{"id":"sl-2015-24","name":"Land Titles Regulation 2015","slug":"land-titles-regulation-2015","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"24 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173419,"registerId":"act-sl-2015-24-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Land Titles Regulation 2015","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nLand Titles Regulation 2015\nSL2015-24\nmade under the\nLand Titles Act 1925\nRepublication No 6\nEffective: 16 July 2024\nRepublication date: 16 July 2024\nLast amendment made by A2024-29\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Land Titles Regulation 2015, made under the Land Titles Act 1925\n(including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes))\nas in force on 16 July 2024. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry\naffecting this republished law to 16 July 2024.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR6\n16/07/24\nLand Titles Regulation 2015\nEffective: 16/07/24\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nLand Titles Regulation 2015\nmade under the\nLand Titles Act 1925\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n2 Authorised entity for Act, pt 8A—Act, s 69B (d) 2\n2A Building management statement insurance requirements—Act,\ns 123F (1) (h) 2\n3 Details in relation to documents used to verify purchaser’s identity—\nAct, s 178B (2) (l) (iv) 3\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 4\n2 Abbreviation key 4\n3 Legislation history 5\n4 Amendment history 6\n5 Earlier republications 7\n\n\n\nR6\n16/07/24\nLand Titles Regulation 2015\nEffective: 16/07/24\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nLand Titles Regulation 2015\nmade under the\nLand Titles Act 1925\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Land Titles Regulation 2015\nEffective: 16/07/24\nR6\n16/07/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Land Titles Regulation 2015.\n2 Authorised entity for Act, pt 8A—Act, s 69B (d)\nThe Minister administering the Dangerous Substances Act 2004,\nsection 47P (Affected residential premises register) is prescribed.\n2A Building management statement insurance\nrequirements—Act, s 123F (1) (h)\n(1) An arrangement to insure a building must include an arrangement to\ninsure and keep insured the building, to the greatest practicable\nextent—\n(a) for the replacement value of the building from time to time\nagainst all of the following risks:\n(i) fire, tempest, earthquake and explosion;\n(ii) riot, civil commotion, strikes and labour disturbances;\n(iii) malicious damage;\n(iv) bursting, leaking and overflowing boilers, water tanks,\nwater pipes and associated apparatus;\n(v) impact of aircraft (including parts of, and objects falling\nfrom, aircraft), road vehicles, horses and cattle; and\n(b) for costs incidental to the reinstatement or replacement of the\ninsured building, including the cost of removing debris and the\nfees of architects and other professional advisors.\n(2) An arrangement to insure a building must set out a method for\nallocating the costs of the insurance premiums between the parties to\nthe building management statement including the basis of that method\nas user pays, lease value or otherwise.\n\nSection 3\nR6\n16/07/24\nLand Titles Regulation 2015\nEffective: 16/07/24\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Details in relation to documents used to verify\npurchaser’s identity—Act, s 178B (2) (l) (iv)\n(1) The following details are prescribed:\n(a) the kind of document;\n(b) the entity that issued the document;\n(c) if the document has a date of issue—the date of issue;\n(d) if the document has an expiry date—the expiry date;\n(e) any unique identifying number for the document;\n(f) any individual reference number for the purchaser;\n(g) if the document is a name change certificate or marriage\ncertificate—any former name of the purchaser.\n(2) In this section:\nmarriage certificate means a marriage certificate issued under a\nterritory law, or a law of a State or foreign country.\nname change certificate, in relation to a purchaser, means a\ndocument, issued under a territory law, or a law of a State or foreign\ncountry, certifying that the purchaser has changed their name.\nNote State includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 4 Land Titles Regulation 2015\nEffective: 16/07/24\nR6\n16/07/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR6\n16/07/24\nLand Titles Regulation 2015\nEffective: 16/07/24\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis regulation was made as part of the Dangerous Substances (Loose-fill Asbestos\nEradication) Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (see A2015-6, s 4 and sch 2).\nLand Titles Regulation 2015 SL2015-24\ntaken to have been notified LR 31 March 2015 (A2015-6, s 4 (3) (a))\ns 1 taken to have commenced 31 March 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 29 June 2015 (A2015-6, s 4 (3) (b) and\nCN2015-6)\nas amended by\nLand Titles Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1) SL2017-29\nnotified LR 11 September 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 September 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 18 September 2017 (s 2 and see Revenue\nLegislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-1, s 2 (1) and CN2017-5)\nUnit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020 A2020-4 pt 6\nnotified LR 27 February 2020\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 February 2020 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 6 commenced 1 November 2020 (s 2 (1) and CN2020-11)\nLoose-fill Asbestos Legislation Amendment Act 2020 A2020-20 sch 1\npt 1.9\nnotified LR 27 May 2020\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2020 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.9 commenced 1 July 2020 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023\nA2023-13 pt 7\nnotified LR 11 April 2023\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 April 2023 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 7 commenced 12 April 2023 (s 2)\nHousing and Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 2024\nA2024-29 pt 7\nnotified LR 9 July 2024\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2024 (LA s 75 (2))\npt 7 commenced 16 July 2024 (s 2 (1))\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 6 Land Titles Regulation 2015\nEffective: 16/07/24\nR6\n16/07/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nDictionary\ns 1A ins SL2017-29 s 4\nom A2023-13 s 19\nAuthorised entity for Act, pt 8A—Act, s 69B (d)\ns 2 am A2020-20 amdt 1.23\nBuilding management statement insurance requirements—Act, s 123F (1) (h)\ns 2A ins A2020-4 s 36\nDetails in relation to documents used to verify purchaser’s identity—Act,\ns 178B (2) (l) (iv)\ns 3 ins SL2017-29 s 5\nom A2023-13 s 19\nins A2024-29 s 40\nIdentification documents\nsch 1 hdg ins SL2017-29 s 6\nom A2023-13 s 19\nPrimary identification documents\nsch 1 pt 1.1 ins SL2017-29 s 6\nom A2023-13 s 19\nSecondary identification documents\nsch 1 pt 1.2 ins SL2017-29 s 6\nom A2023-13 s 19\nDictionary\ndict ins SL2017-29 s 7\nom A2023-13 s 19\ndef birth certificate ins SL2017-29 s 7\nom A2023-13 s 19\ndef citizenship certificate ins SL2017-29 s 7\nom A2023-13 s 19\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR6\n16/07/24\nLand Titles Regulation 2015\nEffective: 16/07/24\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n29 June 2015\n29 June 2015–\n17 Sept 2017\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n18 Sept 2017\n18 Sept 2017–\n30 June 2020\nSL2017-29 amendments by\nSL2017-29\nR3\n1 July 2020\n1 July 2020–\n31 Oct 2020\nA2020-20 amendments by\nA2020-20\nR4\n1 Nov 2020\n1 Nov 2020–\n11 Apr 2023\nA2020-20 amendments by\nA2020-4\nR5\n12 Apr 2023\n12 Apr 2023–\n15 July 2024\nA2023-13 amendments by\nA2023-13\n© Australian Capital Territory 2024","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation's scope has expanded since its original making. Amendments inserted explicit building‑insurance requirements (s 2A was inserted by Unit Titles Legislation Amendment Act 2020, A2020-4 s 36) and detailed purchaser identity‑document fields (s 3 was inserted SL2017-29 s 5 and later amended A2024-29 s 40), and s 2 was amended (A2020-20 amdt 1.23). These insertions add substantive obligations (insurance coverage, premium allocation, and ID recording) beyond the original instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to other statutes and agencies (Land Titles Act 1925; Minister administering the Dangerous Substances Act is prescribed) (s 2).","Prescriptive list of required insurance cover and incidental costs increases specificity for compliance (s 2A(1)(a)–(b)).","Requirement that an arrangement allocate insurance premium costs between parties leaves choice of allocation method to parties but creates negotiation and record-keeping burdens (s 2A(2)).","Detailed fields to be recorded from identity documents for purchaser verification impose explicit documentary requirements on conveyancers or registrars (s 3(1)(a)–(g)).","Recent insertions and amendments (see legislation and amendment history) mean users must track version changes when applying obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets specific technical rules under the Land Titles Act: it names the authorised entity for part 8A (the Minister administering the Dangerous Substances Act) (s 2), requires building‑management statements to insure buildings to replacement value against listed risks and to set a method for allocating insurance premiums between parties (s 2A), and prescribes which identity‑document details must be recorded to verify purchasers (s 3). It affects property owners, building managers, purchasers and conveyancers by creating insurance and record‑keeping duties (s 2A(2), s 3)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation has shrunk significantly from its original scope. When first made in 2015, it included detailed identification verification requirements (Schedule 1 with parts for primary and secondary ID documents, plus a dictionary with multiple definitions). These were completely removed by the Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (A2023-13), leaving only the insurance requirements (added 2020), the asbestos register entity designation, and the revived (but simplified) identity verification details section. The regulation has effectively returned to a narrow technical instrument rather than the more comprehensive ID verification framework it temporarily housed."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short—only 3 substantive sections (1, 2, 2A, 3) plus definitions","Minimal cross-referencing—only references back to the parent Act (Land Titles Act 1925) for context","Simple conditional logic—Section 2A uses straightforward 'must' obligations with a list of risks","Only 2 defined terms in the current version ('marriage certificate' and 'name change certificate' in section 3)","No nested exceptions or complex temporal provisions","Previous complex provisions (Schedule 1 with identification documents) were repealed in 2023, leaving a very slim regulation"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation provides operational rules for the ACT land titles system: it requires full-replacement insurance for buildings governed by building management statements, standardises the identity details to be recorded when verifying property buyers, and designates the Minister under the Dangerous Substances Act as the authorised entity for the loose‑fill asbestos register. It affects property buyers, owners and occupiers of shared buildings, and the Minister, and matters because it clarifies insurance and identity safeguards and supports accurate, secure property registration."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/land-titles-regulation-2015","history":"/api/acts/land-titles-regulation-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/land-titles-regulation-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/land-titles-regulation-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/land-titles-regulation-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/land-titles-regulation-2015/documents"}}