NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
REAL PROPERTY (UNIT TITLES) REGULATIONS 1987
As in force at 11 February 2015
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
4 Forms of application ........................................................................ 1
5 Form of units plan ............................................................................ 1
6 Surveyor's certificate ....................................................................... 2
7 Minister's endorsement.................................................................... 2
8 Form of units plan of subdivision ..................................................... 2
9 Form of unit plan of consolidation .................................................... 3
10 Formal requirements for notices of conversion of units into
common property............................................................................. 3
11 Form of building alteration plan ....................................................... 4
12 Form of certificate as to title............................................................. 4
13 Form of certificate as to title for common property........................... 4
14 Requirements for units plan, units plan of subdivision, units
plan of consolidation and building alteration plan ............................ 4
15 Numbering of units .......................................................................... 7
16 Consents to registration of units plan .............................................. 7
17 Consent to registrations of building alteration plan .......................... 7
19 Notice of change of address ............................................................ 7
20 Fees ................................................................................................ 7
21 Transitional ...................................................................................... 7
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ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 11 February 2015
REAL PROPERTY (UNIT TITLES) REGULATIONS 1987
Regulations under the Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Real Property (Unit Titles)
Regulations 1987.
2 Commencement
These Regulations shall come into operation on the
commencement of the Real Property (Unit Titles) Amendment
Act 1986.
3 Interpretation
In these Regulations a reference to a form by number is a reference
to the form so numbered in Schedule 1.
4 Forms of application
The form for the purposes of an application for registration of:
(a) a units plan referred to in section 7(a) of the Act is Form 1;
(b) a units plan of subdivision or consolidation referred to in
section 9B(a) of the Act is Form 2; and
(c) a building alteration plan referred to in section 9D(a) of the Act
is Form 3.
5 Form of units plan
(1) Except in respect of an estate development under Part IVB of the
Unit Titles Act 1975, a units plan shall consist of:
(a) a duly completed plan in accordance with Form 4, being a
plan endorsed, respectively, by the Minister and a licensed
surveyor, in accordance with section 20(3) and (4) of the Unit
Titles Act 1975, and comprising a diagram showing the
location plan and floor plan;
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(b) all necessary additional sheets, duly completed, in accordance
with Form 5 and signed and dated by the Minister and a
licensed surveyor; and
(c) a duly completed schedule of unit entitlement in accordance
with Form 6:
(i) showing aggregate unit entitlements;
(ii) showing the unit entitlement for each unit; and
(iii) signed and delivered by the Minister.
(2) A units plan in respect of an estate development shall consist of a
survey plan duly completed in accordance with the Licensed
Surveyors Act 1983 and showing a schedule of lot entitlements.
6 Surveyor's certificate
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), for the purposes of sections 20(3)
and 21B(2)(b) of the Unit Titles Act 1975, the certificate of a
licensed surveyor shall be in accordance with Form 7.
(2) The certificate of a licensed surveyor in respect of an estate
development under Part IVB of the Unit Titles Act 1975 shall be in
accordance with clause 38 of the Survey Practice Directions under
section 47 of the Licensed Surveyors Act 1983 notified in Gazette
G27 of 9 July 1986, or that clause as from time to time amended
and in force.
7 Minister's endorsement
For the purposes of section 20(4) of the Unit Titles Act 1975, the
appropriate form is Form 4.
8 Form of units plan of subdivision
(1) For the purposes of section 9A of the Act, a units plan of
subdivision shall consist of duly completed documents in
accordance with:
(a) Form 8, being a plan showing a floor plan and location plan
containing a certificate of a licensed surveyor in accordance
with Form 7 and certifying the matters required for the
purposes of section 21B(2)(b) of the Unit Titles Act 1975; and
(b) Form 6, being a schedule of unit entitlement required by
section 21D of the Unit Titles Act 1975 and showing the unit
entitlement for each unit (as amended by the units plan of
subdivision) and the aggregate unit entitlement for such units.
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(2) The schedule of unit entitlement referred to in subregulation (1)(b):
(a) shall not be required to be executed by the Minister; and
(b) shall be executed by the body corporate.
9 Form of unit plan of consolidation
(1) For the purposes of section 9A of the Act, a units plan of
consolidation shall consist of duly completed documents in
accordance with:
(a) Form 9, being a plan showing a floor plan and location plan;
and
(b) Form 6, being a schedule of unit entitlement required by
section 21D of the Unit Titles Act 1975 and showing the unit
entitlement for each unit in the units plan (as amended by the
unit plan of consolidation) and the aggregate unit entitlement
for such units.
