Peninsula Group Pty Ltd v Registrar-General for the Northern Territory

[1996] NTSC 91

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Catchwords

1. Real Property
2. › Unit titles
3. › Common property
4. › Dealings with common property
5. › Whether body corporate may lease common property
6. › Whether 'sub-let' in s 24(2) includes 'lease'
7. › Unit Titles Act (NT), ss 24(2), 27
1. Statutory Interpretation
2. › Correction of drafting errors
3. › Purposive construction
4. › Word carried from precedent legislation without adaptation to different context
5. › Whether court may read 'leased' for 'sub-let' to give effect to legislative intention
6. › Unit Titles Act (NT), s 24(2)
1. Real Property
2. › Torrens system
3. › Registration
4. › Power of Registrar-General to refuse registration
5. › Lease of common property prohibited by statute

Quick Take

Section 24(2) of the Unit Titles Act (NT) prohibits a body corporate from leasing common property (except in the case of an estate development), notwithstanding that the section uses the word 'sub-let' rather than 'leased'. The Registrar-General may refuse to register a lease of common property on this basis. The word 'sub-let' is to be read as 'leased' to correct a drafting error arising from the adoption of the ACT precedent legislation.

Case Details

Citation[1996] NTSC 91

CourtNTSC

JurisdictionNorthern Territory

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1995KP Welding Construction Pty Ltd v HerbertNTSC 1
1990Mills v MeekingHCA 6
1987Babaniaris v Lutony Fashions Pty LtdHCA 19
1985K & S Lake City Freighters Pty Ltd v Gordon & Gotch LtdHCA 48
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