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Land Transfer Act 2017

Miscellaneous provisions - General provisions - Plans

226: Cost of survey to correct plans

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"Who pays to fix mistakes in land plans?"

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If you make a mistake in a plan, the Crown must pay for a survey to fix it. The Surveyor-General must certify that the survey is needed to correct the error. You can find more information by looking at s 170.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
General provisions: Plans

226Cost of survey to correct plans

  1. The Crown must meet the cost of a survey certified by the Surveyor-General as required to correct an error in a plan deposited under this Act or in a record of title and, without further appropriation than this section, the cost may be paid out of a Crown Bank Account.

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  • Section 226: amended, on , by section 89 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).