29. Restrictions on Registrar’s powers of registration
Feedback & supportThe Registrar shall not register any instrument purporting to transfer or otherwise to deal with or affect registered land except in the manner herein provided, nor unless the instrument is substantially in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles appointed pursuant to this Act.
The Registrar shall not enter in the register a notification of any transaction the legal effect of which is personal only or which does not create a recognised interest in land.
interest
“interest”, in relation to land, means any interest in land recognised as such by law, and includes an estate in land;
The Registrar shall not register as proprietor any person or body other than a natural person, or a corporation, or a foreign state in the name of that state, or a body expressly empowered by statute to hold land.
land
“land” means the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, and all substances thereunder, and so much of the column of air above the surface as is reasonably necessary for the proprietor’s use and enjoyment, and includes any estate or interest in land and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto. Subject to any provision to the contrary the proprietorship of land includes natural rights to air, light, water and support and the right of access to any highway on which the land abuts;
The Registrar is not bound to register any instrument unless the fees prescribed in respect thereof have been paid.[25