(2) The schedule of unit entitlement referred to in subregulation (1)(b):
(a) shall not be required to be executed by the Minister; and
(b) shall be executed by the body corporate.
10 Formal requirements for notices of conversion of units into
common property
(1) For the purposes of section 9A, a notice of conversion shall be in
accordance with Form 10 and include a schedule of unit
entitlement, in accordance with Form 6 of each unit to be comprised
in the parcel after the conversion and executed by the registered
proprietor of the unit and the body corporate.
(2) A person who wishes to register a notice of conversion shall:
(a) give the written notice of intended conversion referred to in
section 21E(2)(b) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 in accordance
with Form 11; and
(b) provide to the Registrar-General at the time of lodging the
notice of conversion:
(i) all necessary discharges, surrenders, withdrawals or the
like for the purpose of section 21D(2)(a) of the Unit Titles
Act 1975; and
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(ii) a duly completed acknowledgement of receipt by any
relevant local government council of the local
government area in which the parcel is located (or if the
parcel is located within a prescribed area under the
Northern Territory Rates Act 1971, the Minister
responsible for that Act) of the notice of intended
conversion referred to in paragraph (a).
11 Form of building alteration plan
For the purposes of section 9A of the Act, a building alteration plan
shall consist of duly executed documents in accordance with:
(a) Form 12, being a plan showing the lines required by
section 21F(c) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 and a floor plan and
location plan in relation to the unit or units affected and
containing a certificate of a licensed surveyor, in accordance
with Form 13, certifying the matters referred to in
section 21F(d)(i) and (ii) of the Unit Titles Act 1975; and
(b) Form 6, being a schedule of unit entitlement required referred
to in section 21A(b)(ii) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 and showing
unit entitlement as it will be after the building alteration is
registered and executed by the registered proprietor of the unit
and the body corporate.
12 Form of certificate as to title
For the purposes of sections 9(c) and 9F(b) of the Act, a certificate
as to title shall be in accordance with Form 14.
13 Form of certificate as to title for common property
For the purposes of section 9(a)(ii) of the Act, the certificate as to
title to common property shall be in accordance with Form 15.
14 Requirements for units plan, units plan of subdivision, units
plan of consolidation and building alteration plan
(1) For the purposes of sections 6A and 9A of the Act, a units plan,
units plan of subdivision, a units plan of consolidation and a building
alteration plan:
(a) shall be drawn on:
(i) polyester film having at least one matt surface and a
thickness of not less than 0.075 mm and not more than
0.125 mm; or
(ii) on other material approved by the Registrar-General;
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(b) shall include a first sheet laid out in accordance with Forms 4,
8, 9 or 12, as the case requires, showing:
(i) the data referred to in the definition of location plan in
section 4 of the Unit Titles Act 1975; or
(ii) in the case of a building alteration plan, sufficient data to
identify the subject unit and the addition or alteration
effected thereon;
(c) shall include, where necessary, second and subsequent
sheets numbered consecutively and laid out in accordance
with Form 5 showing:
(i) a continuation of data depicted on Form 4, 8, 9 or 12, as
the case requires; or
(ii) the data referred to in the definition of floor plan in
section 4 of the Unit Titles Act 1975;
(d) shall:
(i) if a Form 4, 5, 8, 9 or 12, measure 420 mm by 297 mm
(International Size A3) and have a margin of not less
than 40 mm on the left hand side of each sheet and a
margin of not less than 15 mm on each of the other
3 sides of the sheet and no printing, writing or other
notation (other than directions or notations by the
Registrar-General) shall appear in, or extend into, any
such margin;
(ii) be free from discolouration and blemishes and shall not
be creased or folded;
(iii) be altered only by striking through the data intended to
be altered and not by rubbing, scraping or cutting the
surface of the sheet, and all alterations shall be initialled
by the surveyor;
(iv) be replaced if, in the opinion of the Registrar-General, an
alteration will render the data, or any part of the data, on
the sheet illegible and unsuitable for copying by
photographic or similar means;
(v) be numbered consecutively; and
(vi) be individually signed and, where applicable, sealed so
that no signature or seal is a copy; and
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(e) shall include a schedule of unit entitlement referred to in
subregulation (3) in accordance with Form 6.
