Land Title Act 2000 (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

LAND TITLE ACT 2000

As in force at 21 April 2023

Table of provisions NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 21 April 2023

Land Title act 2000

An Act to consolidate and reform the law about the registration of land and interests in land and for related purposes

Part 1Preliminary 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Land Title Act 2000.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the date fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3Object of Act

(1)Theobject
of this Act is to consolidate and reform the law about the registration of land and interests in land and in particular:
- (a)
  to simplify the title to land and facilitate dealings with land;
- (b)
  to define the rights of persons with an interest in registered land;
- (c)
  to continue and improve the system for registering title to and transferring interests in land;
- (d)
  to define the powers and functions of the Registrar-General under this Act;
- (e)
  to facilitate access to information about administrative and other interests and information in respect of land;
- (f)
  to assist the keeping of the land register in the Land Titles Office, particularly by authorising the use of information technology; and
- (g)
  to facilitate the collection and disposal of information relating to land or the buying and selling of land.
(2)
If there is an inconsistency between a provision of this Act and a provision of the Law of Property Act 2000, this Act prevails.

4Definitions

In this Act:

appropriate form, for an instrument, means:

(a)
the form that is the approved form for the instrument; or
(b)
if a form is approved or prescribed for the instrument under another Act – that form.

approved form means a form prescribed by the Regulations or the Registrar-General’s directions.

approved reinstatement process, see section 58(1) of the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009.

bankruptcy includes a proceeding under a law about bankruptcy, insolvency or the liquidation of corporations.

body corporate, see section 5 of the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009.

body corporate name, see section 18(2)(b) of the Unit Title Schemes Act.

cancel means:

(a)
in relation to a document – to record the cancellation of the registration of the document in the land register; and
(b)
in relation to particulars in the land register – to record the cancellation of the particulars in the land register.

caveatee, in relation to a lot over which a caveat has been lodged, means:

caveator, in relation to a lot over which a caveat has been lodged, means a person in whose favour the caveat is lodged.

certificate as to title means a certificate issued by the Registrar-General under section 44.

Commonwealth jurisdiction means a State or another…

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