Land Titles Regulation 2015 (ACT)

Land Titles Regulation 2015   

SL2015-24

made under the

Land Titles Act 1925

Republication No 6

Effective:  16 July 2024

Republication date: 16 July 2024

Last amendment made by A2024‑29

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Land Titles Regulation 2015, made under the Land Titles Act 1925 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 16 July 2024.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 16 July 2024. 

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">

authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Land Titles Regulation 2015

made under the

Land Titles Act 1925

Contents

Page

1            Name of regulation  2

2            Authorised entity for Act, pt 8A—Act, s 69B (d)  2

2A          Building management statement insurance requirements—Act, s 123F (1) (h)  2

3            Details in relation to documents used to verify purchaser’s identity—Act, s 178B (2) (l) (iv)      3

Endnotes

1            About the endnotes  4

2            Abbreviation key  4

3            Legislation history  5

4            Amendment history  6

5            Earlier republications  7

Land Titles Regulation 2015

made under the

Land Titles Act 1925

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Land Titles Regulation 2015.

2. Authorised entity for Act, pt 8A—Act, s 69B (d)

   The Minister administering the Dangerous Substances Act 2004, section 47P (Affected residential premises register) is prescribed.

2ABuilding management statement insurance requirements—Act, s 123F (1) (h)

(1)An arrangement to insure a building must include an arrangement to insure and keep insured the building, to the greatest practicable extent—

(a)for the replacement value of the building from time to time against all of the following risks:

(i)fire, tempest, earthquake and explosion;

(ii)riot, civil commotion, strikes and labour disturbances;

(iii)malicious damage;

(iv)bursting, leaking and overflowing boilers, water tanks, water pipes and associated apparatus;

(v)impact of aircraft (including parts of, and objects falling from, aircraft), road vehicles, horses and cattle; and

(b)for costs incidental to the reinstatement or replacement of the insured building, including the cost of removing debris and the fees of architects and other professional advisors.

(2)An arrangement to insure a building must set out a method for allocating the costs of the insurance premiums between the parties to the building management statement including the basis of that method as user pays, lease value or otherwise.

1. Details in relation to documents used to verify purchaser’s identity—Act, s 178B (2) (l) (iv)

   (1)The following details are prescribed:

   (a)the kind of document;

   (b)the entity that issued the document;

   (c)if the document has a date of issue—the date of issue;

   (d)if the document has an expiry date—the expiry date;

   (e)any unique identifying number for the document;

   (f)any individual reference number for the purchaser;

   (g)if the document is a name change certificate or marriage certificate—any former name of the purchaser.

   (2)In this section:

   marriage certificate means a marriage certificate issued under a territory law, or a law of a State or foreign country.

   name change certificate, in relation to a purchaser, means a document, issued under a territory law, or a law of a State or foreign country, certifying that the purchaser has changed their name.

   NoteState includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).

Endnotes

1. About the endnotes

   Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

   Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.

   Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

   If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering. 

   The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2. Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

1. Legislation history

   This regulation was made as part of the Dangerous Substances (Loose-fill Asbestos Eradication) Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (see A2015-6, s 4 and sch 2).

   Land Titles Regulation 2015 SL2015-24

   taken to have been notified LR 31 March 2015 (A2015-6, s 4 (3) (a))
   s 1 taken to have commenced 31 March 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
   

   remainder commenced 29 June 2015 (A2015-6, s 4 (3) (b) and
   )

   
   CN2015-6

   as amended by

   Land Titles Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1) SL2017-29

   notified LR 11 September 2017
   s 1, s 2 commenced 11 September 2017 (LA s 75 (1))

   remainder commenced 18 September 2017 (s 2 and see Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-1, s 2 (1) and CN2017-5)

   Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020 A2020-4 pt 6

   notified LR 27 February 2020
   s 1, s 2 commenced 27 February 2020 (LA s 75 (1))

   pt 6 commenced 1 November 2020 (s 2 (1) and CN2020-11)

   Loose-fill Asbestos Legislation Amendment Act 2020 A2020-20 sch 1 pt 1.9

   notified LR 27 May 2020
   s 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2020 (LA s 75 (1))

   sch 1 pt 1.9 commenced 1 July 2020 (s 2)

   Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 A2023-13 pt 7

   notified LR 11 April 2023
   s 1, s 2 commenced 11 April 2023 (LA s 75 (1))

   pt 7 commenced 12 April 2023 (s 2)

   Housing and Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 2024 A2024‑29 pt 7

   notified LR 9 July 2024
   s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2024 (LA s 75 (2))

   pt 7 commenced 16 July 2024 (s 2 (1))

2. Amendment history

   Dictionary

   s 1Ains SL2017‑29 s 4

   om A2023‑13 s 19

   Authorised entity for Act, pt 8A—Act, s 69B (d)

   s 2am A2020‑20 amdt 1.23

   Building management statement insurance requirements—Act, s 123F (1) (h)

   s 2Ains A2020-4 s 36

   Details in relation to documents used to verify purchaser’s identity—Act, s 178B (2) (l) (iv)

   s 3ins SL2017‑29 s 5

   om A2023‑13 s 19

   ins A2024‑29 s 40

   Identification documents

   sch 1 hdgins SL2017‑29 s 6

   om A2023‑13 s 19

   Primary identification documents

   sch 1 pt 1.1ins SL2017‑29 s 6

   om A2023‑13 s 19

   Secondary identification documents

   sch 1 pt 1.2ins SL2017‑29 s 6

   om A2023‑13 s 19

   Dictionary

   dictins SL2017‑29 s 7

   om A2023‑13 s 19

   def birth certificate ins SL2017‑29 s 7

   om A2023‑13 s 19

   def citizenship certificate ins SL2017‑29 s 7

   om A2023‑13 s 19

1. Earlier republications

   Some earlier republications were not numbered.  The number in column 1 refers to the publication order. 

   Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format.  These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 29 June 2015	29 June 2015– 17 Sept 2017	not amended	new regulation
R2 18 Sept 2017	18 Sept 2017– 30 June 2020	SL2017‑29	amendments by SL2017‑29
R3 1 July 2020	1 July 2020– 31 Oct 2020	A2020‑20	amendments by A2020‑20
R4 1 Nov 2020	1 Nov 2020– 11 Apr 2023	A2020‑20	amendments by A2020-4
R5 12 Apr 2023	12 Apr 2023– 15 July 2024	A2023‑13	amendments by A2023‑13