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Home » Bylaws » ByLaws ACT » ACT: Q&A What is a Unit Title OR section 119 Certificate?

ACT: Q&A What is a Unit Title OR section 119 Certificate?

Published August 18, 2020 By Christopher Kerin, Kerin Benson Lawyers 2 Comments Last Updated May 27, 2021

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ACT lot owners are wondering what unit title or section 119 certificates are. Find out in our Q&A below.

Question: What is a unit title certificate?

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What is a unit title certificate?

I found this phrase in Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011.

  • failure to provide information or certificate.
  • acting on information in unit title certificate.

Is it just the unit plan for the entire complex?

Answer: It’s otherwise known as a section 119 certificate.

It’s otherwise known as a section 119 certificate.

These are typically requested by vendors in order to be provided to purchasers and are the ACT equivalent of the NSW section 184 certificates. Section 119 certificates detail the financial and other matters relating to each unit including whether the contributions for the unit are paid or unpaid.

Christopher Kerin
Kerin Benson Lawyers
E: enquiries@kerinbensonlawyers.com.au
P: 02 8706 7060

This post appears in Strata News #391.

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About Christopher Kerin, Kerin Benson Lawyers

Christopher worked for many years in leading commercial construction law practices acting for government, developers and contractors in the building, transport infrastructure and resources sectors. He has been involved in all forms of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution in a range of jurisdictions in Australia. Christopher also has a number of years’ experience in contract drafting, risk analysis and providing general construction advice having been involved in a whole range of construction projects, from minor works to projects worth billions of dollars. Christopher holds a Masters of Laws, is a Law Society of NSW accredited specialist in commercial litigation and is a member of the National Editorial Panel of the Australian Construction Law Newsletter. He has published in a range of law journals and associated publications. In the last few years, he has brought his specialist construction industry knowledge to the strata sector and now only acts for owners corporations in a range of jurisdictions. Christopher has also developed a specialization in ACT strata law, acting for ACT owners corporations in a range of matters. He has provided training to most ACT strata managers and is the author of the Kerin Benson Lawyers Guide to ACT Strata Law which is intended to become the standard reference for strata law in the ACT.
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  1. Christopher Kerin says

    February 15, 2021 at 9:27 am

    Hi Warwick,

    Please see the link below.

    https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/View/di/2020-285/current/PDF/2020-285.PDF

    Regards

    Chris

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  2. Warwick Bracken says

    February 15, 2021 at 8:37 am

    The Act was amended last year to increase the information rerquired in a S.119.
    Is there a pro forma for the new S.119?

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