrar-General shall:
(a) make appropriate amendments to the land register; and
(b) enter on the units plan such memorials as are necessary to
give effect to the order.
15 Registrar-General to give notice of cancellation or alteration of
units plan
Immediately after the registration of an order for the cancellation or
alteration of a units plan, the Registrar-General shall give written
notice of the registration of the order to the local government
council for the local government area in which the parcel is situated,
or if the parcel is not situated in a local government area, the
Registrar-General shall give the written notice to the Minister.
Part IV Miscellaneous
16 Change of address for service of documents
(1) Where the address for service of documents shown on a units plan
or building development plan, or in the land register for common
property, is changed, the corporation shall, in accordance with the
prescribed form, together with the prescribed fee, give notice of the
change to the Registrar-General.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) On receipt of a notice under subsection (1), the Registrar-General
shall endorse on the units plan or a building development plan or, if
he thinks fit, in the land register for the common property, a
memorial of the change of address.
17 Registration of alteration of articles
On the lodgment with the Registrar-General of a copy of a special
resolution, certified under the seal of the corporation as a true copy
of the resolution, altering the articles of the corporation, together
with the prescribed fee, the Registrar-General shall register the
resolution in such manner as he thinks fit in the land register.
Part IV Miscellaneous
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 16
18 Registrar-General to register appointment, &c., of
administrator
On the lodgment with the Registrar-General of an office copy of an
order made by the Tribunal under Part VII of the Unit Titles
Act 1975 appointing, removing or replacing an administrator of a
corporation, together with the prescribed fee, the Registrar-General
shall register the order in such manner as he thinks fit in the land
register.
19 No dealings while application for cancellation or alteration of
units plan is pending
(1) If a copy of an application made to the Tribunal under section 98 of
the Unit Titles Act 1975 is served on the Registrar-General, the
Registrar-General must:
(a) register the copy of the application; and
(b) enter on the units plan a memorial that the application has
been made.
(2) On the service on the Registrar-General of an office copy of an
order for the cancellation of a units plan, of an order for the
alteration of a units plan or of an order dismissing an application for
such an order, the Registrar-General must enter on the units plan a
further memorial stating the effect of the order.
(3) After a memorial is entered on a units plan under subsection (1),
and until a further memorial is entered on the units plan under
subsection (2), the Registrar-General must not, except in
accordance with an order of the Tribunal, register any instrument:
(a) in the case of an application for an order for the cancellation of
the units plan – affecting a unit; or
(b) in the case of an application for an order for the alteration of
the units plan providing for the elimination of a unit – affecting
that unit.
20 Withdrawal of units plan
(1) At any time after the lodgment with the Registrar-General of an
application for the registration of a units plan and before the units
plan is registered, the applicant may apply in writing to the
Registrar-General for the withdrawal of the application for
registration.
Part IV Miscellaneous
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 17
(2) The Registrar-General shall, on the receipt of an application under
subsection (1), endorse the application for the registration of the
units plan as being withdrawn and deliver to the applicant the
documents lodged under section 7.
21 Provisions applicable in relation to trusts
(1) If, immediately before the registration of a units plan, the proprietor
held the parcel as trustee, that person must, upon the registration of
the units plan, hold the units defined in the units plan in trust for the
persons for whom, and the purposes for which, the parcel was so
held.
(2) If, immediately before the registration of an order for the
cancellation of a units plan, the proprietor of a unit held the unit as
trustee, that person must, upon the registration of the order, hold
the share in the estate, or the whole estate, as the case may be, of
which he becomes possessed under section 20 of the Termination
of Units Plans and Unit Title Schemes Act 2014 in trust for the
persons for whom, and the purposes for which, the unit was so
held.
22 Delivery to Registrar-General of duplicate certificates of title
(1) The Registrar-General may, by notice in writing, require a person
having in his possession, custody or control the certificate as to title
for a unit the title of which has been determined to deliver it, within
a time specified in the notice, to the Registrar-General for
cancellation.
(2) A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under
subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is punishable, on being
found guilty, by a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
23 Regulations
The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
giving effect to this Act,
and in particular prescribing:
(c) fees and charges in relation to an act or thing under this Act;
and
(d) forms to be used.
Part V Transitional matters for Land Title and Related Legislation Amendment Act
2008
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 18
Part V Transitional matters for Land Title and Related
Legislation Amendment Act 2008
24 Application
(1A) However, the amendments do not apply to a units plan or document
that relate to 1 or both of the following:
(a) a development permit or exceptional development permit for
the carrying out of works on or in relation to land, that was in
force under the Planning Act 1999 immediately before the
commencement;
(b) a building permit that was in force under the Building Act 1993
immediately before the commencement.
