Land Transfer Regulations 2002 (SR 2002/213) (as at 01 July 2011)

Regulation by clause

Schedule 1
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  • Schedule 1: substituted, on 29 September 2008, by regulation 8 of the Land Transfer Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2008 (SR 2008/283).

Part 1
Permissible instruments

The following table describes, for the purposes of regulation 4(2)(a), the classes of permissible instrument:

Class of permissible instrument

 

Description

Transfer instrument

 

Made under section 90(1) of Act

Easement instrument

 

Made under sections 90A and 90F of Act

Easement variation instrument

 

Made under sections 90C and 90F of Act

Mortgage instrument

 

Made under section 101 of Act

Encumbrance instrument

 

Made under section 101 of Act

Mortgage variation instrument

 

Made under section 102 of Act

Mortgage priority instrument

 

Made under section 103 of Act

Discharge instrument—  
  • (a) discharge of mortgage (includes discharge of encumbrance)

 

Section 111 of Act

  • (b) discharge of family benefit charge

 

Section 14(3) or (4), Family Benefits (Home Ownership) Act 1964

  • (c) discharge of charging order

 

Rule 599, District Courts Rules 1992

  

Rule 577, High Court Rules

  

Section 184, Child Support Act 1991

  

Section 101, Domestic Proceedings Act 1968

  

Section 118, Family Proceedings Act 1980

  

Sections 66, 101, Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

  

Section 55, Maori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989

  

Sections 80, 153, Rating Act 1967

  

Sections 143, 186, Rating Powers Act 1988

  

Sections 82, 333, Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993

  

Any other provision of an enactment that authorises the discharge of a charging order against land noted on the register

  • (d) discharge of statutory land charge

 

Section 7, Statutory Land Charges Registration Act 1928

  

Section 52, Electricity Act 1968

  

Section 57(3), Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968

  

Section 14L(5), Farm Ownership Savings Act 1974

  

Section 18, Legal Aid Act 1969

  

Section 40, Legal Services Act 1991

  

Section 32, Legal Services Act 2000

  

Sections 326(10), 331(1), 335(7), 355(5), 465, 468(5), 511(6), 626(1), 650(5), 674(7), 692ZK(3), Local Government Act 1974

  

Section 372, Municipal Corporations Act 1954

  

Sections 73(5), 74(5), 107(6), Public Works Act 1981

  

Section 162(5), Rating Powers Act 1988

  

Sections 109(5), 315(3), Resource Management Act 1991

  

Section 5A, Rural Housing Act 1939

  

Section 125, Social Security Act 1964

  

Section 25, Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941

  

Any other provision of an enactment that authorises the discharge of a statutory land charge against land noted on the register

  • (e) withdrawal of caveat

 

Section 147 of Act

  • (f) withdrawal of notice of claim

 

Section 42(3), Property (Relationships) Act 1976

  • (g) cancellation or expiration of consent notice

 

Section 221(5), Resource Management Act 1991

  • (h) cancellation of bond

 

Sections 304, 348, Local Government Act 1974, or section 109(2), Resource Management Act 1991

  • (i) discharge of lien

 

Section 42, Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act 1939

  • (j) cancellation of building-line restriction

 

Section 327A, Local Government Act 1974

  • (k) withdrawal of notice of desire to acquire land

 

Section 18, Public Works Act 1981

  • (l) discharge of compensation certificate

 

Section 19(7), Public Works Act 1981

  • (m) discharge of certificate of consent

 

Section 115, Public Works Act 1981

  • (n) release of irrigation notice

 

Section 220, Public Works Act 1981

  • (o) discharge of irrigation charge

 

Section 221, Public Works Act 1981

  • (p) discharge of Earthquake Commission notice

 

Regulation 5A, Earthquake and War Damage Regulations 1984

  • (q) discharge of Earthquake Commission notice

 

Section 28, Earthquake Commission Act 1993

  • (r) removal of notification of building consent

 

Section 74, Building Act 2004

  • (s) discharge of tax charge

 

Section 367, Income Tax Act 1976

  • (t) cancellation of amalgamation condition

 

Section 241, Resource Management Act 1991

  • (u) revocation of compulsory easement condition

 

Section 243(f), Resource Management Act 1991

Lease instrument

 

Made under section 115 of Act

Lease variation instrument

 

Made under section 116 of Act

Lease surrender instrument

 

Made under section 120 of Act

Licence to occupy

 

Made under section 121C of Act

Surrender of licence to occupy

 

Made under section 121K of Act

Application for transmission

 

Made under sections 99A, 122 of Act

Caveat

 

Made under sections 137, 205(4) of Act

Application to note merger of lease

 

Made under regulation 25 of these regulations

Application for correction or change of name

 

Made under regulation 26 of these regulations

Notice of claim

 

Made under section 42(3), Property (Relationships) Act 1976

Application to settle land as a joint family home

 

Made under sections 4, 5, 12A, Joint Family Homes Act 1964

Application to cancel a joint family home

 

Made under section 10(1)(a), Joint Family Homes Act 1964

Application for deposit of unit title plan

 

Made under section 5(3), Unit Titles Act 1972

Esplanade strip

 

Made under sections 232, 235, Resource Management Act 1991

Easement for access strip

 

Made under section 237B, Resource Management Act 1991

Covenant against transfer, lease, or other disposition

 

Made under section 240, Resource Management Act 1991

Part 2
Restrictions on electronic instruments

The following table sets out, for the purposes of regulation 4(2)(b), restrictions for each class of permissible instrument:

Class of permissible instrument

 

Restrictions

All instruments

 

An instrument required by any enactment to be executed by a court Registrar or under a court seal cannot be an electronic instrument

Mortgage variation instrument

 

May affect only 1 mortgage

Discharge instrument

 

May affect only 1 charge

Transfer instrument, mortgage instrument, mortgage variation instrument, mortgage priority instrument, application for transmission, caveat, notice of claim, or application for correction or change of name

 

An instrument affecting any land, estate, or interest—

  • (a) for which 1 computer register has been created; or

  • (b) comprised in 1 registered instrument; or

  • (c) for which more than 1 computer register has been created (if the affected registered proprietor is the same in each case); or

  • (d) comprised in more than 1 registered instrument (if the type of estate or interest, and affected registered proprietor, are the same in each case).

Application for transmission

 

May not relate to a transmission of any land, estate, or interest comprised in a computer register noted with the words No survivorship.