Unit Titles Act 1975
21FAlteration of building affecting units plan
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21F Alteration of building affecting units plan (1) Where a building is altered by: (a) the demolition of a wall, floor, ceiling or structural cubic space, and a boundary of a unit was, immediately before the alteration, the inner surface or a part of that wall, the upper surface or a part of that floor or the under surface or a part of that ceiling or was defined in terms of or by reference to that wall, floor, ceiling or structural cubic space; or (b) the construction of a wall, floor or ceiling so that a boundary of a unit coincides with the inner surface or a part of that wall, the upper surface or a part of that floor or the under surface or a part of that ceiling,
Unit Titles Act 1975 18 the proprietor of that unit shall, within 28 days after a building certificate is issued in respect of the demolition or construction, lodge with the Registrar-General for registration as a building alteration plan a plan which: (c) defines by lines the base of each vertical boundary of that unit after the alteration of the building; and (d) is accompanied by a certificate given by a licensed surveyor certifying that: (i) the wall, floor, ceiling or structural cubic space has been demolished or constructed, as the case may be; and (ii) every wall, floor or ceiling referred to in paragraph (b) is wholly within the perimeter of the parcel. (2) In subsection (1): building certificate means: (a) a certificate issued under section 40 of the repealed Act as defined in section 4 of the Building Act 1993; or (b) occupancy certification as defined in section 4 of the Building Act 1993. 21FA Changing parcel that has been subdivided (1) Subject to section 21A, a person (including a body corporate) may apply to the Registrar-General to change land comprised in a parcel by adding land to, or removing land from, the parcel. (2) An application under subsection (1) is to be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed information (including information concerning unit entitlements and land descriptions). (3) If: (a) the land is in a condominium development or estate development; and (b) the development of the land has not been completed in accordance with the disclosure statement relating to the land, the Registrar-General must not deal with the application unless the Surveyor-General has under section 26J or 26W (as applicable) approved a variation of the disclosure statement.
Unit Titles Act 1975 19 (4) The Regulations may provide for the consequences of changing land in the common property in a unit and of changing land for the purposes of creating a new unit. (5) In this section, parcel includes the whole of land comprised in a subdivision under this Act.