Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CIVIL LAW (SALE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY) ACT 2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--SALE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY

   6.      Application of pt 2  
   7.      Definitions for pt 2  
   8.      Meaning of residential property  
   9.      Meaning of required documents  
   9A.     Meaning of eligible impacted property and eligible impacted property buyback  
   10.     Proposed contract etc to be available for inspection  
   10A.    Certain documents etc to be available—sale of unit in retirement  
   11.     Certain conditions to be included in contract  
   12.     Cooling-off period  
   13.     Buyer may waive cooling-off period  
   14.     Right to rescind during cooling-off period  
   15.     Consequences of rescission  
   16.     Effect on agent's right to commission  
   17.     Certificate  
   18.     Buyer to reimburse seller for cost of certain reports  
   19.     Compensation to buyer for false report etc  

   PART 2A--OFF-THE-PLAN CONTRACTS

   19A.    Definitions—pt 2A  
   19B.    Rescission under rescission provision  
   19C.    Notice of intention to rescind under rescission provision  
   19D.    Supreme Court may allow rescission  
   19E.    No automatic rescission of off-the-plan contracts  
   19F.    Review—pt 2A  

   PART 3--ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATINGS

   20.     Definitions for pt 3  
   22.     Energy efficiency rating—advertising  
   23.     Energy efficiency rating statement  

   PART 3A--ADAPTABLE HOUSING

   23B.    Adaptable housing—advertising  

   PART 4--PUBLIC AUCTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY

   24.     Definitions for pt 4  
   25.     Bidders record  
   26.     Bidder's name and address to be established by proof of identity  
   27.     Confidentiality of bidders record  
   28.     Bids only to be taken from recorded bidders  
   29.     Dummy bidding prohibited  
   30.     Permissible seller bid  
   31.     Offences by auctioneers about bids  
   31A.    Standard auction conditions  
   32.     Auction conditions to be available before auction begins  
   33.     Last seller bids must be identified if property passed in  
   34.     Disruption of auction prohibited  

   PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS

   35.     Service on lawyer  
   36.     Operation of Act cannot be excluded etc  
   37.     Making false or misleading statements  
   38.     Giving false or misleading documents  
   39.     Approved forms  
   40.     Regulation-making power  

   PART 9--TRANSITIONAL--CIVIL LAW (SALE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY) AMENDMENT ACT 2021

   50.     Existing off-the-plan contracts  
   51.     Expiry—pt 9  
           DICTIONARY
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