Registrar of Titles directions for the preparation of plans
The Registrar of Titles Directions for the Preparation of Plans details the standards and specifications for the types of plans acceptable to the Titles Registry.
The Directions must be read in conjunction with the:
- Land Title Act 1994
- Land Act 1994
- Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997
- Land Title Practice Manual
Further requirements for surveys are available in:
Updates
As the Directions are updated periodically, you are advised to refer to this online version only, not to previously downloaded versions. However, to assist with library services within your firm and allow for later comparison, you may wish to save and archive each PDF version when published.
These Directions are updated periodically. You can read the list of important updates on this site.
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Document in sections
- Contents (PDF, 103K)*
- Section 1: General (PDF, 44K)*
- Section 2: Definitions (PDF, 43K)*
- Section 3: Plan forms (PDF, 46K)*
- Section 4: Plans for registration (PDF, 66K)*
- Section 5: Sketches (PDF, 187K)*
- Section 6: Easements (PDF, 46K)*
- Section 7: Plan formats (PDF, 42K)*
- Section 8: Standard format plans (PDF, 49K)*
- Section 9: Building format plans (PDF, 357K)*
- Section 10: Volumetric format plans (PDF, 242K)*
- Section 11: Common property (PDF, 146K)*
- Section 12: Transferring lots into or out of a community titles scheme (PDF, 47K)*
- Section 13: Staged subdivisions (PDF, 43K)*
- Section 14: Reservation of a name for a community titles scheme (PDF, 37K)*
- Section 15: Termination (PDF, 38K)*
- Section 16: Mixed Use Development Act (PDF, 64K)*
- Section 17 & 18: Diagrams & specimen plans (PDF, 37K)*
- Section 19: Profits a prendre (PDF, 39K)*
- Section 20: Explanatory plans (PDF, 53K)*
- Section 21: Covenants (PDF, 43K)*
- Section 22: Allocations (PDF, 77K)*
- Section 23: Amendments to plans (PDF, 58K)*
Complete document
Registrar of Titles Directions for the Preparation of Plans, (updated 6th April 2011) (PDF, 1.0M)*
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Last reviewed 23 March 2012
Last updated 5 April 2011