Registrar of Titles directions for the preparation of plans

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Part 1—General

• 1.1 Context of references:
• 1.2 Compliance with other legislation:
• 1.3 Unusual cases:

Part 2—Definitions

Part 3—Plan forms

• 3.1 Approved forms:
• 3.2 Material specifications for plan forms:
• 3.3 Digital plan forms:
• 3.4 Transition provisions for plans:
• 3.4.1 Plans for community titles schemes:
• 3.4.2 Other plans:
• 3.5 Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980 in conjunction with Specified Acts:
• 3.6 Southbank Corporation (Modified Building Units and Group Titles) Regulation 2003:

Part 4—Plans for registration

• 4.1 Forms to be used:
• 4.2 Plan numbering:
• 4.3 Sheet numbering:
• 4.4 Plan with only one sheet:
• 4.5 Plan with additional sheets:
• 4.5.1 Plan with replacement sheets:
• 4.6 Additional requirements for volumetric vormat plans:
• 4.7 Format to be noted:
• 4.8 Parcels to be described:
• 4.8.1 Lots
• 4.8.2 Secondary parcels
• 4.9 Plan description and cancelling clause:
• 4.10 Cancelling clause containing reference to unallocated state land:
• 4.11 Surveyors Certificate:
• 4.12 North point:
• 4.12.1 North may be rotated:
• 4.13 Allocation tables:
• 4.14 Scales:
• 4.15 Name and number of community titles scheme:
• 4.16 Plans may be compiled:
• 4.17 Undescribed balances:
• 4.18 Volumetric lot as adjoining information:
• 4.19 Amendments to plans:
• 4.20 Development approval:
• 4.21 New lot boundaries and secondary interests:
• 4.22 Registered encumbrances to be plotted:
• 4.23 Revocations (Acquisition of Land):
• 4.23.1 Land taken as a lot in fee simple:
• 4.23.2 Land taken as Road:

Part 5—Sketches

• 5.1 General:
• 5.2 Leases:
• 5.3 Sketch plans for leases within a building:
• 5.3.1 Minimum standards for a sketch of part of a building:
• 5.3.2 Certification of lease sketch:
• 5.3.3 Location of leased areas of high value and/or long term:
• 5.3.4 Location of low value and short term leases:
• 5.3.5 Leased areas in a building format lot:
• 5.3.6 Leased areas in parts:
• 5.3.7 Leases restricted vertically:
• 5.3.8 Multiple sheets:
• 5.3.9 Sheet numbering:
• 5.3.10 Standards for master sketch:
• 5.3.11 Example of certificate by cadastral surveyor:
• 5.3.12 Example of certificate by other than a cadastral surveyor:
• 5.3.13 Scale of sketch:
• 5.4 Services location diagram (s.70A BCCM):
• 5.5 Water Storage Easements - inundated areas:
• 5.6 Samples for sketches:

Part 6—Easements

• 6.1 Compliance with Land Title Act:
• 6.2 Fully dimensioned:
• 6.3 Easements in parts:
• 6.4 Unrestricted easements:
• 6.5 Easements limited vertically:
• 6.6 Easement occupying the whole vertical extent of a lot:
• 6.7 Easement as adjoining information:
• 6.8 Easements and local government consent:
• 6.9 Description:

Part 7—Plan formats

Part 8—Standard format plans

• 8.1 Subdivision:
• 8.2 To be surveyed and marked:
• 8.3 Lot numbers:
• 8.4 Part lots:
• 8.4.1 Part lots separated by lots:
• 8.4.2 Part lots joined by vincula:
• 8.5 Lots or leases with restrictions in height and or depth:
• 8.6 Easements with restrictions in height or depth:
• 8.7 Lots with an existing restrictions "relative to the surface of the land" or by level:
• 8.8 Easements and leases:
• 8.9 Community titles schemes:

