Land Titles Regulations 2022 (Tas)

Land Titles Regulations 2022

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Land Titles Act 1980 .

21 November 2022

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

R. C. JAENSCH

Minister for Parks

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Land Titles Regulations 2022 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 28 November 2022.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Land Titles Act 1980 ; Registry of Deeds means the Registry within the meaning of the Registration of Deeds Act 1935 .

PART 2 - Bringing Land under the Act

4. Applications under section 11 of Act An application under section 11 of the Act has the effect of a statutory declaration made by the person signing the application.

5. Notice to be given in Registry of Deeds For the purposes of section 29 of the Act, the Recorder is to enter in the relevant index, kept in the Registry of Deeds in accordance with the Registration of Deeds Act 1935 , the following: (a) the names of all legal owners of estates in land brought under the Act; (b) the names of all known equitable owners of estates in land brought under the Act; (c) the registered numbers of all registered documents under the Registration of Deeds Act 1935 from which title is derived; (d) the locality of the land; (e) the folio of the Register created by the Recorder for the land; (f) any further particulars that the Recorder may determine.

6. Verbal descriptions For the purposes of section 32(6)(b) of the Act, verbal description means a description by reference to – (a) the locality in which the land is situated, and such further description of the land (by reference to an assurance of that land registered in the Registry of Deeds or otherwise) as the Recorder requires to identify the land; or (b) a plan of the land – (i) lodged as a plan in the Registry of Deeds; or (ii) shown or drawn on a memorial, or photocopy of the assurance, registered in that Registry.