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Land Transfer Act 2017

Miscellaneous provisions - General provisions - Notices

220: Public notice

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"Telling people about land changes through public notices"

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When you want to give public notice about something to do with land, it means you tell people about it in certain ways. You publish the notice in the Gazette and in one or more newspapers that people in the area where the land is located can read. You also publish it in any other way the Registrar says you should. The notice must give enough information so people who might be interested can understand what it is about. If there is too much information to include in the notice, you can make some of it available on an Internet site instead. The notice must say that more information is available on the site and give enough detail so people know what kind of information they can find there. You can find more information about this by looking at s 240 or the changes made by section 85 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
General provisions: Notices

220Public notice

  1. For the purposes of this Act, public notice of a matter relating to land means a notice that—

  2. is published—
    1. in the Gazette and in 1 or more newspapers circulating in the area where the land is located; and
      1. in any other way that the Registrar may direct; and
      2. gives sufficient information about the matter to enable persons who might respond to the notice to understand it.

        1. If it is impracticable to include all required information in the notice under subsection (1) due to the volume of information, then—

        2. all or part of the information may be made available on an Internet site maintained by the department, instead of in the notice; and
          1. the notice must—
            1. make it clear that further information relating to the notice is available on that site; and
              1. give sufficient detail to enable persons to understand what sort of further information is available on that site.

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              • Section 220(2): inserted, on , by section 85 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).