Part 9—Building format plans

• 9.1 Definitions for building format plans:
• 9.2 Subdivision:
• 9.3 Lots on a building format plan:
• 9.3.1 Creation of building format lots:
• 9.3.2 Creation of a standard format Lot on a building format plan:
• 9.3.3 Other lots that may be created on a building format plan:
• 9.4 Lot numbers:
• 9.5 Part lots:
• 9.5.1 Part lots are permitted.
• 9.5.2 Part lots adjoining:
• 9.5.3 Part lots not adjoining:
• 9.5.4 Description of part lots:
• 9.5.5 Void:
• 9.6 Boundary definition:
• 9.6.1 Structural elements:
• 9.6.2 Where the horizontal boundaries of lots or part lots in or on building or structure are:
• 9.6.3 Where the vertical boundaries of lots or part lots in a building or structure are:
• 9.6.4 Where a part lot outside a building or structure is:
• 9.7 External boundaries:
• 9.8 Location of buildings:
• 9.9 Information to be shown on the main plan:
• 9.10 Multiple buildings:
• 9.11 Multiple levels:
• 9.12 Level diagrams:
• 9.13 Buildings with levels of different horizontal dimensions:
• 9.14 Floors with steps in level:
• 9.15 Buildings with multiple towers:
• 9.15.1 Building footprint:
• 9.15.2 Level designations:
• 9.15.3 Lateral aspect diagram:
• 9.16 Plans with standard and volumetric lots in the base parcel:
• 9.16.1 The provisions of this direction may only be used
• 9.16.2 Additional to direction
• 9.16.3 Lateral aspect diagram:
• 9.16.4 Level diagrams:
• 9.16.5 Boundary between standard and volumetric lots:
• 9.17 Private yards:
• 9.18 Diagrams to illustrate detail:
• 9.19 Easements:
• 9.20 Encroachments:
• 9.20.1 Building in a staged development partially constructed onto a future stage:
• 9.20.2 Encroachment onto an adjoining lot or unallocated state land:
• 9.20.3 Encroachment onto road:
• 9.20.4 Maximum amount of encroachment:
• 9.20.5 Where a volumetric lot is created to remedy an encroachment:
• 9.20.6 Provisions of the Land Act:
• 9.20.7 Certificate on encroachment:
• 9.21 Plans of amalgamation or subdivision of lots:
• 9.22 Community titles schemes:
• 9.23 Plans where base parcel has registered volumetric or restricted secondary interests:

Part 10—Volumetric format plans

• 10.1 Subdivision:
• 10.2 General:
• 10.2.1 Creation of volumetric parcels:
• 10.2.2 Bounded in all dimensions:
• 10.2.3 Restricted or "in strata" lots:
• 10.2.4 Subdivision of a standard format lot:
• 10.3 Lot numbers:
• 10.4 Part lots:
• 10.5 Volumetric parcels:
• 10.5.1 To be fully defined:
• 10.5.2 "To the depth" not acceptable:
• 10.5.3 Area of footprint:
• 10.5.4 Volume:
• 10.6 Volumetric easements:
• 10.7 Volumetric leases:
• 10.7.1 Leases on a survey plan:
• 10.7.2 Leases on a sketch:
• 10.8 Description of volumetric parcels:
• 10.9 Marking of volumetric parcels:
• 10.10 Definition of volumetric parcels:
• 10.10.1 Intersections and vertices to be defined:
• 10.10.2 Permanent marks to be noted:
• 10.10.3 Polar dimensions:
• 10.10.4 Rectangular co-ordinates:
• 10.10.5 Parcel bounded by vertical planes:
• 10.10.6 Australia height datum unavailable:
• 10.11 References to walls and floors:
• 10.12 Plans of volumetric parcels:
• 10.12.1 Isometric diagram:
• 10.12.2 Dimensions to be shown:
• 10.12.3 Footprint of lot above or below the surface:
• 10.12.4 Footprint of lot intersecting the surface:
• 10.12.5 Ground levels on footprint:
• 10.12.6 Diagrams:
• 10.13 Community titles schemes:

Part 11—Common property

• 11.1 Creation of common property:
• 11.2 Community management statement required:
• 11.3 Description of common property:
• 11.4 Defined as directed for format:
• 11.5 Area:
• 11.6 Footprint in a volumetric format plan:
• 11.7 Re-dimension not required:
• 11.8 Subdivision:
• 11.8.1 Common property subdivided into lots:
• 11.8.2 Lots converted to common property:
• 11.9 Easements in common property:
• 11.10 Including part of common property created on a subsidiary scheme in a higher scheme:
• 11.11 Exclusive use areas:
• 11.11.1 Exclusive use areas by document or simple sketch:
• 11.11.2 Exclusive use areas by sketch:
• 11.11.3 Boundary definition of exclusive use areas:
• 11.11.4 Generally rectilinear:
• 11.11.5 Structural features:
• 11.11.6 Horizontal boundaries in or on a building shown on the main plan of the scheme:
• 11.11.7 Horizontal boundaries outside a building shown on the main plan of the scheme:
• 11.11.8 Boundaries intersecting structural elements:
• 11.11.9 Exclusive use areas restricted vertically:
• 11.11.10 All sketches:
• 11.11.11 Sketch plans of exclusive use areas in or on a building:
• 11.11.12 Sketch plans of exclusive use areas not in or on a building:
• 11.11.13 Exclusive use areas in parts:
• 11.11.14 Multiple sheets:
• 11.11.15 Sheet numbering:
• 11.11.16 Sketch plans prepared by other than a cadastral surveyor:
• 11.11.17 Sketch plans prepared by a cadastral surveyor:
• 11.11.18 Scales:
• 11.11.19 Scale ratios:

