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Land Transfer Act 2017

Miscellaneous provisions - General provisions - Review and appeal

214: Review by Registrar of decision

You could also call this:

"Asking the Registrar to Check a Decision Again"

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You can ask the Registrar to review a decision if you are unhappy with it. You might be the owner of land or think you should own land. The Registrar will look at the decision again. The Registrar will tell others who might be affected by the review. They can look into the matter and ask you for more information. You and others can write to the Registrar with your thoughts. The Registrar will review the matter as soon as possible. They can keep the original decision or make a new one. They will tell you and others about their decision and why they made it.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
General provisions: Review and appeal

214Review by Registrar of decision

  1. This section applies to—

  2. a person who is registered as the owner of an estate or interest in land:
    1. a person who claims to be entitled to an estate or interest in land.

      1. A person to whom this section applies who is dissatisfied with a decision by the Registrar or by a person acting under delegation from the Registrar may apply by notice to the Registrar for the Registrar to review the decision.

      2. The Registrar must give notice of the application to any other person who, in the Registrar's opinion, is affected or is likely to be affected by the review.

      3. The Registrar may—

      4. investigate the matter:
        1. require the applicant to provide evidence or information relevant to the matter.

          1. The applicant and any person affected or likely to be affected by the review may make submissions in writing to the Registrar.

          2. The Registrar must review the matter as soon as practicable and may—

          3. confirm the original decision; or
            1. substitute any other decision the Registrar thinks fit.

              1. The Registrar must give notice of the Registrar's decision together with reasons to—

              2. the applicant; and
                1. any person to whom the Registrar gave notice under subsection (3), whether or not that person made submissions to the Registrar under subsection (5).