Land Transfer Act 2017

Miscellaneous applications and other matters - Title to access strips

184: Meaning of access strip

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"What is an access strip in a subdivision?"

When you are looking at an application under this part of the law, an access strip refers to land that has been set aside in a subdivision to provide access to an existing road. You can think of it as a path of land that allows people to get from one lot to another and to the road. However, it does not include land that a local authority has decided is a road, street, service lane, or access way, and you can find more information about this by looking at s 89A(1), (5).

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183: Registration of Crown grant under Deeds Registration Act 1908 unnecessary, or

"No need to register some land grants"

185: Application by adjoining owners for title to access strip, or

"Neighbours can apply for ownership of a shared access path"

Part 4Miscellaneous applications and other matters
Title to access strips

184Meaning of access strip

For the purposes of this subpart, access strip, in relation to an application under this subpart,—
means land (whether or not subject to this Act) that has been set aside as part of a subdivision for the purpose of providing access from adjoining lots and any other lots in the subdivision to an existing road and that at the time of the application is, in the opinion of the Registrar, being used principally for that purpose; but
does not include land accepted or declared by a local authority to be a road or street or a service lane or an access way.

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s 89A(1), (5)