DATE: 13 September 2024
DISTRIBUTION: General
SUBJECT: Update to Plan Registration Information webpage
The Land Titles Office ('LTO') Plan Registration Information webpage details the requirements for Plans lodged with the Recorder of Titles. These requirements are additional to the Survey Directions, Tasmania and are specific to the type of Plan or its purpose. Land surveyors and legal practitioners should familiarise themselves with this webpage and note the updates which have recently been made.
The following sections have generally been re-worded for improved clarity. Certain sections below are expanded further to highlight important information:
- Balance Plans
- Plans Prepared to Convert Land from General Law
- Conversion Plans
- Excepted Lands from 'Sketch by Way of Illustration Only' Status Conversion Plans
- Upgrading a "Sketch by Way of Illustration Only" Status Plan
- Re-survey of boundaries of land specified in a verbal description ('Sketch Boundaries')
A substantial new inclusion is the requirement to reference and consider the instrument which created the boundary (e.g. a conveyance) in the re-instatement report. Land surveyors are also reminded that the original boundaries of land, whether they were described in a verbal description or by survey, do not move from their original position on the ground simply on the basis of use, occupation or possession.
- Plan of Survey Supporting Possessory Title Application
Additional information has been added to this section which explains the plan format the LTO requires and the details to be shown in the Survey Notes for these Plans. The requirement for balance plans and the application of Section 138Y of the Act is also outlined.
Updated to include links to forms and guides where applicable.
- Waterways and Tidal Boundaries
Additional detail about common law principles relating to the location of natural boundaries has been added and the description to be shown on Plans when a boundary is described by a natural feature has been updated and emphasised.
ROBERT MANNING
Recorder of Titles