The word 'period' in s 70(4)(a) of the Strata Titles Act 1985 (WA) means a portion or interval of time which is fixed and ascertainable when the parties agree in writing upon it. A contractual provision conferring on the vendor a unilateral power to extend the registration date does not constitute an agreed 'period' within s 70(4)(a), with the consequence that the statutory default period of six months under s 70(4)(b) applies. The majority held that neither s 70A nor a contractual severance clause can operate to salvage a non-conforming period by severing the extension power to leave a conforming fixed period, though [name withheld] dissented on this point.
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