Class of permissible instrument | Description |
Mortgage instrument | Made under section 101(1) of Act |
Transfer instrument | Made for the purpose of registering a transfer of land under section 90(1) 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 |
| | Section 66 or 101, Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 |
| | Section 55, Maori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989 |
| | Section 80 or 153, Rating Act 1967 |
| | Section 143 or 186, Rating Powers Act 1988 |
| | Section 82 or 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 |
| | Section 326(10), 331(1), 335(7), 355(5), 465, 468(5), 511(6), 626(1), 650(5), 674(7), or 692ZK(3), Local Government Act 1974, |
| | Section 372, Municipal Corporations Act 1954 |
| | Section 73(5), 74(5), or 107(6), Public Works Act 1981 |
| | Section 162(5), Rating Powers Act 1988 |
| | Section 109(5) or 315(3), Resource Management Act 1991 |
| | Section 5A, Rural Housing Act 1939 |
| | Section 125, Social Security Act 1964 |
| | Section 25, Soil Conservation and River 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 | Section 348, Local Government Act 1974 |
(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(6), 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 |