New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CONVEYANCING ACT 1919 - SECT 66ZM

66ZM Documents to be attached to off the plan contract

(1) In addition to, and without limiting, section 52A(2), a vendor under an off the plan contract must, before the contract is signed by or on behalf of the purchaser, attach to the contract a disclosure statement in the approved form.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the
"disclosure statement" includes--

(a) a copy of a draft plan, prepared by a registered surveyor, in the way and containing the information prescribed by the regulations, and

(b) any other documents, or copies of documents, prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The requirement in subsection (1) to attach a disclosure statement to an off the plan contract is not contravened only because there are inaccuracies in the disclosure statement at the time the statement is attached to the contract.

(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the remedies and relief available to a purchaser under a contract for the sale of land for failure or refusal to comply with any of the provisions of this section.

(5) Without limiting subsection (4), the remedies and relief may include remedies and relief by way of rescission of the contract by the purchaser.

(6) In this section,
"registered surveyor" means a surveyor registered under the Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002 .