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Land Transfer Act 2017

Miscellaneous provisions - General provisions - Land registration districts

230: Land registration districts

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"The Governor-General can change land areas and their boundaries."

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The Governor-General can make changes to land registration districts. You can think of a land registration district as an area of land that is managed together. The Governor-General can change the boundaries of a district, combine two or more districts, create new districts, give a name to a district, or get rid of all districts. When the Governor-General makes a change, the Registrar does not have to update the records unless they think it is necessary. An order to make these changes is a type of secondary legislation, which has its own rules for publication, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
General provisions: Land registration districts

230Land registration districts

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council,—

  2. alter the boundaries of a district:
    1. amalgamate 2 or more districts:
      1. create new districts:
        1. give a name to a district:
          1. abolish all districts.

            1. Unless the Registrar considers it appropriate to do so, an Order in Council under subsection (1) does not require the Registrar to alter or amalgamate parts of the register, including a record of title, a qualified record of title, or a limited record of title.

            2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

            Notes
            • Section 230(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).