Real Property Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002 (NSW)

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2002 No 842

New South Wales

Real Property Amendment (Fees)

Regulation 2002

under the

Real Property Act 1900

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Real Property Act 1900.

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 Real Property Act 1900 (the Act), and

(b) to introduce new fees:

(i)

for the lodgment and examination of possessory applications under section 45D of the Act, and

(ii)

for each half-hour or part of a half-hour after the first half-hour occupied in searching the Register to fulfil a requisition for a public search under section 96J of the Act, and

(iii)

for the furnishing of a certificate of ownership under section 151 (2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, and

(c) to remove certain additional fees:

(i)

for the supply of certified copies of registered instruments, where the application for the copies is made by post, and

(ii)

for the supply of a copy of a document containing 20 or more pages or multiple copies of a document containing 10 or more pages, and

(iii) for the lodgment or production of documents by post, and

(iv)

forthesupplyofdocumentsbyfacsimiletransmission(whereno transmission cost was included in the initial fee) and for the supply of additional documents or copies, and

Published in Gazette No 220 of 15 November 2002, page 9635 Page 1
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Explanatory note
(d) to remove obsolete fees, being fees for final searches of a computer folio.

These fee increases take account of the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index.

This Regulation is made under the Real Property Act 1900, including section 144 (the general regulation-making power) and, in particular, section 144 (1) (a).

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Real Property Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

under the

Real Property Act 1900

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Real Property Amendment (Fees)

Regulation 2002.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 December 2002.

3 Amendment of Real Property Regulation 1998

The Real Property Regulation 1998 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

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Schedule 1 Amendment

Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 3)

Schedule 5

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 5 Fees

(Clause 13)

$

Copies

1          On lodgment of an application for a certified copy

of a registered instrument or part of it affecting land under the provisions of the Act—for each copy 62.00

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

document available from the Document Copy

Service 4.00

Advertisements

3 On advertisement, pursuant to section 12 (1) (h1) Such fee as the
of the Act, of the intended exercise or performance Registrar-General
of any power, authority, duty or function conferred determines having
or imposed on the Registrar-General by the Act regard to the cost of
the advertisement

Production of documents

4          For each Crown grant, certificate of title or other

document produced for the purpose of any application, request, dealing or plan to be subsequently lodged

16.50

Applications, requests and dealings

5          On lodgment of an application to bring land under

the Act 124.00

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Amendment Schedule 1

$

6 On lodgment of an application under section 45D of the Act by a person in possession of land to be recorded as proprietor of an estate or interest in that

land 62.00

In addition, for each hour or part of an hour

occupied in examining the application 103.00

7          On lodgment of an application, request or dealing

for which no fee is otherwise provided 62.00

8          On lodgment of an application or request for

amendment of a folio of the Register, Crown grant

or certificate of title 62.00
9
On lodgment of an application under section 81A of the Act for the extinguishment of a restrictive covenant 62.00

In addition:

(a) for each hour or part of an hour occupied in
examining the application 103.00
(b) for the Registrar-General’s costs of serving Such fee as the
notice under section 81D of the Act by way Registrar-General
of registered post determines having
regard to the cost of
posting the notice

10

On lodgment of an application under section 49 of the Act for the cancellation of an easement that has been abandoned

62.00

In addition, for each hour or part of an hour
occupied in examining the application 103.00
11 On lodgment of an application for the

determination under Part 14A of the Act of the position of the common boundary of adjoining lands

62.00

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Schedule 1 Amendment

$

12        On lodgment of a building management statement

(within the meaning of the Conveyancing

Act 1919) 62.00

13        For every plan, sketch or diagram accompanying a

dealing, application, request or instrument 62.00

Caveats

14 On lodgment or recording of a caveat 62.00
15 On withdrawal or partial withdrawal of a caveat
pursuant to section 74M (1) of the Act 62.00

