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Crown Minerals Act 1991

Permits, access to land, and other matters - Permits, access to land, and title notations - Notation on land titles

87: Certified copies of documents to be evidence

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"Copies of documents can be used as proof in court if they are certified by the Registrar-General of Land."

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If you want a copy of a document that has been recorded by the Registrar-General of Land, you can ask for it. You will have to pay a fee, which is set by regulations under the Land Transfer Act 2017. The Registrar-General of Land will then give you a certified copy of the document. If the certified copy is signed by the Registrar-General of Land and sealed with their seal, it can be used as evidence in court. This means you can use the certified copy to prove something, just like you would use the original document.

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Permits, access to land, and title notations: Notation on land titles

87Certified copies of documents to be evidence

  1. The Registrar-General of Land shall, on payment of any fee prescribed by regulations under the Land Transfer Act 2017, provide to any person so applying a certified copy of any document that has been lodged with and recorded by the Registrar-General of Land under this Part.

  2. Any such certified copy that is signed by the Registrar-General of Land and sealed with his or her seal shall be received in evidence for all purposes for which the document might be put in evidence.

Notes
  • Section 87 heading: amended, on , by section 15(1) of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 45).
  • Section 87(1): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
  • Section 87(1): amended, on , by section 64 of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 14).
  • Section 87(1): amended, on , by section 15(2) of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 45).
  • Section 87(2): amended, on , by section 64 of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 14).
  • Section 87(2): amended, on , by section 15(3) of the Crown Minerals Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 45).