(2) A diagram contained on or plan referred to in subregulation (1)
shall, whether it is a location plan or a floor plan:
(a) be drawn to a scale sufficient to enable all details and
notations to be clearly shown with all original notations,
measurements and linework drawn in black waterproof ink of
sufficient strength and clarity to bear photographic
reproduction;
(b) show the scale on the diagram as a bar scale;
(c) indicate by an arrow or other appropriate means the direction
of north, which shall be directed upwards;
(d) show all linear measurements on the plan in metres and
decimal fractions of metres to the nearest 0.01 m;
(e) show all areas on the plan expressed in square metres (to the
nearest square metre below); and
(f) if necessary, be commenced on one sheet and continued on a
subsequent sheet and, in such a case, the diagram shall be
drawn so that the complementary parts or the lines on the
several sheets show, when placed side by side, the complete
diagram.
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(e) and regulation 11(b), a
schedule of unit entitlement shall be in accordance with Form 6 and
shall:
(a) measure 210 mm x 297 mm (International Size A4);
(b) contain a reference, set out in vertical columns in numerical
sequence, to the number of each unit in the scheme;
(c) have set out opposite each unit number, in whole numbers,
the proposed unit entitlement of that unit; and
(d) show a proposed aggregate unit entitlement, which shall be
the numerical total of the proposed unit entitlement of all units
in the scheme.
(4) For the purposes of subregulation (3)(c) and (d), a proposed unit
entitlement or proposed aggregate unit entitlement shall not exceed
999, in the case of a proposed unit entitlement, or 9,999, in the
case of the aggregate unit entitlement.
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15 Numbering of units
Units shall be numbered so that no number is used more than once
in a unit scheme.
16 Consents to registration of units plan
For the purposes of section 7(d) of the Act, a person shall provide
consent to the registration of a units plan in accordance with
Form 16.
17 Consent to registrations of building alteration plan
A consent referred to in section 21A(b)(ii) of the Unit Titles Act 1975
in respect of an alteration referred to in Part IIIA of that Act shall be
in accordance with Form 17.
19 Notice of change of address
For the purposes of section 16 of the Act, a notice of change of
address shall be in accordance with Form 19.
20 Fees
(2) A document shall not be accepted for registration unless the
appropriate fee has been paid.
21 Transitional
Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations, a form
that could be used for a particular purpose before the
commencement of the Real Property (Unit Titles) Amendment
Act 1986 shall, with the necessary changes having regard to the
requirements of these Regulations and the Real Property (Unit
Titles) Act 1975 and the Unit Titles Act 1975, be deemed to be the
prescribed form for that or a corresponding purpose after that
commencement.
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FORM 1
section 7(a)
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
Regulation 4(a)
Units Plan No.
LODGED AT REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE
On ...........……………… At ..............……………..
By ...........……………… Correction to ...…………
Fee ..........……………… Receipt .........…………...
Duplicate to .....................……………………………
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A UNITS PLAN
TO: Registrar-General
The person or persons specified below being the registered proprietor(s)* of
the land specified below apply/applies* for the registration of a units plan in
respect of that land and for that purpose lodges/lodge* the documents listed in
the schedule of notes on the back of this document.
Description of the land the subject of the application.
Register Volume Folio Location Parcel Plan Unit
Details of applicant
Name:
Address of proposed body corporate:
(for service of documents) See note 9
Dated 1987.
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Execution See note 10
Delete where applicable.
SCHEDULE OF NOTES
This form is used for an application for registration of a units plan or a
units plan of condominium development.
The time limit for the lodgement of this application is 3 months from the
date of approval of the plan by the Minister primarily responsible for the
administration of the Unit Titles Act 1975.
Three copies of the documents comprising the units plan must be
lodged.
Each copy of the plan must be signed by a licensed surveyor, the
Minister primarily responsible for the administration of the Unit Titles
Act 1975 (or his delegate), and the registered proprietor.
Each of the copies of the schedule of unit entitlements (which is part of
the plan) must be signed by the Minister primarily responsible for the
administration of the Unit Titles Act 1975 (or his delegate) and the
registered proprietor.
The relevant certificate as to title for the land must be lodged.
Written consents in the form of Form 16 to the registration of the units
plan of all persons (other than the Crown) having a registered estate or
interest in the land must be lodged.
The duplicate of every instrument evidencing or creating any registered
estate or interest in the land must be lodged.
Insert full name. Occupations are not required. Actual address at
which it is intended that the body corporate receive notices and have its
books should be stated. This is the address which will appear on the
title for the common property. Any applicable postal address should be
quoted.
