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77: Building consent must not be granted until condition is imposed under section 75
or “Building officials can't approve construction across multiple sections until special rules are followed”

You could also call this:

“When someone brings a special paper, the person in charge of land records must write a note on the land's official papers.”

When someone gives the Registrar-General of Land a certificate as mentioned in section 77(1), the Registrar-General must do something important. They need to make a note on each record of title for the pieces of land mentioned in the certificate. This note says that the record of title has a special condition that’s written in the certificate.

However, there’s an exception to this rule. The Registrar-General doesn’t always have to make this note. Section 82 explains when they don’t have to do it.

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Next up: 79: Effect of entry recorded on record of title

or “When a note is made on land records, you can't sell or rent parts of the land separately.”

Part 2 Building
Building work—Project information memoranda and building consents: Limitations and restrictions on building consents: Construction of building on 2 or more allotments

78Registrar-General of Land must record entry on record of title when certificate is lodged under section 77

  1. If a certificate referred to in section 77(1) is lodged with the Registrar-General of Land, he or she must record, as an entry on each record of title for the specified allotments, that the record of title is subject to the condition referred to in that certificate.

  2. Repealed
  3. Subsection (1) is subject to section 82.

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    Notes
    • Section 78 heading: amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
    • Section 78(1): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
    • Section 78(1): amended, on , by section 24 of the Building Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 25).
    • Section 78(2): repealed, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).