Why does the City of Johannesburg billing and adminstration not adhere to section 36(3) of the Sectional Titles Act, 95 of 1986 (as amended), which states:
The body corporate shall be designated as 'the Body Corporate of the ...............................(name)............................Scheme, No ..............., such name and number to be inserted being the name and number referred to in sections 5 (3) (b) and 12 (1) (a), respectively.
The Roodepoort Record reports [Download Roodepoort Record 1 July 2011 pp1+2 CoJ Billing Mess] on billing drama pertaining to, among others, misnaming a specific sectional title scheme. Section 12(1)(a) of the Sectional Titles Act indicates that the Deeds Registrar shall "register the sectional plan and allot a distinctive number to it", which is the subsequent number to the last registered in a particular year at the Deeds Office concerned. For example, the first scheme registered in 2011 would have been Name XXX (SS 1 / 2011).
Section 2(4) of the new Sectional Titles Scheme Management Act, No 8 of 2011, reiterate the above by stating: “The body corporate must be designated as the ‘‘Body Corporate’’ and must have the name and number contemplated in sections 5(3)(b) and 12(1)(a) of the Sectional Titles Act, respectively”.
Surely the local authory billing management ought to know this. Simple liaison with the Deeds Office would ensure correct billing.