New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

4 Classes of instruments capable of being electronic instruments

• (1) An instrument is capable of being an electronic instrument if it meets the requirements of subclause (2) or, in the case of a deposit document, meets the requirements of subclause (3).

  (2) The instrument—

  • (a) must belong to a class of permissible instrument described in Part 1 of Schedule 1; and

  • (b) is subject to the restrictions set out for instruments of that class in Part 2 of Schedule 1.

  (3) A deposit document is capable of being an electronic instrument if—

  • (a) it has been prepared in an electronic workspace facility approved by the Registrar; and

  • (b) it is in an acceptable form under section 26 of the 2002 Act; and

  • (c) it contains or is associated with any certification or approval given under the Resource Management Act 1991 or the Unit Titles Act 1972 by the relevant territorial authority that is a prerequisite to the deposit of the plan under section 167 of the Act, the issue of a certificate of title, or the creation of a computer register.

  Regulation 4(1): amended, on 30 October 2003, by regulation 3(1) of the Land Transfer Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2003 (SR 2003/274).

  Regulation 4(2): substituted, on 29 September 2008, by regulation 5 of the Land Transfer Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2008 (SR 2008/283).

  Regulation 4(3): added, on 30 October 2003, by regulation 3(2) of the Land Transfer Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2003 (SR 2003/274).