(1B) The regulations may provide for a matter that is of a savings or
transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the Land Title
and Related Legislation Amendment Act 2008.
(1C) A regulation mentioned in subsection (1B) may have retrospective
operation only to the extent to which the regulation:
(a) does not have effect before the commencement of this
section; and
(b) does not disadvantage a person (other than the Territory or a
Territory authority) by decreasing the person's rights or
imposing liabilities on the person.
(1D) Subsection (1B) and any regulation made under the subsection
cease to have effect 1 year after the commencement of this section.
(2) In this section:
amendments means the amendments made to this Act by the
Land Title and Related Legislation Amendment Act 2008.
commencement means the commencement of the amendments.
ENDNOTES
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 19
ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Real Property (Unit Titles) Ordinance 1975 (Act No. 18, 1976)
Assent date 2 April 1976
Commenced 29 October 1976 (Gaz No. 44, 29 October 1976, p 1308)
Real Property (Unit Titles) Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 47, 1976)
Assent date 29 October 1976
Commenced 29 October 1976
Transfer of Powers Self-Government) Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 54, 1978)
Assent date 1 July 1978
Commenced 1 July 1978 (s 2)
Real Property (Unit Titles) Amendment Act 1986 (Act No. 25, 1986)
Assent date 30 June 1986
Commenced 23 December 1987 (s 2, s 2 Unit Titles Amendment Act 1986
(Act No. 24, 1986) and Gaz S82, 23 December 1987)
Real Property (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 33, 1991)
Assent date 25 June 1991
Commenced 1 October 1991 (Gaz S49, 1 October 1991)
Registration (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 55, 1991)
Assent date 26 September 1991
Commenced 1 January 1992 (s 2, s 2 Registration Amendment Act 1991
(Act No. 54, 1991) and Gaz G49, 11 December 1991, p 4)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 77, 1991)
Assent date 16 December 1991
Commenced 16 December 1991
ENDNOTES
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 20
Real Property (Unit Titles) Amendment Act 1993 (Act No. 64, 1993)
Assent date 3 November 1993
Commenced 1 June 1993 (s 2, s 2 Unit Titles Amendment Act 1993 (Act
No. 9, 1993) and Gaz G26, 30 June 1993, p 4)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 84, 1993)
Assent date 31 December 1993
Commenced 1 June 1994 (s 2, s 2 Local Government Act 1993 (Act No.
83, 1993) and Gaz S35, 20 May 1994)
Sentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 17, 1996)
Assent date 19 April 1996
Commenced s 7: 19 April 1996; rem: 1 July 1996 (s 2, s 2 Sentencing Act
1995 (Act No. 39, 1995) and Gaz S15, 13 June 1996)
Real Property (Unit Titles) Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 32, 1998)
Assent date 11 May 1998
Commenced 20 May 1998 (Gaz G19, 20 May 1998, p 2)
Real Property (Unit Titles) Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 16, 1999)
Assent date 5 May 1999
Commenced 9 June 1999 (s 2, s 2 Real Property Amendment Act 1999
(Act No. 16, 1999) and Gaz G22, 9 June 1999, p 5)
Land Title (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000 (Act No. 45, 2000)
Assent date 12 September 2000
Commenced 1 December 2000 (s 2, s 2 Land Title Act 2000 (Act No. 2,
2000) and Gaz G38, 27 September 2000, p 2)
Unit Titles (Consequential Amendments – Building Development) Act 2001 (Act No. 15,
2001)
Assent date 28 June 2001
Commenced 1 March 2002 (s 2, s 2 Unit Titles Amendment Act 2001 (Act
No. 14, 2001) and Gaz G8, 27 February 2002, p 6)
Land Title and Related Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (Act No. 3, 2008)
Assent date 11 March 2008
Commenced pt 6: 18 March 2009 (Gaz G11, 13 March 2009, p 4);
rem: 1 July 2009 (Gaz S30, 26 June 2009)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 (Act No. 28, 2008)
Assent date 14 November 2008
Commenced 1 July 2008 (s 2)
Unit Title Schemes Act 2009 (Act No. 14, 2009)
Assent date 26 May 2009
Commenced pt 2.3, div 3, sdv 4 and s 135 (to ext ins s 54C):
1 January 2010; s 111: 1 July 2010; rem: 1 July 2009 (s 2,
Gaz S30, 26 June 2009, p 1, s 2 Land Title and Related
Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (Act No. 3, 2008) and Gaz
S30, 26 June 2009, p 1)
Justice Legislation Amendment (Penalties) Act 2010 (Act No. 12, 2010)
Assent date 20 May 2010
Commenced 1 July 2010 (Gaz G24, 16 June 2010, p 2)
ENDNOTES
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 21
