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Reprint as at 20 June 2011
| Public Act | 1972 No 15 |
| Date of assent | 21 September 1972 |
Unit Titles Act 1972: repealed (with section 37 and schedules 2 and 3 continued in force until 1 October 2012), on 20 June 2011, by section 218 of the Unit Titles Act 2010 (2010 No 22).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.
1 Short Title and commencement
2A Relationship to Resource Management Act 1991
3 Subdivision of land into units
4 Subdivision effected when plan deposited
5 Restrictions on deposit of plan
5A Further provisions relating to principal administrative officer's certificate
7 Existing easements affecting land
8 Issue of certificate of title in respect of unit
10 Independent dealings with accessory units restricted
12 Proprietors to constitute body corporate
13 Actions by and against body corporate
17 Dealings affecting the common property
18 Registration of transfers of common property
19 Additions to common property
20 Supplementary record sheets and new unit plans
Part 2
Special provisions relating to leasehold land
22 Preservation of lessor's interest
23 Powers of body corporate in respect of lease
24 Dealing with stratum estate in leasehold
25 Restrictions on surrenders and releases
26 Implied guarantee by unit proprietors
27 Exclusion of powers of forfeiture, re-entry, and distress
28 Lessor may apply for appointment of administrator or cancellation of unit plan
30 Renewal or expiry of lease and purchase of reversionary interest
Part 3
Miscellaneous provisions
33 Recovery of money expended for repairs and other work
34 Recovery of money expended where person at fault
34A Interest on money owing to body corporate
35 Limitation of liability of proprietors
36 Certificate of proprietor's liability
38 Provisions relating to insurance
39 Further provisions relating to insurance
40 Appointment of administrator
42 Relief in cases where unanimous resolution required
45 Cancellation of plan on application of proprietors
46 Application to Court for order of cancellation of plan
47 Cancellation of plan following decision of Court
48 Scheme following destruction or damage
52 Powers of entry by local authority or public body
53 Stratum estate as trustee investment [Repealed]
Part 4
Conversion of existing schemes
56 Application and interpretation of this Part
57 Conversion to be preceded by resolution or Court order
58 Application to Court if unanimous resolution not obtained
59 Resolution or order to constitute sufficient authority for action by company or owners
60 Notice of resolution or order
62 Consents to deposit of plan
63 Mortgages and charges to be discharged before deposit of unit plan
64 Effect of deposit of unit plan
65 Issue of certificate of title in respect of units
Schedule 2
Rules that may be amended by unanimous resolution
Schedule 3
Rules that may be amended by resolution of body corporate
An Act to facilitate the subdivision of land into units that are to be owned by individual proprietors, and common property that is to be owned by all the unit proprietors as tenants in common, and to provide for the use and management of the units and common property
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