16

On lodgment of a request for withdrawal or partial withdrawal of a Registrar-General’s caveat (no fee is payable for withdrawal or partial withdrawal of a Registrar-General’s caveat consequent on

lodgment and registration of a dealing) 62.00
17 On lodgment of a request for the Registrar-General
to direct the manner of service of a notice on a
caveator pursuant to section 74N (1) (e) of the Act 62.00

18

On lodgment of an application for preparation of a notice for service on a caveator pursuant to section 74C (3), 74I (1) or (2) or 74J (1) of the Act

62.00

19

On lodgment of a notice of a change of name of a caveator or of the address for service of a notice on a caveator

62.00

Authentication of forms

20        For examination and authentication of any dealing,

application, request or caveat that is required by
any Act to be in an approved form which contains

departures from the approved form and which is not a form licensed by the Registrar-General, an additional

62.00

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Amendment Schedule 1

$

Official searches

21        On requisition for an official search of a manual

folio of the Register (whether or not requiring the continuation of a search from the date of a previous search of that folio or the date of a prior certificate of result of a search)

62.00

In addition, for each half-hour or part of a half-
hour occupied in the search after the first hour 31.00

Computer folios

22        On the lodgment of a requisition for a computer

folio certificate or search of a historical record 4.00

Public searches

23        On the lodgment of a requisition requiring dispatch of information by post, facsimile or other approved means:

(a)

for an initial search of a folio of the Register, including investigation as to title reference, a copy of the relevant folio and the

transmission fee 34.10

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

34.10

In addition, for inclusion in the initial search of any additional document forming part of the Register (per document)

4.00

(b) for providing copies of a folio or dealing if

no investigation as to title reference is

required, including a copy of the folio or

dealing and the transmission fee 22.00
In addition, for inclusion of each additional
document required 4.00

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Schedule 1 Amendment

$

(c) for a historical search of a folio of the

Register, including a copy of the search and

the transmission fee 22.00
(d) for providing copies of an instrument or a

plan only, including a copy of the document

and the transmission fee 22.00
In addition, for inclusion of each additional
document required 4.00

Searches generally

24 In the case of a requisition for an official search of Such reasonable fee
a manual folio, a computer folio certificate or a (determined by the
search of a historical record that, in the opinion of Registrar-General in
the Registrar-General, is a search for which the negotiation with the

above schedule of fees is not appropriate

requesting party) as is warranted by the cost incurred in carrying

out the search

Certificates of title

25        For the issue of a certificate of title on any request

or application 62.00

Miscellaneous

26        On depositing an instrument declaratory of trusts

or other instrument not specified 62.00

27        On lodgment of an application for a statement of

reasons under section 121 of the Act 62.00

28        On lodgment of a request for the issue of a

summons under section 12 of the Act 62.00

29        On lodgment of a request for the issue of a notice

under section 136 of the Act 62.00

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Schedule 1 Amendment

$

30        For recording of any memorial or notification not

otherwise provided for 62.00

31        On lodgment of a request for delivery of a

document or documents pursuant to section 23A
(3) (c) of the Act (no fee is payable if the request is
made during the currency of the primary

application) 15.00

32        For furnishing a certificate of ownership (Local

Government Act 1993—section 700 (2) or
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act
1979—section 151 (2)) and incorporating in it any
information as to subsisting encumbrances or

interests 31.00

In addition, for supplying each additional

document forming part of the Register 4.00
33
For supplying information in response to a written Such reasonable fee
inquiry as to the manner in which a proposed (determined by the
dealing or plan should be drawn, or as to whether a Registrar-General) as
proposed dealing or plan is entitled to registration, is warranted by the
or in response to a written inquiry that necessitates cost incurred in
any searching or investigation supplying the
information, searching
or investigating

34        For production of documents at the Office of State

Revenue 20.00

35        For supplying details of lots created on the

registration of a deposited plan or strata plan
(within the meaning of the Conveyancing

(General) Regulation 1998) 2.00
36
In addition, for any dealing, application, request or 62.00 for each group
caveat that refers to more than 20 folios of the of 20 folio references
Register or part of that number

BY AUTHORITY

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