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Land Transfer Act 2017

Land title and registration - Land title register - Replacement or reconstitution of records

46: Registrar may replace or reconstitute records

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"The Registrar can fix or replace important land records if they are lost or damaged."

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You can have records replaced or reconstituted if they are lost, damaged, or destroyed. The Registrar can replace or reconstitute a document or information that has been lost or damaged. The new document or information has the same effect as the original one. You will see a note on your record of title if a replacement or reconstituted document or information is created. The Registrar must add this note to let you know that a new version has been made. This is done under section 46 of the Land Transfer Act 2017. The Registrar follows rules to replace or reconstitute records, which can be found in related sections like ss 215A and 215B.

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Land title register: Replacement or reconstitution of records

46Registrar may replace or reconstitute records

  1. This section applies to—

  2. a document that is or has been registered or noted and that has been lost, damaged, or destroyed or has become unfit for use:
    1. a document that is or has been in the custody of the Registrar and that has been lost, damaged, or destroyed or has become unfit for use:
      1. information registered or noted in the register or lodged for registration or notation that has been lost or is unfit for use.

        1. The Registrar may replace or reconstitute a document or information to which this section applies.

        2. The replacement or reconstituted document or information has the same effect as if it were the original.

        3. The Registrar must make an entry on any record of title to which the document or information relates stating that the replacement or reconstituted document or information has been created under this section.

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