Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

UNIT TITLES ACT - SECT 21F

Alteration of building affecting units plan

    (1)     Where a building is altered by:

        (a)     the demolition of a wall, floor, ceiling or structural cubic space, and a boundary of a unit was, immediately before the alteration, the inner surface or a part of that wall, the upper surface or a part of that floor or the under surface or a part of that ceiling or was defined in terms of or by reference to that wall, floor, ceiling or structural cubic space; or

        (b)     the construction of a wall, floor or ceiling so that a boundary of a unit coincides with the inner surface or a part of that wall, the upper surface or a part of that floor or the under surface or a part of that ceiling,

the proprietor of that unit shall, within 28 days after a building certificate is issued in respect of the demolition or construction, lodge with the Registrar-General for registration as a building alteration plan a plan which:

        (c)     defines by lines the base of each vertical boundary of that unit after the alteration of the building; and

        (d)     is accompanied by a certificate given by a licensed surveyor certifying that:

            (i)     the wall, floor, ceiling or structural cubic space has been demolished or constructed, as the case may be; and

            (ii)     every wall, floor or ceiling referred to in paragraph (b) is wholly within the perimeter of the parcel.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     In subsection (1):

"building certificate" means:

        (a)     a certificate issued under section 40 of the repealed Act; or

        (b)     an occupancy permit.

"occupancy permit" has the same meaning as in the Building Act .

"repealed Act" has the same meaning as in the Building Act .



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback