New Zealand Legislation: Acts

3 Purposes of this Act

• The purposes of this Act are—

  • (a) to enable information technology to be used for the following purposes:

    • (i) registering instruments, dealings, and other matters under the principal Act:

    • (ii) recording and storing particulars of instruments, dealings, and other matters relating to land and title to land registered under the principal Act:

    • (iii) preparing and lodging electronic instruments; and

  • (b) to enable the things referred to in paragraph (a) to be done in a manner that—

    • (i) preserves the integrity and underlying purposes and principles of the principal Act; and

    • (ii) does not affect the right to claim compensation under Part 11 of the principal Act; and

  • (c) otherwise to provide for the more efficient operation of the principal Act.