No. In the ACT, the Contract for Sale must be prepared by a licensed solicitor or conveyancer to ensure it includes all legally required documents and disclosures.

This is a breach of ACT law. Advertising a property without the full contract pack may lead to legal penalties and delays.

Yes, but any changes must be clearly disclosed to all prospective buyers and may trigger a requirement to reissue the documents.

The contract is available for purchase at the ACT Law Society’s Website, but generally your solicitor or conveyancer will manage the purchase of the contract to ensure the particulars are correct.

The ACTLS Contract for sale includes all the standard and required provisions for a contract for sale of property. Even if they are omitted in a contract for sale, they may still be implied in to the terms of the contract.

Your conveyancer or solicitor will retrieve it from the Australian Capital Territory Land Information System as part of making the contract.

The seller must pay for the searches before advertising of the contract, but the seller is entitled to have the buyer to reimburse them for any searches on settlement.

If selling a Class A or B unit, the common property title search must also be included. Your solicitor/conveyancer will retrieve it with the title search,

You have an equal interest to the land as do the other joint tenants. To fully sell the property, all joint tenants must agree to the sale, otherwise you are only selling your interest in the property.

Registered encumbrances are interests in the property held by other parties that will be binding for the buyer. They must also be included in the contract and will be obtained by your solicitor/conveyancer with the title search.

All land in the Australian Capital Territory is owned by the government, which leases it out to private individuals to possess the land and hold the title of the property, who are then regarded as "owners".

99-years.

You must submit an application for renewal and pay a small administrative fee.

Your conveyancer or solicitor will retrieve it from the Australian Capital Territory Land Information System as part of making the contract.

The seller must pay for the searches before advertising of the contract, but the seller is entitled to have the buyer to reimburse them for any searches on settlement.

This shows where the boundaries of your property are so any buyers know how much land they are getting.

Your conveyancer or solicitor will retrieve it from the Australian Capital Territory Land Information System as part of making the contract.

The seller must pay for the searches before advertising of the contract, but the seller is entitled to have the buyer to reimburse them for any searches on settlement.

The units plan must be included in the contract as well as the deposited plan. If it exists, it will be a required inclusion by Section 9(1)(g)(i)(A) of the Civil Law (Sale of Residential Property) Act 2003.

When the units plan does not exist, the seller will be required to include a developer disclosure statement instead.

The report is not required for premises which have not yet been occupied.

The seller must pay for the reports before advertising of the contract, but the seller is entitled to have the buyer to reimburse them for the inspection reports on settlement.

When selling a class A unit, it will always be included in the Section 119 report prepared by the Strata.

It is legally distinct to the pests report; however, as many building inspectors will do both at the same time, they may appear in a single document.

You can still proceed with the sale, however the value of the property may be negatively effected.

When selling a class A unit, it will always be included in the Section 119 report prepared by the Strata.

The report is not required for premises which have not yet been occupied.

You can still proceed with the sale, although the property's value may be negatively impacted.

The seller must pay for the reports before advertising of the contract, but the seller is entitled to have the buyer to reimburse them for the inspection reports on settlement.

It is legally distinct to the building report; however, as many building inspectors will do both at the same time, they may appear in a single document and be billed together.

Yes, it is still required even while the other building reports are not.

The building inspector will calculate the rating based on the energy use of your property.

The seller must pay for the reports before advertising of the contract, but the seller is entitled to have the buyer to reimburse them for the inspection reports on settlement.

It may impact the property's value negatively, but there are no legal consequences to having an energy inefficient property.

Yes, the building inspector will typically rate the property when doing the other inspections if requested.

Yes, the brochure is the same for all contracts.

You only need a report when one already exists. If one does not exist, or does exist but reasonably unobtainable, only the advice brochure must be included when the dwelling is built before 2004.

Neither the asbestos advice or asbestos report will be required for inclusion in the contract.

No, although it contains photos, it can still be printed in black and white.

You can still sell the property, although the presence of asbestos must be disclosed to the buyer.

It will generally include the pest and building reports, as well as the rules of the owner's corporation and minutes of past meetings.

The buyer has the responsibility to request the owners corporation to allow them to bring a pet in.

Yes that is a common name for it as it is obtained by a request made pursuant to Section 119 of Unit Titles (Management) Act 2011.

Any registered variations to the rules must also be included as required by Section 9(1)(g)(i)(D) of the Civil Law (Sale of Residential Property) Act 2003.

The owners corporation is the entity that owns the common property in a unit complex. When buying a unit, you are also paying a share in the ownership of the owners corporation.

There is an online form that can be submitted to Access Canberra or a request can be made in person to Access Canberra's office.

There will be a prescribed fee based on the nature of the property and the request.

Any approved development plans or permits that are held by the ACTPLA.

It is not necessary to include a building file search when the dwelling when it has not been previously sold or occupied.

The seller must pay for the searches before advertising of the contract, but the seller is entitled to have the buyer to reimburse them for any searches on settlement.

Buying off-the-plan means buying a house or unit development that includes the cost of the land or unit title and the cost of building the dwelling before it is built.

No, if the units plan exists, it must be included, but if it does not exist, the developer disclosure statement must be included.

Any plans, drawings, surveys or other information to show the buyer what will be built on the land.

No, it is only required for off-the-plan units.

The proposed location and dimensions of the unit in relation to other units and the common property in the units plan; and the internal floor plan of the unit; and anything else prescribed by regulation.