Part 12—Transferring lots into or out of a community titles scheme

• 12.1 Lot to be added to common property:
• 12.2 Lot to be added to a community title lot:
• 12.3 Part of common property to be excised:
• 12.3.1 In the case of a community titles scheme over a standard or volumetric format lot:
• 12.3.2 In the case of a community titles scheme over a building format plan:
• 12.3.3 Creating new road
• 12.4 Part or all of a lot to be excised:
• 12.5 Areas of common property:
• 12.6 Resumptions:

Part 13—Staged subdivisions

• 13.1 Method 1:
• 13.2 Method 2:
• 13.3 Method 3:
• 13.4 Method 4:
• 13.5 Method 5:

Part 14—Reservation of a name for a community titles scheme

Part 15—Termination:

Part 16—Mixed Use Development Act:

• 16.1 Definitions for MUD Act plans:
• 16.2 Introduction
• 16.3 Plan forms to be used with the MUD Act:
• 16.3.1 Modifications of form 21:
• 16.3.2 Plan numbers:
• 16.3.3 Modification of form 21A:
• 16.4 Plan types:
• 16.4.1 Community plan:
• 16.4.2 Precinct plan:
• 16.4.3 Stratum plan:
• 16.4.4 Boundary adjustment plan:
• 16.4.5 Amendment plans:
• 16.5 Subdivision into building units and group titles lots:
• 16.6 Lots:
• 16.6.1 Lot numbering:
• 16.6.2 Part lots:
• 16.6.3 Lot descriptions:
• 16.7 Descriptions:
• 16.8 Restricted lots:
• 16.9 Extinguishment
• 16.10 Miscellaneous

Part 17—Diagrams

Part 18—Specimen plans:

Part 19—Profits a prendre

• 19.1 Forms to be used:
• 19.2 Description:
• 19.3 Profits á prendre described as parts:
• 19.4 Dimensions:

Part 20—Explanatory plans:

• 20.1 Definition of explanatory plan
• 20.2 Consent of registrar required
• 20.3 Use of explanatory plan
• 20.4 Explanation of "non-complex"
• 20.5 Survey and marking
• 20.6 Plan preparation
• 20.7 Forms to be used
• 20.8 Parcels to be described
• 20.9 Title of plan
• 20.10 Certification
• 20.11 Dimensions

Part 21—Covenants

• 21.1 General
• 21.2 Fully dimensioned
• 21.3 Covenants in parts
• 21.4 Description
• 21.5 Use of "Proposed"

Part 22—Allocations

• 22.1 Introduction and rationale:
• 22.2 Actions under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967:
• 22.3 Use of dealing number:
• 22.4 Lot allocations:
• 22.5 Portion allocations:
• 22.6 Interest allocations:
• 22.6.1 Existing mortgage allocations:
• 22.6.2 Existing registered easement allocations:
• 22.6.3 Benefit easements:
• 22.6.4 Encumbrance easements – burdening the land:
• 22.6.5 Easements absorbed in new road:
• 22.6.6 Existing leases:
• 22.6.6.1 Existing leases of land (Land Title Act 1994):
• 22.6.6.2 Existing leases – part of a building (Land Title Act 1994):
• 22.6.7 Existing covenants:
• 22.6.8 Existing profit a prendre:
• 22.6.9 Existing administrative advices:
• 22.7 Local government allocation:
• 22.8 Special cases:
• 22.9 Other Dealing allocations:

Part 23—Amendments to Plans

• 23.1 General:
• 23.2 Authorising another surveyor:
• 23.2.1 Overview – authorising another surveyor:
• 23.2.2 Certification of plans by another surveyor:
• 23.3 Amendments to original plans prior to lodgement:
• 23.4 Amendments after lodgement but prior to registration:
• 23.5 Corrections after registration:
• 23.6 Building unit and group title plans:
• 23.7 Identification plans:
• 23.8 Patent error:
• 23.9 Requisitions:

Last updated: 16 October 2009

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