Land Code (Strata) Act · 2000 Revised Edition · Part VIII · Variation Plans
51. Application for certification
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An application may be made to the Commissioner for the certification of a variation plan being a new strata plan in substitution for the existing strata plan. Every application shall be in Form 6 set out in the First
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Land, being the officer appointed as the head of the Land Department and includes any person for the time being lawfully exercising his powers;
Schedule. The new strata plan shall be approved by the Surveyor General under the same number as the existing strata plan and the provisions of section 25 shall apply accordingly.
strata plan
“strata plan” means a plan that has been or is intended to be certified under section 9;
Subject to the provisions of this section, a variation plan shall comply with all the requirements of this Act as to strata plans and shall, in addition —
define the boundaries of the new units or the enlarged or reduced units;
show all new units and any enlarged or reduced unit marked with numbers or letters not already used on the strata plan;
bear a legend specifying which of the new units, enlarged units and reduced units are principal units and which are accessory units;
in the case of a subdivision into 2 or more new units, the enlarged units or reduced units have endorsed thereon a schedule apportioning among the new units, enlarged units and reduced units, the unit entitlement of the former unit or units included in the variation plan, which apportionment shall be determined by a recognised valuer subject to payment to the recognised valuer, as the case may be, of such fee as he may fix.
Land Code (Strata)
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner
Defined · s 2“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Land, being the officer appointed as the head of the Land Department and includes any person for the time being lawfully exercising his powers;
land
Defined · s 2“land” includes land of any tenure, any building or parts thereof, the air space above the surface, the surface of the land and such of the subsoil as is occupied by any buildings and related structures, but excludes the right to all minerals and mineral products including oil and gas;
recognised valuer
Defined · s 2“recognised valuer” means an appropriately qualified valuer recognised by the Commissioner;
strata plan
Defined · s 2“strata plan” means a plan that has been or is intended to be certified under section 9;
Surveyor General
Defined · s 2“Surveyor General” means the officer appointed as the head of the Survey Department and includes any person for the time being lawfully exercising his powers;
unit
Defined · s 2“unit”, in relation to any land, means a part of the land consisting of a space of any shape situated on or above the surface of the land, or below the surface of the land to the extent that any buildings or related structures occupy the subsoil, or partly in one such situation and partly in another or others, all the dimensions of which are limited, and that is designed for separate ownership;
unit entitlement
Defined · s 2“unit entitlement”, in relation to any unit, means the unit entitlement assigned to that unit under subsection (1) of section 13, section 51, 52 or 60; Application of Act.
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