If an executing party is a natural person execution should read "Signed
by ........." (with the name of the applicant being inserted in printed form
as well as being signed). If an executing party is a body corporate
execution should conform to any formalities prescribed under the
Companies (Northern Territory) Code relating to the affixing of the
common seal.
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FORM 2
section 9B(a)
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 4(b)
No.
LODGED AT REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE
On ...........……………… At ..............……………..
By ...........……………… Correction to ...…………
Fee ..........……………… Receipt .........…………...
Duplicate to .....................……………………………
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A UNITS PLAN OF SUBDIVISION
OR A UNITS PLAN OF CONSOLIDATION
TO: Registrar-General
The person or persons specified below being the registered proprietor(s)* of
the land or lands specified below applies/apply* for the registration of the plan
specified below and for that purpose enclose/encloses* for lodgement the
documents listed in the schedule of notes on the back of this document.
DETAILS OF THE TITLES OR TITLES AFFECTED BY THE PLAN
Register Volume Folio Location Parcel Plan Unit
Delete where applicable.
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DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT
Name: See note 13
Address: (for service of documents)
See note 13
NAME OF THE PLAN
UNITS PLAN OF SUBDIVISION/UNITS PLAN OF CONSOLIDATION
See note 1
Dated 1987.
See note 14
............................…………… ...........................……………
Printed name of the proprietor Signature of the proprietor
SCHEDULE OF NOTES
This form is used for an application for registration of a units plan of
subdivision or a units plan of consolidation. Delete whichever is
inapplicable.
A subdivision or consolidation of units and or common property in a
condominium development is not permitted until after completion of the
final stage in that development.
Three copies of the plan (units plan of subdivision or units plan of
consolidation, as the case may be) that is the subject of the application
must be lodged.
The schedule of unit entitlements (which is part of the plan) is required
in triplicate and must be sealed by the corporation.
The duplicate copy of the title or titles for the land affected by the plan
must be lodged.
If the plan is a unit plan of subdivision – the certificates issued under
section 40 of the Building Act 1993 and referred to in
section 21B(2)(c)(i) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 must be lodged.
If the plan is a units plan of subdivision in relation to a proposed
building – the certification in relation to the proposed use of the land
being in accordance with any applicable planning instrument referred to
in section 21A(2)(c)(ii) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 must be lodged.
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8. Certified copy of the unanimous resolution of approval by the body
corporate of the approval of the application referred to in
section 21A(b)(i) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 must be lodged.
9. The written consents in accordance with Form 16 to the application by
persons (other than the Crown) with interests in the land referred to in
section 21A(b)(ii) of the Units Titles Act 1975 must be lodged.
10. The duplicate copy of every instrument evidencing or creating an estate
or interest in the land must be lodged.
11. The certificate of the body corporate of the special resolution of the
body corporate to agreement to the proposed unit entitlement and
proposed aggregate unit entitlement referred to in section 21D(b) of the
Unit Titles Act 1975 must be lodged.
12. In the case of a units plan of subdivision, a certificate of a licensed
surveyor referred to in section 21B(2)(b) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 and
being in accordance with Form 7 must be lodged.
13. Insert full name. Occupations are not required. Actual address should
be specified. If applicable, a postal address should be quoted.
14. If an executing party is a natural person execution should read "Signed
by the applicant..." (with the name of the applicant being inserted in
printed form as well as being signed). If an executing party is a body
corporate execution should conform to any formalities prescribed under
the Companies (Northern Territory) Code relating to the affixing of the
common seal.
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FORM 3
section 9D(a)
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 4(c)
No.
LODGED AT REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE
On ...........……………… At ..............……………..
By ...........……………… Correction to ...…………
Fee ..........……………… Receipt .........…………...
Duplicate to .....................……………………………
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A BUILDING ALTERATION PLAN
TO: Registrar General
The person or persons described below being the registered proprietor(s)*
applies/apply* for the registration of a building alteration plan in respect of the
land described below and for that purpose advise/advises* that the period
referred to in section 21F of the Unit Titles Act 1975 expires on the date
specified below and for the purposes of lodgement enclose/enclose* the
documents listed in the schedule of notes on the back of this document.
DETAILS OF THE APPLICANT
Name:
Address: (for service of documents) See note 12
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND
Register Volume Folio Location Parcel Plan Unit
DATE OF EXPIRATION OF THE PERIOD OF 28 DAYS AFTER ISSUE OF
THE CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 40 OF THE BUILDING ACT 1993
Execution See note 13
Delete where applicable.
