These are:
To amend the Sectional Titles Act, 1986, so as to amend certain definitions; to redefine the boundaries between certain sections and common property; to regulate the substitution of bonds registered in respect of different pieces of land shown on the sectional plan; to provide for the issuing of certificates of real rights of extension and certificates of real rights of exclusive use areas at the opening of a sectional title register; to provide for the issuing of more than one certificate of real rights of extension and more than one certificate of real rights of exclusive use areas; to further regulate the cancellation of registered sectional plans; to provide for the issuing of a certificate of registered sectional title in respect of a fraction of an undivided share in a section; to provide for a notice to a mortgagee for consent to proposed extensions to a section in a scheme; to provide for the extension of a scheme by the addition of rights to exclusive use areas only; to provide for a right of extension of a scheme in respect of a building or buildings that already exist; to provide for the deletion of a provision pertaining to certain administrative expenses payable by a developer; to provide for the deletion of a superfluous reference to urban immovable property;
To provide for the production of a certificate by a conveyancer regarding the payment of moneys in respect of the cession of real rights; to provide for a cession of real rights to exclusive use areas within a specific time for the benefit of owners of sections; to further provide for the vesting of rights to exclusive use areas where an owner ceases to be a member of a body corporate; to provide for the cancellation of exclusive use area rights with the written consent of the mortgagee and holder of a registered real right; to further provide for the regulation of consent of bondholders for the registration of servitudes; to provide for the payment of certain contributions by a developer towards the defrayal of certain rates and taxes and the maintenance of common property; to further provide for liability for payment of contributions where ownership in units changes; to provide for the levying of special contributions by the trustees of a body corporate; to provide for the use of exclusive use areas for purposes depicted on the registered sectional plan only; to substitute obsolete references; to delete and amend certain incompatible provisions no longer applicable; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Sectional Titles Amendment Bill
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