New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Except where it is transferred to the proprietor of a principal unit shown on the same unit plan, no accessory unit or any interest in it may be sold, leased, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed of or dealt with except as part of a sale, lease, mortgage, disposition, or other dealing which includes a principal unit or a corresponding interest in a principal unit:
Provided that the proprietor of a principal unit included in the same certificate of title as an accessory unit may let the accessory unit on a weekly tenancy or on a tenancy determinable at the will of either of the parties by one month's notice in writing.
(2) No certificate of title relating to an accessory unit shall be issued except as part of a certificate of title relating to a principal unit.
(3) No principal unit which is for the time being included in the same certificate of title as an accessory unit (not being a certificate of title issued under paragraph (a) of section 8(1) of this Act), and no interest in any such principal unit may be sold, leased, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed of or dealt with except as part of a sale, lease, mortgage, disposition, or dealing which includes the accessory unit or a corresponding interest in the accessory unit, as the case may be, or where there is a concurrent sale of the accessory unit in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.
(4) Where any accessory unit is being transferred independently of a principal unit to a person who is the proprietor of a principal unit shown on the same unit plan, the instrument of transfer in respect of the accessory unit shall contain a request to the Registrar for the accessory unit to be included in the certificate of title for the principal unit; and upon registration of the instrument of transfer the accessory unit shall become subject to all mortgages and charges then affecting the principal unit.
(5) Where an accessory unit is for the time being included in the same certificate of title as a principal unit the accessory unit may not be transferred apart from the principal unit while it remains subject to any mortgage or charge.
(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Transfer Act 1952, any purported sale, lease, mortgage, disposition, or dealing with any unit in contravention of subsection (1) or subsection (3) of this section shall be void and of no effect:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the devolution of any unit upon the death of the proprietor thereof to the administrator of that proprietor.
Compare: Victoria Act, s 8