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SCHEDULE OF NOTES
This form is used for an application for registration of a building
alteration plan.
The time limit for the lodgement of this application is 28 days from the
date of issue of the certificate under section 40 of the Building
Act 1993.
Building alterations of units in a condominium development are not
permitted until after completion of the final stage in that development.
Three copies of the building alteration plan must be lodged.
Each copy of the plan must be signed by the registered proprietor and
by a licensed surveyor.
Each copy of the schedule of unit entitlement (which is part of the plan)
must be sealed by the corporation.
The certificate as to title for the land must be lodged.
The certificate of the licensed surveyor referred to in section 21F(d) of
the Unit Titles Act 1975, being in accordance with Form 13, must be
lodged as part of the building alteration plan.
The certified copy of the unanimous resolution of the body corporate
referred to in section 21A(b)(i) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 must be
lodged.
A certificate under section 40 of the Building Act 1993 must be lodged.
The consents in accordance with Form 17 of approval of persons (other
than the Crown) having interests to the land as referred to in
section 21A(b)(ii) of the Units Titles Act 1975 must be lodged.
Insert full name. Occupations are not required. Actual address should
be specified. If applicable, a postal address should be quoted.
If an executing party is a natural person execution should read "Signed
by the applicant...". If an executing party is a body corporate execution
should conform to any formalities prescribed under the Companies
(Northern Territory) Code relating to the affixing of the common seal.
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FORM 4
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulations 5(a) and 7
SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE UNITS PLAN No. .............................
Sheet ............. of .....................
Plan of ..........................................................................................
......................................…………………………………………..
Lot/Portion No. ..............................
Common prop. Vol. ............ Folio .........
Town/Hundred of ..............................
This sheet replaces ..........................
Affected title(s) ............................
Signature .................... Date ........
Approved under the Unit Titles Act 1975 as the units plan for the
subdivision of the above-mentioned parcel.
This units plan was registered on .............. at .........
Dated this ...... day of ...... 19..
..............…………......
Proprietor
.............................…………………….
Minister for ................………
………………………………..................................
Registrar-General
Diagram showing location plan and floor plan
Note: 1. Additional sheets shall be signed and dated by the licensed surveyor and the Minister.
2. Any diagram showing a unit referred to in section 12(1)(d) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 shall contain the statement referred to in that section.
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FORM 5
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 5(b)
(Additional Sheets)
Units plan No. .......................
Sheet .......... of ........... sheets
......................................
This sheet replaces ..................
............……... .................………. ...........………………….
Proprietor Licensed surveyor Minister
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FORM 6
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulations 5(c),
8(1)(b), 9(1)(b),
11(b) and 14(1)(e)
and (3)
SCHEDULE OF UNIT ENTITLEMENT UNITS PLAN No. .........…………
Sheet .....…………. of .......………
This sheet replaces ....…………..
Unit Folio of the
Register
Unit Folio of the
Register
Number Entitlement Volume Folio Number Entitlement Volume Folio
The aggregate unit entitlement is ......
The folio of the Register for the common property is Volume......... Folio ........ .
Dated this Dated this Dated this
day of 19 day of 19 day of 19
..................……. …...................... …..………..................
Minister Seal of the Registered proprietor
(See note 2) Body Corporate (See notes 2 and 3)
(See note 3)
Dated this
day of 19
...................……………
Registrar-General
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SCHEDULE OF NOTES
A schedule of unit entitlement must be lodged for:
(a) a units plan;
(b) a units plan of subdivision;
(c) a units plan of consolidation;
(d) a building alteration plan; and
(e) a notice of conversion.
A schedule of unit entitlement for a units plan shall be executed by
the Minister primarily responsible for the administration of the Unit
Titles Act 1975, the registered proprietor of the land that is the
subject of the application and, upon registration, the Registrar-
General.
A schedule of unit entitlement for a units plan of subdivision, units
plan of consolidation, or a building alteration plan or a notice of
conversion shall be executed by the body corporate, the registered
proprietor of any units physically affected by the plan and, upon
registration, the Registrar-General.