Local Government Amendment Act 2014 (Act No. 19, 2014)
Assent date 2 June 2014
Commenced s 16: 1 July 2014; s 18: 1 December 2014; rem: 2 June 2014
(s 2)
Termination of Units Plans and Unit Title Schemes Act 2014 (Act No. 48, 2014)
Assent date 8 December 2014
Commenced 1 January 2015 (s 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2023 (Act No. 4, 2023)
Assent date 2 March 2023
Commenced 3 March 2023 (s 2)
Statute Law Revision and Repeals Act 2026 (Act No. 3, 2026)
Assent date 9 February 2026
Commenced 10 February 2026 (s 2)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: ss 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 9A, 9B, 9C,
9D, 9DA, 9F, 9J, 9K, 13, 18, 19, 21 and 24.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
lt amd No. 25, 1986, s 17; No. 14, 2009, s 150
pt 1 hdg ins No. 4, 2023, s 23
ss 1 – 2 amd No. 25, 1986, s 17
s 3 amd No. 25, 1986, ss 4 and 17; No. 55, 1991, s 6; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15,
2001, s 9; No. 14, 2009, s 151
s 4 amd No. 25, 1986, ss 5 and 17; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15, 2001, s 9; No. 3,
2026, s 56
s 5 sub No. 25, 1986, s 6
amd No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15, 2001, s 9
s 6 sub No. 25, 1986, s 7
s 6A ins No. 25, 1986, s 7
amd No. 45, 2000, s 11
s 7 amd No. 47, 1976, s 2; No. 54, 1978, s 4
sub No. 25, 1986, s 7
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 55, 1991, s 8; No. 32, 1998, s 3; No. 16, 1999,
s 3; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 3, 2008, s 22
s 8 amd No. 47, 1976, s 4; No. 25, 1986, s 8; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 45, 2000,
s 11; No. 15, 2001, s 9
s 9 amd No. 47, 1976, s 5; No. 25, 1986, s 9; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 55, 1991,
s 8; No. 84, 1993, s 6; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15, 2001, s 9; No. 28, 2008,
s 3; No. 19, 2014, s 26
pt IIA hdg ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
s 9A ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
amd No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15, 2001, s 9
s 9B ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 3, 2008, s 23
s 9C ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 55, 1991, s 8; No. 3, 2008, s 24
ENDNOTES
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 22
s 9D ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 55, 1991, s 8; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 3, 2008,
s 25; No. 4, 2023, s 23
s 9DA ins No. 3, 2008, s 26
s 9E ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 45, 2000, s 11
ss 9F – 9H ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 84, 1993, s 6; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 28, 2008,
s 3; No. 19, 2014, s 26
pt IIB hdg ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
s 9J ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 55, 1991, s 8
sub No. 64, 1993, s 3
amd No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15, 2001, s 9
s 9K ins No. 25, 1986, s 10
amd No. 55, 1991, s 8; No. 64, 1993, s 4; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15, 2001,
s 9; No. 3, 2026, s 57
s 10 amd No. 25, 1986, s 17; No. 55, 1991, s 8
rep No. 48, 2014, s 32
s 11 amd No. 25, 1986, s 17
rep No. 48, 2014, s 32
s 12 amd No. 25, 1986, s 17; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 45, 2000, s 11
rep No. 48, 2014, s 32
s 13 amd No. 25, 1986, s 17; No. 55, 1991, s 8; No. 3, 2026, s 58
s 14 amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 45, 2000, s 11
s 15 amd No. 54, 1978, s 4; No. 84, 1993, s 6; No. 28, 2008, s 3; No. 19, 2014,
s 26
s 15A ins No. 25, 1986, s 11
rep No. 48, 2014, s 32
s 16 sub No. 25, 1986, s 12
amd No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 55, 1991, s 8; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15, 2001,
s 9; No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 17 amd No. 25, 1986, s 13; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 55, 1991, s 8; No. 77, 1991,
s 13; No. 45, 2000, s 11
s 18 amd No. 25, 1986, ss 14 and 17; No. 55, 1991, s 8; No. 77, 1991, s 13;
No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 3, 2026, s 59
s 19 amd No. 25, 1986, s 17; No. 3, 2026, s 60
s 21 amd No. 46, 1976, s 6; No. 25, 1986, s 17; No. 3, 2026, s 61
s 22 amd No. 25, 1986, s 17; No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 45, 2000, s 11; No. 15, 2001,
s 9
s 23 ins No. 25, 1986, s 15
pt V hdg ins No. 3, 2008, s 27
s 24 ins No. 3, 2008, s 27
amd No. 14, 2009, s 152
First sch amd No. 54, 1978, s 4
rep No. 25, 1986, s 16
Second sch rep No. 25, 1986, s 16