Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
3. Reconciliation with existing laws
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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;
Nothing in this Act affects the right of the Collector of Land Revenue, or of any other person or authority empowered by any written law, to enter on registered land pursuant to such a power.
Collector
“Collector” has the meaning given by the Land Revenue Collection Act 1940;
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 does not apply to registered land.
registered land
“registered land” means land which has been brought under the provisions of this Act by being included in a folio;
This Act binds the Government.