The Directions issued by the Recorder of Titles pursuant to section 160A of the Land Titles Act 1980, provide, for the paper-based conveyancing process, the requirements and procedures to be followed for, or in connection with, the preparation, and the lodgment for registration, of applications, dealings, instruments, and other documents.
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The Recorder's Directions apply to all Registry Instruments and other Documents lodged with the Land Titles Office in accordance with the Land Titles Act 1980, other than those excluded, listed below:
| Caveat - sections 133 and 134 of the Land Titles Act 1980 | CAV
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| Priority Notice - section 52(2) of the Land Titles Act 1980 | PN |
| Withdrawal of Priority Notice - section 52(10) of the Land Titles Act 1980 | WPN |
| Application for New Certificate of Title - section 35 of the Land Titles Act 1980 | ACT |
| Application to be Registered Proprietor by Survivorship - section 100 of the Land Titles Act 1980 | RPS |
| Application to Dispense with Production - section 160(5) of the Land Titles Act 1980 | ADP |
| Application for Acquisition of Easement by Possession - section 138J of the Land Titles Act 1980 | AEP |
| Application or Substituted Duplicate Registered Dealing - section 35 of the Land Titles Act 1980 | ASD |
| Caveat forbidding the granting of an Application made under section 91 - section 92 of the Land Titles Act 1980 | CF0 |
| Caveat forbidding the granting of an Application made under section 138D - section 138E of the Land Titles Act 1980 | CF1 |
| Caveat forbidding the granting of an Application made under section 138W - section 138Z of the Land Titles Act 1980 | CF2 |
| Caveat giving notice of Rights Exercised by Permission - section 138S of the Land Titles Act 1980 | CGN |
| Notice specifying grounds for Caveat forbidding granting of an Application made under section 138D - section 138E of the Land Titles Act 1980 | NG1 |
| Notice specifying grounds for Caveat forbidding granting of an Application made under section 138W - section 138Z(2) of the Land Titles Act 1980 | NG2 |
| Notice of Objection to Acquisition of an Easement by Possession - section 138K of the Land Titles Act 1980 | NOE |
| Request to Re-enter Caveat by Judgement Creditor - section 134(6) of the Land Titles Act 1980 | RJC |
| Application for Vesting Order (Title by Possession) - section 138W of the Land Titles Act 1980 | VO |
| Application for Vesting Order pursuant to Act of Parliament - section 138A of the Land Titles Act 1980 | VO1 |
| Application for Vesting Order by Person Entitled on Sale - section 138D of the Land Titles Act 1980 | VO2 |
| Application to Vest Trust Estate pursuant to Order of Court - section 138B of the Land Titles Act 1980 | VOC |
| Application to record writ - section 61 of the Land Titles Act 1980 | WRI |
| Application for Separate Titles to Separate Parcels | Blank (XI) |
| Application to bring land under the Act - section 11 of the Land Titles Act 1980 | N/A |
| Summons - section 144(2) of the Land Titles Act 1980 | N/A |
| Sealed Plans, Schedules of Easements, Adhesion Orders and Requests to Amend Sealed Plans arising under the Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 | N/A |
| Powers of Attorney or other Instruments arising under the Powers of Attorney Act 2000 | N/A |
| Strata plans or any application arising under the Strata Titles Act 1998 | N/A |
| Applications or declarations arising under the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884 | N/A |
| Any instrument, will, or judgment arising under the Registration of Deeds Act 1935 | N/A |
| Notice to treats or withdrawals of notice to treats arising under the Land Acquisition Act 1993 | N/A |
| Enforcement Warrants or Discharges of Enforcement Warrants arising under the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 | N/A |
Any other map or plan of survey required to be lodged or deposited with the Recorder under any Act (including the Land Titles Act 1980 )
| N/A |
Any notice, proclamation, declaration, order, revocation or other instrument arising under the: - Aboriginal Lands Act 1995;
- Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994;
- Electricity Wayleaves and Easements Act 2000;
- Forest Practices Act 1985;
- Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995;
- Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993;
- Nature Conservation Act 2002; or
- Retirement Villages Act 2004.
| N/A
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Please note: Some of the Registry Instruments or other Documents listed above as excluded, may not be Registry Instruments or other Documents that would have been captured by the Recorder's Directions in any event, but have been set forth in this list for the removal of any doubt.