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Part 2Land title and registration
Land title register: Instruments

32Lodging of instruments electronically by certain persons

  1. An electronic instrument must be prepared in and lodged from an electronic workspace facility.

  2. An instrument must be lodged as an electronic instrument if the instrument is lodged by, or under the direction of,—

  3. a practitioner; or
    1. a person of a class required by regulations to electronically lodge that class of instrument.

      1. However, the instrument—

      2. must not be lodged as an electronic instrument if it belongs to a class specified by regulations as not being capable of electronic lodgement; and
        1. need not be lodged as an electronic instrument if the Registrar determines it is impracticable or inappropriate to do so.