Conveyancing Act 1919 - Conveyancing (General) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2001 (2001-464) [GG No 103 of 29.6.2001, p 4467] (NSW)

2001 No 464

Conveyancing (General) Amendment New South Wales

(Fees) Regulation 2001

under the

Conveyancing Act 1919

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Conveyancing Act 1919.

KIM YEADON, M.P.,

Minister for Information Technology

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to increase certain fees payable to the Registrar-General under the Conveyancing Act 1919, and
(b)	to introduce a new fee for the lodgment of a plan for registration or recording that is accompanied by a building management statement for a building containing various lots (not being strata lots).

This Regulation is made under the Conveyancing Act 1919, including section 202

(the general regulation-making power) and, in particular, section 202 (1) (d).

Published in Gazette No 103 of 29 June 2001, page 4467	Page 1
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Clause 1	Conveyancing (General) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2001

Conveyancing (General) Amendment (Fees)
Regulation 2001

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Conveyancing (General) Amendment (Fees)

Regulation 2001.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2001.

3 Amendment of Conveyancing (General) Regulation 1998

The Conveyancing (General) Regulation 1998 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Schedule 6

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 6 Fees (Clause 39)

Registration in the General Register of Deeds

$

1        For each registration, or renewal or vacation of

registration, of any writ, order or legal proceeding

made under Division 2 of Part 23 of the Act 20.00

2        For each registration of a crop or wool lien or a

stock mortgage, or any other instrument relating to
such liens or mortgages, made under the Liens on

Crops and Wool and Stock Mortgages Act 1898 20.00

3        For each registration of a bill of sale, or any other

instrument relating to a bill of sale, made under the

Bills of Sale Act 1898 20.00
4	For removal of a caveat in relation to a bill of sale 20.00

5        For registration under Division 5 of Part 6 of the Act

of a memorandum containing provisions that are
capable of being covenants that may be included in a

bill of sale, crop or wool lien or stock mortgage 20.00

6        For recording or registering any instrument not

otherwise provided for in this Schedule 60.00

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7        On request for preparation of a registration copy of

an instrument or part of an instrument	4.00 for up to 4 pages, and then 4.00 for each additional 4 pages or part of that number
In addition, for preparation of the copy	Such reasonable fee (determined by the Registrar-General) as is warranted by the work involved

Copies

8        For supplying a copy of a document or part of a

document available from the Document Copy
Service (other than a certified copy, a copy supplied in response to a telephone request or a copy relating to land the subject of a community, precinct or
neighbourhood plan under the Community Land

Development Act 1989)	4.00
In addition, in the case of a document containing 20	Such reasonable fee
or more pages, or if an application is made for	(determined by the
multiple copies of a document containing 10 or more	Registrar-General)
pages	as is warranted by the cost incurred in preparing the copy or copies

9        For supplying a copy, available from the Document Copy Service:

(a) of a community, precinct or neighbourhood plan

under the Community Land Development

Act 1989	4.00
(b)	of a management statement relating to such a
plan 4.00
(c)	of a development contract relating to such a
plan 4.00
(d)	of an annexure to such a plan, statement or
contract 4.00

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10      On lodgment of an application for a certified copy of

a document or part of a document in the custody of

the Registrar-General 60.00

In addition:

(a)  if an application is received by post and:

(i)        no more than 20 documents are to be

copied 11.00

(ii)       more than 20 documents are to be

copied—for the first 100 documents or

any part of that number 22.00

(iii)      more than 100 documents are to be

copied—for each 100 documents or any
part of that number after the first 100

documents 22.00

(b)	if a copy is prepared by a photocopying process	Such reasonable fee (determined by the Registrar-General) as is warranted by the work involved in preparing the
copy

11	In the case of a requisition for a copy available from	Such reasonable fee
the Document Copy Service that, in the opinion of	(determined by the
the Registrar-General, is a request for a copy for	Registrar-General in
which the above schedule of fees is not appropriate	negotiation with the requesting party) as is warranted by the cost incurred in
providing the copy
12	On lodgment of an application for a copy of a	Such reasonable fee
document in the custody of the Registrar-General,	(determined by the
other than a certified copy or a copy available from	Registrar-General)
the Document Copy Service	as is warranted by the work involved in preparing the
copy
13	For supplying a copy (other than a certified copy) of
a document in response to a telephone or facsimile
request	22.00
In addition, for a copy of each additional document
required	4.00

