Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This section says the Act may be cited as the Common Leasehold Schemes Act.”
This section says the Act may be cited as the Common Leasehold Schemes Act. This section defines key terms used in the Act. Land registered in the Lands Register may be divided into units by registering a common leasehold scheme. A registered proprietor may apply to register a common leasehold scheme, but the Registrar must be satisfied the application meets the Act, and the scheme cannot be registered unless each prospective unit has an identifying number. A proposed common leasehold scheme must include specified land, boundary, unit, and address details, and it must divide the parcel into at least two units.
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As at 31 Dec 1996. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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This section says the Act may be cited as the Common Leasehold Schemes Act.
Section 1
A body corporate may enforce certain by-laws directly against an occupier of a unit when the by-law restricts use or enjoyment and there is non-compliance.
Section 12
Land rates and taxes apply to each unit in a common leasehold scheme as if each unit were land on the Lands Register; certain non-tax statutory charges are instead apportioned as like charges on each unit.
Section 23
The body corporate may take a range of actions to manage common property, including buying property, borrowing and securing money, investing funds, making service agreements, granting use rights, hiring staff, delegating powers, and doing things needed to…
Section 6
This section sets rules for the body corporate’s board: when it exists, how it is chosen, quorum, voting, meetings, delegation, and record-keeping.
Section 17
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Source and current-law status
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Source record from zambialii.org · As at 31 Dec 1996
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