Pretoria - May 2021

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At what stage in the transfer
process must a gas certificate,
electrical fence certificate
and an electrical compliance
certificate be issued?
We would advise that compliance
certificates be issued as soon as
a bond has been approved. The
reason for this is to avoid any
delays with the bond attorneys
receiving their proceed to lodge.
Once compliance certificates are
received, same is immediately
sent to the bond attorneys,
who then in turn, can once the
client has signed, submit the
documents together with the
compliance certificates, to the
bank to obtain their proceed to
lodge.
If the compliance certificates
have not yet been issued once
the purchaser signs with the bond
attorneys, the bond attorneys
cannot submit their documents
to the bank to obtain a proceed
to lodge.
Therefore, to avoid any delays, it
is advisable to have same issued
on bond approval.
Gas Certificate & electrical
compliance certificate period of
validity:
There is confusion regarding the validity of a Gas certificate and
same is a grey area. We contacted The Liquefied Petrolium Gas Safety
Association of South Africa and was referred to Robyn O’Reilly,
who deals with a queries.
He advised as follows:
1. There is no time frame for the validity of a Gas Certificate.
2. If no amendments were done which altered the installations, no
new Gas Certificate needs to be issued.
3. He however advised that all Sellers should be advised that it is
advisable to have a new Gas Certificate issued when selling a property
to cover the Seller.
An electrical compliance certificate is valid
for a maximum period of 2 years , provided no
electrical alterations or electrical modifications
have been done since it being issued.
Mariana Pera Attorneys can be
contacted at 012 460 1068 or 012 346 6272