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Land Transfer Act 2017

Miscellaneous applications and other matters - Title to access strips

191: Owner of access strip who is not adjoining owner

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"What happens to an access strip if the owner can't be found or gives up ownership"

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You own a strip of land that gives access to another property, but you are not the owner of the property next door. If you cannot be found after people have tried to contact you, or if you agree to give up your ownership, something can happen to your land. The people who want to take over your land must follow some rules. You must give certain information if you agree to give up your land. The people who want to take over your land must show proof that they have tried to find you, or they must show your agreement to give up your land. If they do everything correctly, they will then own your land. There is more information about this in section 89A(3) of another law.

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Part 4Miscellaneous applications and other matters
Title to access strips

191Owner of access strip who is not adjoining owner

  1. This section applies to an owner of the freehold estate in the access strip who is not an adjoining owner and who,—

  2. after reasonable inquiries have been made, cannot be found; or
    1. consents to the application and to forfeiting ownership of the estate to the applicants.

      1. The consent must contain the prescribed information.

      2. The application must be accompanied by—

      3. proof of the matters referred to in subsection (1)(a); or
        1. the form of consent referred to in subsection (1)(b).

          1. If the application complies with this section, the estate of the owner vests in the applicants.

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