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FORM 7
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 6
SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE
I, ...................................................., a surveyor registered under the Licensed
Surveyors Act 1983 certify that:
(1) every wall, the inner surface or any part of which corresponds
substantially with a line showing the floor plan relating to the proposed
subdivision of a boundary of a proposed unit, exists;
(2) every floor and ceiling, the upper or under surface or any part which
forms a boundary of a proposed unit, exists;
(3) every wall, floor, ceiling or structural cubic space, by reference to which
any boundary of a proposed unit is to be ascertained, exists;
(4) every unit illustrated by that floor plan, or floor plan and location plan, is
wholly within the perimeter of a parcel;
(5) the survey information recorded in the accompanying location plan is
accurate; and
(6) for any unit limited in its vertical dimensions as referred to in
section 12(1)(d) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 the unit is limited as
described on the diagram.
Dated 1987.
........................………
Signature
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FORM 8
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 8(1)(a)
SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE UNITS PLAN OF SUBDIVISION No. ........……………..................
Sheet ........…………………….... of ...........….…………………......
Plan of ..........................................................................................
............................……………………………………………...
Lot/Portion No. ........................………………………………………
Common prop. Vol. ..………………......... Folio ……………..........
Town/Hundred of ......................……………………………….......
This sheet replaces ......................…………………………………..
Affected title(s) ..........................……………………………………
Signature .................... Date ........
This units plan of subdivision was registered on ...........……….
at …………………
..............…………......
Proprietor
………………………………..................................
Registrar-General
Diagram showing location plan and floor plan
Note: 1. Additional sheets shall be signed and dated by the licensed surveyor and the Minister.
2. Any diagram showing a unit referred to in section 12(1)(d) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 shall contain the statement referred to in that section.
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FORM 9
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 9(1)(a)
SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE UNITS PLAN OF CONSOLIDATION No. ........……………...........
Sheet ........…………………….... of ...............….……………......
Plan of ..........................................................................................
.................……………………………………………………...
Lot/Portion No. ........................………………………………………
Common prop. Vol. ..………………......... Folio ……………….......
Town/Hundred of ......................……………………………………..
This sheet replaces ......................………………………………….
Affected title(s) ..........................……………………………………
Signature .................... Date ........
This units plan of consolidation was registered on ........……….
at .......……………………………………………………….
..............…………......
Proprietor
………………………………..................................
Registrar-General
Diagram showing location plan and floor plan
Note: 1. Additional sheets shall be signed and dated by the licensed surveyor and the Minister.
2. Any diagram showing a unit referred to in section 12(1)(d) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 shall contain the statement referred to in that section.
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FORM 10
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 10(1)
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
No.
LODGED AT REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE
On ...........……………… At ..............……………..
By ...........……………… Correction to ...…………
Fee ..........……………… Receipt .........…………...
Duplicate to .....................……………………………
The registered proprietor named below and the proprietor of the units plan
specified below hereby give notice that the unit specified below has been
converted into common property and that the unit entitlements are as set out
in the attached documents listed in the schedule of notes on the back of this
document.
FOLIO OF THE REGISTER AFFECTED
Register Volume Folio Location Parcel Plan Unit
REGISTERED PROPRIETOR
(Full name and address)
see note 10.
UNITS PLAN
Dated 1987.
See note 11
Schedule 1
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 23
Execution by the The common seal of the
registered proprietor proprietors units plan
No. was affixed
in the presence of
SCHEDULE OF NOTES
This form is used for application for registration of a notice of
conversion.
This notice of conversion cannot be lodged for registration until 3
months after the date of any notice required by section 21E(2)(b) of the
Unit Titles Act 1975 to the local government council for the area in
which the parcel is located or, for land within a prescribed area under
the Northern Territory Rates Act 1971, the Minister administering the
Northern Territory Rates Act 1971.
Conversions of units in a condominium development are not permitted
until after completion of the final stage in that development.
The consents in accordance with Form 17 of all registered interests
(other than the Crown) to the notice of conversion and to the new
schedule of entitlements must be attached.
The duplicate instruments of interests registered on the unit subject to
the conversion must be attached together with their discharge.
The notice must be provided in triplicate and must be signed by the
registered proprietor and by the corporation.
The schedule of unit entitlements (which is part of the plan) must be
provided in triplicate and must be sealed by the corporation.
The copy of any notice of the type referred in note 2 being in
accordance with regulation 10(2)(b)(ii) must be attached and be in
accordance with Form 11.
The certificate as to title for the unit to be converted and for the
common property must be lodged.
Insert full name. Occupations are not required. Actual address should
be specified. If applicable a postal address should be specified.
