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Sectional Titles Amendment Act, 2013 (No. 35 of 2013).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Legislation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette No. 37174 of 18 December 2013.
Long title
An Act to amend the Sectional Titles Act, 1986, so as to amend certain definitions; to further regulate notification of the intended establishment of schemes and the sale of units to lessees; to provide for the cancellation of registered sectional plans in a prescribed manner; to regulate the issuing of a certificate of registered sectional title in respect of a fraction of an undivided share in a section; to provide for the deletion of an obsolete reference; to provide for the registration of a transfer of a part of the common property with the consent of the owners of the sections and the holders of registered real rights; to provide for the endorsing of title deeds to reflect amended participation quota schedules; to regulate the alienation of a portion of land over which a real right of extension or part thereof is registered; to provide for the consent of holders of registered real rights over exclusive use areas to the alienation of common property; to provide for the cession of a mortgage real right of extension and a mortgage real right of exclusive use area; to provide for the cancellation of part of a section pursuant to an expropriation; to further provide for the consent of bondholders with the registration of a sectional plan of extension; to provide for the issuing of more than one certificate of real right of extension and more than one certificate of real right of exclusive use area; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Common property Non-governmental entity Subdivision of land Cadastre/land registration Certification
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act amends the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 in provisions concerning, among other things: the definition of "land surveyor"; application for a certification of registered sectional title; and approval of development schemes.

Full text
English
Website
www.info.gov.za

References - Legislation

Amends

Sectional Titles Act, 1986.

Legislation | South Africa | 1986 (1999)

Keyword: Land tenure, Common property, Ownership, Subdivision of land, Policy/planning, Non-governmental entity, Cadastre/land registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX