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Unit Titles Act 2001
22CUnit title assessment report applications—unit title
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22C Unit title assessment report applications—unit title
assessor may require further information
(a) a unit title assessor requires further information to prepare a unit
title assessment report under section 22B; and
(b) the applicant and the unit title assessor have not agreed that the
unit title assessor will obtain the further information; and
(c) the unit title assessor believes on reasonable grounds that the
further information will help the unit title assessor to prepare the
report.
(2) The unit title assessor may, by written notice, ask the applicant to give
the unit title assessor stated further information in relation to the
application.
(3) This section does not entitle a unit title assessor to require—
(a) photographs to be taken by someone other than the owner of the
parcel of land; or
(b) photographs to be taken using equipment other than equipment
of the owner’s choice; or
(c) further information if—
(i) the unit title assessor has, or has reasonable access to,
suitable information that allows the unit title assessor to
decide the application without personally inspecting the
land where the building work is to be carried out; or
(ii) a territory law requires the unit title assessor to personally
obtain or be given the information.
Examples—suitable information unit title assessor has or has reasonable
access to
1 The website www.actmapi.act.gov.au provides aerial photographs and
topographical information including ground contours for some ACT areas. If
the land to which an application relates is covered by the website, the
photographs and contours have sufficient information, and are accurate and
recent enough, to decide the application in relation to tree and ground-height
related matters, the unit title assessor may not require further information or
documents by way of photographs or topographical information in relation to
trees and ground heights.