General

Sectional Titles Act Amendment

Definitions

1. In this Schedule "the Regulations" mean the Regulations promulgated by Government Notice No. R. 664 of 8 April 1988 (as corrected by Government Notice No. R. 991 of 27 May 1988), as amended.

Amendment of regulation 15

2. Regulation 15 of the Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for subregulation (4) of the following subregulation:

"(4) Whenever the registrar amends the relative sectional title deed as required by section 14(5) of the Act, he or she must endorse thereon that the amendment has been effected in accordance with an alteration, amendment or substitution of the registered sectional plan, and in the case of a substituted sectional plan, register such plan and substitute the registered sectional plan therewith. "

Amendment of Regulation 16A

3. Regulation 16A of the Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following subregulation:

"(1) Every deed of transfer, certificate of title, certificate of registration or sectional mortgage bond shall be prepared by a conveyancer or other person empowered thereto by any act who shall make and sign a certificate in the undermentioned form in the upper right hand corner on the first page of the document concerned:

Prepared by me

…………………………………………………………..

CONVEYANCER l AUTHORISATION OF OTHER PERSON

(Use whichever is applicable)

…………………………………………………………..

(State full name and surname in block letters)

…………………………………………………………..

(Conveyancer to disclose Legal Practice Council Membership Number) ".

Amendment of regulation 16B

4. Regulation 16B of the Regulations is hereby amended (a) by the substitution for subregulation (1) of the following subregulation: "(1) Subject to the provisions of subregulations (3) and (4) a power of attorney, application or consent required for the performance of an act of registration in a deeds registry, and tendered for registration or filing of record in a deeds registry, shall be prepared by a practising attorney, not necessarily practising in the province in which such deeds registry is situate, notary, conveyancer or other person empowered thereto by any act, who shall make and sign a certificate in the undermentioned form in the upper right hand corner on the first page of the document concerned:

Prepared by me

…………………………………………………………..

ATTORNEY / NOTARY / CONVEYANCER / AUTHORISATION OF OTHER PERSON

(Use whichever is applicable)

…………………………………………………………..

(State full name and surname in block letters)

…………………………………………………………..

(Attorney /Conveyancer /Notary to disclose Legal Practice Council Membership Number) "; and (b) by the substitution for subregulation (5) of the following subregulation:

"(5) When a certificate referred to in subregulation (1) is signed by an attorney or notary, the fact that the signatory is a practising attorney or notary shall be confirmed by a practising conveyancer, who shall countersign the certificate by making and signing the following certificate thereon: Countersigned by me

…………………………………………………………..

CONVEYANCER

…………………………………………………………..

(State full name and surname in block letters)

…………………………………………………………..

(Disclose Legal Practice Council Membership Number) ".

Amendment of Annexure 1

5. Annexure 1 to the Regulations is hereby amended -

(a) by the substitution for the certificate in forms B, C, F, G, H, J, L, M, O, P, Q, R, W, Z, AG, AH, Al, AJ, AK, and AO of the following certificate:

" Prepared by me

…………………………………………………………..

CONVEYANCER

…………………………………………………………..

(State full name and surname in block letters)

…………………………………………………………..

(Disclose Legal Practice Council Membership Number) ".

(b) by the substitution for form H of the following form: -

DEED OF TRANSFER – see attached for form H

Sectional Titles Act - Amendments 2020

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