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In addition, for supplying documents by facsimile
transmission in response to a telephone request, for

each sheet in excess of 1 1.10

Official searches (General Register of Deeds)

14      On requisition for a search, or the continuation of a search, from the date of the prior certificate of result of the search (including the office copy certificate of the result of a search or the continuation of the

search)	60.00
In addition, for each half-hour or part of a half-hour occupied in the search or continuation of the search after the first hour	30.00

15

On request for a copy of an official search 60.00

Search for writs, orders or legal proceedings

16      For a search against each name (other than a search

in response to a telephone request) 4.00

17      For a search in response to a telephone request, in

respect of a search for 1 or 2 names	20.00
For a search of each additional name in excess of 2	4.00

Plans

18

On lodgment for registration or recording of a plan, other than a plan prepared solely for the purpose of placing survey information on public record 590.00

In addition, for each hour or part of an hour in

excess of the first 4 hours occupied in the

examination of the plan 60.00

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In the case of land the subject of a community,
precinct or neighbourhood plan under the

Community Land Development Act 1989:

(a)	for each additional sheet in excess of 4	60.00
(b)	for the management statement accompanying
the community, precinct or neighbourhood plan,
including any associated plans or sketches	120.00
(c)	for any development contract accompanying the

community, precinct or neighbourhood plan In addition, for each lot, allotment or portion shown	120.00
or separately defined on the plan	60.00
And, if the plan is accompanied by a section 88B
instrument in which only 1 easement, restriction on the use of land, positive covenant or profit à prendre is to be created, irrespective of the number of lots
burdened or benefited, an additional	60.00
And, if the plan is accompanied by a section 88B
instrument in which the combined number of
easements, restrictions on the use of land, positive covenants or profits à prendre to be created is 2 or more, an additional	120.00
And, if the plan is accompanied by a section 88B
instrument in which only 1 easement or profit à
prendre is to be released, irrespective of the number
of lots burdened or benefited, an additional	60.00
And, if the plan is accompanied by a section 88B instrument in which the number of easements or profits à prendre to be released is 2 or more, an additional	120.00
And, if the plan is accompanied by a building
management statement, an additional	60.00
And, if the plan is lodged for the purpose of
consolidating 2 or more folios of the Register kept
under the Real Property Act 1900—for each folio of
the Register to be consolidated, an additional	15.00

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And, if a plan lodged in connection with an
application to bring land under the Real Property
Act 1900 includes land already under that Act and a
consolidated folio of the Register kept under that Act
is to be created—for each folio to be consolidated,

an additional 15.00

19      On lodgment of an additional or replacement sheet in

conjunction with an application to amend a
registered community, precinct or neighbourhood
plan under the Community Land Development

Act 1989 60.00

20      For recording a plan prepared solely for the purpose

of placing survey information on public record 60.00

21      For examining a plan if survey information has been

added to an original compiled plan as a result of a

requisition 60.00
22	For pre-examination of a plan 649.00

In addition, for each hour or part of an hour in

excess of the first 4 hours occupied in the

examination of the plan 63.80
23	For preparation and supply of a plan 100.00

In addition, for each hour or part of an hour in

excess of the first hour occupied in the preparation

of the plan 60.00

24

On lodgment of an application for revival of a plan	Such fee as would
previously rejected or withdrawn	be appropriate to the plan as a new lodgment

25      On lodgment of a substituted plan or any sheet of

such a plan or an additional sheet of a plan 60.00

26

On lodgment of a section 88B instrument in	Such fee as would
substitution for another such instrument or part of	be appropriate to
such instrument	the instrument as an original lodgment

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27	On lodgment of an application to amend a plan	60.00
In addition, if the application involves the amendment of a Crown grant, a certificate of title or a folio of the Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900:

(a)	for the first grant, certificate or folio	60.00
(b)	for each subsequent grant, certificate or folio	10.00

Miscellaneous

28      On depositing a document or documents pursuant to

section 64 of the Act 22.00

In addition:

(a)	if the deposit is made by post	11.00
(b)	for each document in excess of 4	3.30

29      On application for return of a document or

documents deposited pursuant to section 64 of the

Act 22.00

In addition:

(a)	if the application is made by post	11.00
(b)	for each document in excess of 4	3.30

30      For inspection of a packet containing a document or

documents deposited pursuant to section 64 of the

Act 22.00

31      For production of documents at the Office of State

Revenue 20.00

32      On request for entry of a marginal note evidencing a

discrepancy between an original instrument and a

registered copy of the instrument 60.00

BY AUTHORITY