Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Initial Registration of Titles
16. Registrar to make an entry on folio as to conclusiveness of boundaries, etc.
Feedback & supportWhere any land alienated by the President is brought under the provisions of this Act and a folio has been created for the land, the Registrar must —
land
“land” means —(a)the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, so much of the subterranean space below and so much of the column of airspace above the surface whether or not held apart from the surface as is reasonably necessary for the proprietor’s use and enjoyment, and includes any estate or interest therein and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto; or(b)any parcel of airspace or any subterranean space whether or not held apart from the surface of the earth and described with certainty by reference to a plan approved by the Chief Surveyor and filed with the Authority, and includes any estate or interest therein and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto,and where the context so permits, 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;
where the boundaries and dimensions as shown in the plan filed with and approved by the Chief Surveyor are inconclusive, make an entry in the folio to show —
that the boundaries and dimensions are inconclusive; and
the reference number of the plan; or
where in the plan filed with and approved by the Chief Surveyor the boundaries and dimensions have been approved as conclusive, make an entry in the folio of the reference number of the plan.
Where the Registrar has entered a caution on the folio created for the land as to the inconclusiveness of its boundaries and dimensions under subsection (1), the Registrar must cancel that caution when the boundaries and dimensions shown in the plan filed with the Chief Surveyor have been approved as conclusive by the Chief Surveyor.
Upon the cancellation of the caution mentioned in subsection (2), the Registrar must make the appropriate entry on the folio as to the conclusiveness of the boundaries and dimensions.
folio
“folio” means a folio of the land‑register, whether qualified or unqualified as to title;