Western Australian Current Acts

STRATA TITLES ACT 1985 - SECT 56

56 .         Application for registration

        (1)         An application for registration of a strata titles scheme or an amendment of a strata titles scheme can be made —

            (a)         for registration to give effect to a subdivision, by the scheme developer for the subdivision; or

            (b)         for registration of an amendment of a strata titles scheme, by —

                  (i)         the strata company for the scheme; or

                  (ii)         an owner of a lot in the scheme; or

                  (iii)         if the scheme is a leasehold scheme, the owner of the leasehold scheme.

        (2)         An application for registration of a strata titles scheme or an amendment of a strata titles scheme must —

            (a)         be lodged with the Registrar of Titles; and

            (b)         be in the approved form; and

            (c)         be accompanied by —

                  (i)         for registration of a scheme — the scheme documents; or

                  (ii)         for an amendment of a scheme — amendments or replacements of the scheme documents that require modification as a consequence of the amendment of the scheme;

                and

            (d)         be accompanied by evidence, in the approved form, that the requirements of this Act for the making and registration of the scheme documents or amendments of the scheme documents have been complied with; and

        Note for this paragraph:

                See especially the requirements set out in sections 30 and 31 for the scheme notice, sections 34 and 35 (but subject to section 36) for the scheme plan, section 38 for the schedule of unit entitlements, section 48 for scheme by-laws and section 53 for strata leases.

            (e)         must be accompanied, if applicable, by —

                  (i)         a statement (in the approved form) of how each item registered or recorded for the scheme in the Register is to be dealt with; and

                  (ii)         disposition statements, instruments or documents necessary for that purpose;

                and

            (f)         be accompanied by the fee fixed by the regulations.

        (3)         The Registrar of Titles may accept an application for registration of a scheme plan or amendment of a scheme plan, or a scheme plan or amendment of a scheme plan for lodgement, before the plan or amendment is endorsed with the approval of the Planning Commission as required under Part 3 Division 1, but the plan or amendment cannot be registered until it is so endorsed.

        (4)         The regulations may impose time limits within which an application for registration must be made.

        Note for this subsection:

                For example, an application involving an amendment of a scheme plan may be required to be made within a specified period after endorsement of the scheme plan by the Planning Commission.

        [Section 56 inserted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 83.]

[ 56A.         Deleted: No. 30 of 2018 s. 82(b).]