If an executing party is a natural person execution should read "Signed
by the applicant...". If an executing party is a body corporate execution
should conform to any formalities prescribed by the Companies
(Northern Territory) Code or, in the case of the body corporate, the Unit
Titles Act 1975 relating to the affixing of the common seal.
Schedule 1
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 24
FORM 11
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 10(2)(a)
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONVERSION OF UNITS UNDER THE UNIT
TITLES ACT 1975 INTO COMMON PROPERTY
To: (see note 1)
I advise that it is intended, pursuant to section 21E of the Unit Titles Act 1975,
to convert the unit described in Schedule 1 into common property within the
meaning of the Unit Titles Act 1975 so that it will be on conversion in the
ownership of the body corporate specified in Schedule 2.
Schedule 1
Register Volume Folio Location Parcel Units Plan Unit
Schedule 2
Registered proprietors Units Plan ..…/..…
Signed by ..................……. Received by ..............………
(see note 2) (see note 3)
Note 1: This notice should be sent in duplicate to:
(a) in the case of land within the area of a council – the council for
the area; and
(b) in the case of land within a prescribed area under the Northern
Territory Rates Act 1971 applies – the Minister responsible for
the administration of that Act.
Note 2: The notice can be signed by the registered proprietor of the unit or
the agent or solicitor of that person.
Note 3: A duplicate of the notice should be receipted or acknowledged by
the person receiving it so that the receipt or acknowledgement can
be lodged as required by regulation 10(2)(b)(ii) for the purposes of
section 21E(2)(b) of the Unit Titles Act 1975.
Schedule 1
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 25
FORM 12
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
Regulation 11(1)(a)
SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE UNITS ALTERATION PLAN No. ........……………..............
Sheet ........…………………….... of .............…………………......
Plan of ..........................................................................................
......................................…………………………………...
Lot/Portion No. ............................………………………………….
Common prop. Vol. ..………………......... Folio …….……..........
Town/Hundred of ......................……………………………….......
This sheet replaces ......................…………………………………..
Affected title(s) ..........................……………………………………
Signature .................... Date ........
This alteration plan was registered on .....………………………….
at .......………………………………………………………………….
..............…………......
Proprietor
………………………………..................................
Registrar-General
Diagram showing location plan and floor plan
Note: 1. Additional sheets shall be signed and dated by the licensed surveyor and the Minister.
2. Any diagram showing a unit referred to in section 12(1)(d) of the Unit Titles Act 1975 shall contain the statement referred to in that section.
Schedule 1
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 26
FORM 13
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 11(a)
SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE IN RESPECT OF A BUILDING ALTERATION
PLAN
I, ..........................., a surveyor registered under the Licensed Surveyors
Act 1983 certify that:
(a) the altered wall, floor, ceiling or structural cubic space has
been demolished or constructed (as the case may be); and
(b) every wall, floor or ceiling referred to in paragraph (a) is wholly
within the perimeter of the parcel.
Dated 1987.
....................…………
Signature
Schedule 1
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 27
FORM 14
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 12
Register
Volume Folio
CERTIFICATE AS TO TITLE
I certify that the person described in Schedule 2 is the registered proprietor of
an estate in fee simple in the land described in Schedule 1 subject to the
rights, if any, created by the Units Titles Act 1975 and to any rights,
mortgages, encumbrances, liens and interests notified in Schedule 3 or on the
back of this document.
Dated 1987.
Registrar-General
SCHEDULE 1
Description of the Land
LOCATION PARCEL PLAN UNIT
SCHEDULE 2
Name and Address of the Registered Proprietor or Proprietors
SCHEDULE 3
Rights, Mortgages, Encumbrances, Liens and other interests in or in respect
of, the Unit
Nature of
instrument
Instrument
number
Date of
lodgement
Time of
lodgement
Parties Signature
of Deputy
Registrar-
General
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Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 28
FORM 15
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 13
Register
Volume Folio
I certify that the body corporate under the Unit Titles Act 1975 specified in
Schedule 1 is registered as the proprietor of an estate in fee simple in the
common property comprised in the units plan specified in Schedule 2 subject
to any rights created by the Units Titles Act 1975 and the easements specified
in Schedule 3 or on the back of this document and any other right or interest
notified in this certificate as to title.
Dated 1987.
