Land Titles (Strata) Regulations - Singapore Statutes Online

Land Titles (Strata) Act

(CHAPTER 158, Section 130)

Land Titles (Strata) Regulations

Rg 1

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

[15th May 1980]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Land Titles (Strata) Regulations.

Lodgment of plans

2. Every plan lodged in the Land Titles Registry for registration as a strata title plan shall comply with the following requirements:

(a)

the first sheet of such plan shall be in the Form 1 set out in the Schedule;

(b)

it shall be prepared on strong paper and of the quality approved by the Registrar for use in the Land Titles Registry. Every sheet on which an index plan or a storey plan is drawn shall have a linen backing similar to that used for conveyance plans annexed to deeds registered in the Registry of Deeds. The paper shall not be creased and shall be free from discolouration or blemishes, shall measure 500 millimetres in length by 353 millimetres in width and shall have clear margins on the face of each sheet of not less than 40 millimetres on the left-hand side and not less than 15 millimetres on the right-hand side, at the top and at the bottom;

(c)

it shall comprise —

(i)	a first sheet (using annexures thereto where necessary), and shall set out the matters prescribed by section 10(2), (4) and (7)(a) of the Act; and
(ii)	further sheets containing the particulars required by section 10(3) of the Act;

(d)

each further sheet of a strata title plan shall be numbered consecutively and the number endorsed on the top right-hand corner as “Sheet No. .........”;

(e)

each index plan prescribed by section 10(2) of the Act shall be to a scale which will admit of all details and notations being clearly shown and with the north point drawn thereon;

(f)

each storey plan prepared for the purposes of section 10(3) of the Act shall be of a size which will admit of all details and notations being clearly shown and with the north point drawn thereon;

(g)

the dimensions of each subdivided building including the storeys and proposed lots comprised therein, as prescribed by section 10 of the Act, shall require the previous written approval of the relevant authority, and such approval shall be endorsed on the copy of a building plan showing the subdivided building and the proposed lots therein lodged in the Survey Department;

(h)

each lot shall bear the number allotted to it by the Survey Department;

(i)

in preparing the schedule of the share units of each lot pursuant to section 10 of the Act, a column of not less than 40 millimetres in width shall be preserved to the immediate right of such schedule to enable insertion of references to the subsidiary strata certificates of title to be issued in respect of the lots in the strata title plan, and the vertical interval between items in such schedule shall be not less than 8 millimetres;

(j)

typewriting may be used provided that the lines of typewriting do not overlap. A carbon copy, or a copy of which the typewriting characters blur or spread, or are liable to mark or damage an adjacent sheet, shall not be accepted;

(k)

handwriting shall be clear and legible and in permanent black or blue-black non-copying ink;

(l)

printing, writing or drawing shall not extend into any margin; and

(m)

any alterations shall be made by striking through the matter intended to be rejected and not by rubbing, scraping or cutting the surface of the paper.

Application for registration

3. Every application for registration of a strata title plan shall state the name and an address in the Republic of Singapore of the registered proprietor, and of the party by whom the plan is lodged, and such application shall be produced by hand at the Land Titles Registry accompanied by the prescribed fee and the relevant duplicate certificate of title for the parcel.

Registration — how effected

4.—(1) Registration of a strata title plan shall be effected in the manner prescribed under section 9(1) of the Act on the first sheet thereof.

(2) The Registrar shall register or notify on the relevant registered strata title plan any subsisting encumbrance registered or notified on the certificate of title comprising a parcel.

Registrar may register instrument prior to issue of certificate of title

5. Prior to the issue of a subsidiary strata certificate of title, the Registrar may register or notify any instrument affecting a lot on the certificate of title comprising the parcel.

Resubdivision

6. Before registering a strata title plan or resubdivision of a lot or lots in an original registered strata title plan, the Registrar shall —

(a)	endorse on the original registered strata title plan a notification of the resubdivision; and
(b)	indicate by appropriate charting on the diagram illustrating the lot or lots the subject of the resubdivision that such lot or lots have been resubdivided.

The notification under paragraph (a) shall contain such particulars as the Registrar directs, and shall be signed by the Registrar.

Powers of Registrar to renumber and correct errors and omissions

7. The Registrar may in his discretion and after giving notice to such persons as he may think fit —

(a)	number or re-number any lots in a registered strata title plan; and
(b)	supply omissions and correct patent errors in a registered strata title plan.

Registrar to endorse memorial

8. On lodgment of an instrument or the certified copy of the resolution made pursuant to section 22 or 81 of the Act the Registrar shall endorse on the relevant registered strata title plan a memorial stating the nature and short particulars of the instrument or resolution and shall sign such memorial.

Registrar to enter notification

9. Where a parcel has been transferred by the management corporation pursuant to section 81 of the Act, the Registrar shall enter on the relevant registered strata title plan a notification of the cancellation of the same and shall sign such notification.

Duplicate certificate of title

10. For the purpose of making the necessary endorsement on a duplicate certificate of title in respect of a memorial or notification entered in the volume and folio of the land-register, the Registrar may request any proprietor or any person having the custody of the duplicate certificate of title to forward his duplicate certificate of title to the Registrar, and upon receipt of such request in writing the proprietor or the person having custody of the duplicate certificate of title shall forward the certificate to the Registrar.

Dissolution of management corporation

11. The management corporation prior to its dissolution pursuant to section 81(4) of the Act, lodge with the Registrar a notice in writing of its dissolution accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution appointing the date of its dissolution, and upon receipt of such documents the Registrar shall cancel the record of the relevant subsidiary strata land-register after the appointed date of dissolution of the management corporation.

Forms

12. The forms set out in the Schedule shall be used for the respective purposes indicated therein with such alterations (not being in matters of substance) as the characters of the parties or the circumstances of the case may render necessary, subject to the approval of the Registrar.

Fees

13.—(1) In respect of any matter for which a fee is prescribed by the Land Titles Rules, then subject to these Rules, such fee shall be payable as if prescribed hereunder.

(2) No additional registration fee shall be payable in respect of easements created by virtue of section 16, 17 or 18 of the Act.

(3) The registration fee on any instrument executed by the management corporation pursuant to section 22 or 81 of the Act shall be assessed as if such instrument related to one single lot comprised in a certificate of title.

(4) The following fees shall be payable in respect of the undermentioned matters:

(a)	issuing a subsidiary certificate of title or subsidiary strata certificate of title

$70

(b)	registration of a strata title plan

$55

(c)

notification of termination of strata subdivision of a subdivided building shown on a strata title plan and memorial of the vesting of the parcel pursuant to section 78 or 81 of the Act, including notification of an order of court made pursuant to section 77 of the Act, and the cancellation of the relevant record of the subsidiary strata land-register pursuant to section 80(2) or 81(9) of the Act

$500

(d)	lodging an application for the cancellation of the Registrar’s caution entered in the records maintained by the Registrar pursuant to section 31(3) of the Act

$55

(e)	filing an application (including the examination, by the Registrar, of the title to the land affected and the subsisting leasehold titles) under —

(i)	section 125(1) of the Act

(ii)	section 126 of the Act

(iii)

section 127(1) of the Act

$100

(f)	filing a document or an instrument (including a duplicate certificate of title) or any registration or notification on a strata title plan for which a fee is not prescribed and which is not exempted by rule 57 of the Land Titles Rules

$40.

[Subst. by S 159/96 wef 01/07/1996]

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