Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Effect of Registration
50. No title by adverse possession
Feedback & supportExcept as provided in section 174(7) and (8), no title to land adverse to or in derogation of the title of a proprietor of registered land is acquired by any length of possession by virtue of the Limitation Act 1959 or otherwise, nor is the title of any proprietor of registered land extinguished by the operation of that Act.
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;