Registrar-General
SCHEDULE 1
Name and Address of the Body Corporate
The Proprietors Units Plan No. ...... of
SCHEDULE 2
Units Plan
SCHEDULE 3
Easements
Schedule 1
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 29
FORM 16
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 16
CONSENT TO REGISTRATION OF UNITS PLAN
The person described in Schedule 2 having the interest as described in
Schedule 3 in the land referred to in Schedule 1 consents to:
(a) the registration of the units plan referred to or ascertained in
accordance with Schedule 4;
(b) the schedule of unit entitlement to be lodged with the
application to the Registrar-General for the registration of the
units plan; and
(c) the issue of new certificates as to title for the units referred to
in paragraph (a).
SCHEDULE 1
Certificates as to Title Affected
Register Volume Folio Location Parcel Plan Unit
SCHEDULE 2
Name of the person, being the proprietor of the registered interest, giving the
consent
SCHEDULE 3
Details of the instrument creating the registered interest pursuant to which
consent is being given
Units plan ............................................
Dated 1987.
...............................………….. .......................………….
Print name of the person Signature of the person
giving consent giving consent
Schedule 1
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 31
FORM 17
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 17
CONSENT TO BUILDING ALTERATION PLAN
The person described in Schedule 2 having the interest as described in
Schedule 3 in the land referred to in Schedule 1 consents to:
(a) the registration of the building alteration plan referred to or
ascertained in accordance with Schedule 4; and
(b) the schedule of unit entitlement to be lodged with the
application to the Registrar-General for the registration of the
building alteration plan.
SCHEDULE 1
Certificates as to Title Affected
Register Volume Folio Location Parcel Plan Unit
SCHEDULE 2
Name of the person, being the proprietor of the registered interest, giving the
consent
Schedule 1
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 32
FORM 19
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
regulation 19
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
The corporation in respect of the units plan specified in Schedule 2, for the
land described in Schedule 1, hereby gives notice that the address for service
on it of documents has been changed to the address specified in Schedule 3.
SCHEDULE 1
Description of the Land
Register Volume Folio Location Parcel Plan Unit
Details of applicant
SCHEDULE 2
Number of the Units Plan
Units Plan /
SCHEDULE 3
New Address
Dated 1987.
The COMMON SEAL OF THE PROPRIETORS
UNITS PLAN No. has been
affixed hereto in the presence of
ENDNOTES
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 33
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) Regulations (SL No. 51, 1987)
Notified 23 December 1987
Commenced 23 December 1987 (r 2, s 2 Real Property (Unit Titles)
Amendment Act 1986 (Act No. 25, 1986), s 2 Unit Titles
Amendment Act 1986 (Act No. 24, 1986) and Gaz S82,
23 December 1987)
Amendments of Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations (SL No. 55, 1990)
Notified 16 January 1991
Commenced 16 January 1991
Real Property (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 33, 1991)
Assent date 25 June 1991
Commenced 1 October 1991 (Gaz S49, 1 October 1991)
Amendments of Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations (SL No. 67, 1991)
Notified 11 December 1991
Commenced 1 January 1992 (r 1, s 2 Registration Amendment Act 1991
(Act No. 54, 1991) and Gaz G49, 11 December 1991, p 4)
Statute Law Revision (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 77, 1991)
Assent date 16 December 1991
Commenced 16 December 1991
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)
Amendments to Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations (SL No. 30, 1995)
Notified 13 September 1995
Commenced 13 September 1995
ENDNOTES
Real Property (Unit Titles) Regulations 1987 34
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 (Act No. 28, 2008)
Assent date 14 November 2008
Commenced 1 July 2008 (s 2)
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)
Darwin Rates Amendment Act 2014 (Act No. 47, 2014)
Assent date 8 December 2014
Commenced 11 February 2015 (Gaz G6, 11 February 2015, p 7)
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)
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: rr 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17
and 21 and sch 1.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 5 amd No. 30, 1995, r 1
r 6 amd No. 30, 1995, r 2
r 10 amd Act No. 84, 1993, s 6; Act No. 28, 2008, s 4; Act No. 19, 2014, s 26; Act
No. 47, 2014, s 29
rr 12 – 13 amd Act No. 33, 1991, s 7
r 18 rep Act No. 48, 2014, s 34
r 20 amd No. 67, 1991, r 2
sch 1 amd Act No. 33, 1991, s 7; Act No. 77, 1991, s 14; Act No. 84, 1993, s 6; Act
No. 28, 2008, s 4; Act No. 19, 2014, s 26; Act No. 48, 2014, s 35; Act No. 47,
2014, s 29
sch 2 amd No. 55, 1990; Act No. 33, 1991, s 7
rep No. 67, 1991, r 3