Hon Deputy Speaker, the Sectional Titles Amendment Bill correctly seeks to align the Act with current trends in the sectional titles market. Norms and procedures change over time and this Bill seeks to address and incorporate those changes, thus providing adequate legal redress for owners of sectional titles in their dealings with both local authorities and among themselves.
Key objectives are the legitimising of current practice of levying for special contributions; the removal of confusion around the opening of the sectional titles register for more than one piece of land; the provision for cancellation of exclusive use areas and to provide for the issuing of certificates of real rights of extension and certificates of real rights of exclusive use areas at the opening of the sectional titles register.
The Deeds Registries Act, as it stands, has many obsolete and obfuscated provisions. One has only to wander into the deeds office to see queues of conveyance attorneys, waiting somewhat impatiently, to see a deeds office examiner about an unclear provision in the Deeds Registries Act.
The Deeds Registries Amendment Bill will go a long way in addressing such issues, and like the Sectional Titles Amendment Bill, will have the desired and intended effect of bringing its source legislation into the 21st century. A pragmatic and inherently practical approach is required when dealing with legislation of this nature and the IFP is confident that these two pieces of legislation do just that. The IFP supports both Bills. I thank you.