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COMMUNITY TITLES ACT 1996 - SECT 30

30—Scheme description

        (1)         A scheme description must—

            (a)         be in a form approved by the Registrar-General; and

            (b)         identify the community parcel and the lots and common property into which the parcel is to be divided (this may be done by reference to the plan of community division with which the description will be filed); and

            (c)         describe the purpose or purposes for which the lots and common property may be used; and

            (d)         specify the standard of buildings and other improvements (if any) to be, or which may be, erected on or made to the lots or common property; and

            (e)         if the scheme is to be completed in stages—

                  (i)         identify the part or parts of the community parcel (which may, in the case of a strata scheme, include a stratum or strata of space not defined by a building or other monument) to be developed in a subsequent stage or subsequent stages; and

                  (ii)         provide a brief description of the nature and scope of the development to be undertaken in respect of each stage; and

                  (iii)         state the time expected for the completion of each stage or, if it is not possible to estimate a time for completion, explain briefly why it is not possible to do so; and

            (f)         if the owner or owners of one or more of the community lots is to be under an obligation to develop the lot—include a brief description of the nature and scope of that development and the time for its completion or, if it is not possible to estimate a time for completion, explain briefly why it is not possible to do so; and

            (g)         if the developer is to make improvements to the common property or undertake any other development work on the common property—include a brief description of the nature and scope of those improvements or that work and the time expected for their completion or, if it is not possible to estimate a time for completion, explain briefly why it is not possible to do so; and

            (h)         if the division or other development of the land pursuant to the scheme is subject to conditions imposed by the relevant development authority when granting its consent or imposed by the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 or by regulations under that Act—set out those conditions in full; and

                  (i)         set out any other important features of the scheme; and

            (ia)         be endorsed with a certificate in the form prescribed by regulation from the person who prepared the scheme description certifying that the scheme description has been correctly prepared in accordance with this Act; and

            (j)         include any other information required by the regulations.

        (2)         The scheme description of a secondary scheme must not be inconsistent with the scheme description or the by-laws of the primary scheme and the scheme description of a tertiary scheme must not be inconsistent with the scheme description or the by-laws of the secondary or primary scheme.

        (3)         A scheme description should be written as clearly as possible and should not include any unnecessary detail.

        (4)         Before endorsing a scheme description, the relevant development authority may require modifications to it—

            (a)         to add any information that is necessary or desirable in the opinion of the development authority; or

            (b)         to clarify any part of the description; or

            (c)         to remove any unnecessary detail.



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