{"id":9348,"date":"2015-08-20T12:20:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T10:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/?p=9348"},"modified":"2020-03-17T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T10:23:25","slug":"property-law-update-issue-29-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-29-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Update | Issue 29 &#8211; 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Levies Owing to HOA: Prescription Alert<\/h2>\n<h3>Lukhele v Fernbrook Estate Homeowners Association (61719\/13)[2015] ZAGPPHC (17 February 2015)<\/h3>\n<p>This judgment alerts property practitioners and HOAs to the good practice requirement that, at all times, tabs must be kept on outstanding levies. The right to disallow an execution sale purchaser to take transfer of a property unless outstanding amounts are paid, does not cover debts that have already become prescribed, as the present matter illustrates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu29-2015_s1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Summary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Rules for Owner Builder&#8217;s Exemption from NHBRC Laws<\/h2>\n<h3>Ruiters v Minister of Human Settlements and Another (13669\/14) [2015] ZAWCHC 107 (12 August 2015)<\/h3>\n<p>The dispute in this matter dealt with the NHBRC&#8217;s argument that an owner builder has to apply for late enrolment if he failed to register with the Council before commencing building work. As the Act allows owner builders to be exempted, upon application, from compliance with the enrolment requirements that apply in respect of home builders, the owner builder argued that he need not apply for late enrolment. The outcome highlights the correct procedure in such instances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>read more<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saflii.org\/za\/cases\/ZAWCHC\/2015\/107.html\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">The Judgment<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/stbb_plu29-2015_s2.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #e66a21;\">Summary of the Judgment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Levies Owing to HOA: Prescription Alert Lukhele v Fernbrook Estate Homeowners Association (61719\/13)[2015] ZAGPPHC (17 February 2015) This judgment alerts property practitioners and HOAs to the good practice requirement that, at all times, tabs must be kept on outstanding levies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property-law-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Property Law Update | Issue 29 - 2015 - STBB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stbb.co.za\/dev2\/property-law-update-issue-29-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maryna Botha\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-29-2015\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/property-law-update-issue-29-2015\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maryna Botha\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stbb.co.za\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/623606b2022560795816523a4fd0bfec\"},\"headline\":\"Property Law Update | Issue 29 &#8211; 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