Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 26:

In page 6, before section 3, to insert the following new section:

3.—No person may sell a unit unless the purchaser has supplied his or her residential address to the owners' management company and has undertaken to notify the company of any future changes in address.".

This amendment also proposes to insert a new section and again arises from a suggestion by the Apartment Owners Network. This new section would deal with second-hand units and states "No person may sell a unit unless the purchaser has supplied his or her residential address to the owners' management company and has undertaken to notify the company of any future changes in address." The amendment is concerned with addressing the situation whereby at present, the Bill appears to leave second-hand sales unregulated, with the result that purchasers of second-hand units may be unaware of the obligations of membership of the owners' management companies. The amendment attempts to address this issue and I await the Minister's response regarding that mischief it tries to address.