Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LAND TITLES (UNIT TITLES) ACT 1970 - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1     Formal requirements for units plans

(see s 6)

Part 1.1     General

    1     One copy of each hard copy sheet, electronic image or data set containing a diagram must be of good quality and in accordance with format requirements approved by the registrar-general.

    2     The approved format requirements may include requirements about—

        (a)     the following matters in relation to a hard copy sheet:

              (i)     the size of a page;

              (ii)     margin standards;

              (iii)     alteration standards;

              (iv)     the number of copies required;

              (v)     the page numbering standards; and

        (b)     the following matters in relation to an electronic image:

              (i)     the size of the image;

              (ii)     electronic formatting standards;

              (iii)     alteration standards;

              (iv)     page numbering standards; and

        (c)     in relation to a data set—page numbering standards.

    3     An approved format requirement is a notifiable instrument.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act .

Part 1.2     Requirements in relation to diagrams

    1     Each diagram must be drawn to a scale sufficient to enable all details and notations to be clearly shown.

    2     The scale to which a diagram is drawn must be expressed as a ratio combined with a graphic bar scale.

    3     Each diagram must indicate, by an arrow or other appropriate means, the direction of North.

    4     All linear measurements must be shown in metres and decimal fractions of a metre.

    5     If necessary, a diagram may be started on 1 sheet and continued on a subsequent sheet and, in such a case, the diagrams must be so drawn that the complementary parts or lines on the several sheets show, when placed side by side, the complete diagram.

Part 1.3     Numbering of units and unit subsidiaries

    1     Units must be numbered consecutively, starting with the figure 1.

    2     A unit subsidiary must be shown as having the same number as the unit to which it is appurtenant prefixed with the letter S.

    3     If there are 2 or more unit subsidiaries appurtenant to a unit, each of those unit subsidiaries must be distinguished by the addition of a consecutive number in brackets starting with the figure (1), thus SI (1), SI (2) and so on.