Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Registration
34. Certificates of title
Feedback & supportThe Registrar may, if he or she thinks fit, from time to time issue a certificate of title for the land comprised in any folio and may, for the purposes of subsection (4), require the production of any existing certificate of title or other registered instruments.
A certificate of title must be in an approved form.
approved form
“approved form” means any form approved by the Registrar for the purposes of any of the provisions of this Act and includes an electronic form produced by making an electronic copy, image or reproduction of a written instrument;
Every certificate of title must bear a serial number which shows clearly the distinctive reference allocated to the folio.
folio
“folio” means a folio of the land‑register, whether qualified or unqualified as to title;
When the Registrar issues a certificate of title, he or she must cancel any certificate of title thereby superseded and produced or is otherwise available to him or her.
Despite subsection (1) but subject to subsection (6), the Registrar must issue a certificate of title for the land comprised in a folio upon the written request of —
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;
the registered proprietor of that land; or
any registered mortgagee or chargee of that land.
A request made under subsection (5) does not require the Registrar to issue a certificate of title for the land comprised in a folio if a certificate of title for the land has been issued but has not been lodged with the Registrar.