Help and information
The government's own plain-English guidance for your scheme.
- Dealing with a body corporateOfficial NT guide to body corporate duties, manager licensing, fees and disputes.
- Buying a unit in a body corporateThe buyer's checklist: certificates, minutes and sinking fund.
Disputes
Where to go when something can't be sorted out at the committee table.
- How to apply to NTCATUnit title disputes now go to NTCAT. Steps, fees and how to lodge.
- NTCAT: JurisdictionWhat the tribunal can hear, including unit title matters.
The law itself
The Acts, straight from the official legislation website.
- Unit Title Schemes Act 2009For schemes created under the 2009 regime.
- Unit Titles Act 1975For older schemes registered under the 1975 regime.
Plans, titles and scheme documents
Where to search or order the scheme plan, title and registered by-laws.
- Search for a land titleSearch NT land titles and registered dealings.
Builders, trades and defects
Check a licence before you hire, and where to take defective work.
- Check if your builder is registeredConfirm a builder's registration on the public register.
- Building Practitioners BoardRegistration categories for builders, certifiers, engineers and plumbers.
Also worth bookmarking
Other official pages committee members end up needing.
- Licensing NT public registerPaid body corporate managers must be licensed in the NT. Check yours here.
- Secure NT: How safe is your homeCyclone building standards and maintenance for the Top End.
Official forms
Where your state has an official or prescribed form, use it. For everything else, use our free forms.
- Land Titles Office forms and feesUnit title scheme forms, including scheme statements.
- NTCAT Form 1 initiating applicationStarts any NTCAT case, including unit title disputes.
- NT statutory declarationThe statutory declaration form for body corporate matters in Northern Territory.
Strata managers in Northern Territory
Thinking about changing managers? Start with these. Changing manager is usually a decision for a general meeting, and your current agreement sets out the notice period, so check both before you sign anything new.
Finders and registers
- Licensing NT public registerCheck a body corporate manager's NT licence.
- SCA Strata DirectoryThe Strata Community Association's national directory of member strata managers and suppliers.
Strata management companies, A to Z
| Company | Areas they list |
|---|---|
| Ace Body Corporate Management | Darwin, Alice Springs |
| Castle Real Estate | Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine |
| Elite Strata Management NT | Darwin |
| Fewster NT | Darwin |
| North Management (PICA Group) | Darwin |
| Whittles | Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine, Alice Springs |
Listed alphabetically. No company paid to be listed and none is recommended over another. Get at least three quotes and ask each one what is included in the base fee.
Local reading
Owner groups, the industry body and law firms that publish free plain-English articles for Northern Territory.
- LookUpStrata: Northern TerritoryNT unit titles law, government links and dispute options on one page.
- SCA SA and NT chapterThe industry chapter for SA and NT.
For news, forums and podcasts from across Australia, see what owners are talking about.
Want it all explained in one place?
The Northern Territory edition of The Committee Member Handbook walks through the job in plain English, written for NT's own law.