Registrar of Titles directions for the preparation of plans
The Register of Titles Directions for the Preparation of Plans details the standards and specifications for the types of plans acceptable to the Titles Registry.
These Directions are modified periodically, and changes from previous versions are detailed in Notifications of amendments. Users are responsible for ensuring that they are using the most up-to-date version.
You should read these Directions 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:
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Document in sections
- Contents (PDF, 85K)*
- Section 1: General (PDF, 19K)*
- Section 2: Definitions (PDF, 19K)*
- Section 3: Plan forms (PDF, 21K)*
- Section 4: Plans for registration (PDF, 41K)*
- Section 5: Sketches (PDF, 214K)*
- Section 6: Easements (PDF, 21K)*
- Section 7: Plan formats (PDF, 17K)*
- Section 8: Standard format plans (PDF, 24K)*
- Section 9: Building format plans (PDF, 303K)*
- Section 10: Volumetric format plans (PDF, 209K)*
- Section 11: Common property (PDF, 114K)*
- Section 12: Transferring lots into or out of a community titles scheme (PDF, 20K)*
- Section 13: Staged subdivisions (PDF, 18K)*
- Section 14: Reservation of a name for a community titles scheme (PDF, 15K)*
- Section 15: Termination (PDF, 16K)*
- Section 16: Mixed Use Development Act (PDF, 47K)*
- Section 17 & 18: Diagrams & specimen plans (PDF, 15K)*
- Section 19: Profits a prendre (PDF, 17K)*
- Section 20: Explanatory plans (PDF, 31K)*
- Section 21: Covenants (PDF, 18K)*
- Section 22: Allocations (PDF, 47K)*
- Section 23: Amendments to plans (PDF, 32K)*
Complete PDF
Registrar of Titles Directions for the Preparation of Plans, (Version 3.7, approved 19th May 2008) (PDF, 1.1M)* (PDF, 1013 kB)*
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Last updated: 17 November 2009