Conveyancing (General) Regulation 2026
Sch 3 Part 1Fees payable
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Sch 3 Part 1 Fees payable
Part 1 Fees payable
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The fees listed in this part are exclusive of GST. GST may be added to a fee to the extent the fee is consideration for a taxable supply within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.
| Item | Type of fee | Fee (in fee units) | | Registration in General Register of Deeds | | 1 | Making a registration copy of an instrument, for each 4 pages | 0.1296 | | 2 | Recording or registering an instrument in the General Register of Deeds | 1.2618 | | Searches of General Register of Deeds | | 3 | Conducting a name search of the General Register of Deeds— | | | | (a) in person, or | 0.1296 | | | (b) by electronic means | 0.0867 | | 4 | Conducting an official search under the Act, section 197 and issuing an office copy of a certificate of the result of the search | 3.4254 | | 5 | Issuing an office copy of a certificate setting out the result of a previous official search under the Act, section 197 | 1.2618 | | Registration in register of plans | | 6 | Lodging the following for registration or recording— | | | | (a) a plan for the acquisition of land and easements under the Pipelines Act 1967, | 9.4893 | | | (b) a plan under the Community Land Development Act 2021, | 5.6936 | | | (c) another plan, other than a plan prepared only to put survey information on public record | 2.6570 | | 7 | Additional fee to item 6 if more than 1 lot is shown on the plan, for each additional lot shown— | | | | (a) for a plan under the Community Land Development Act 2021, or | 5.6936 | | | (b) another plan, other than a plan prepared only to put survey information on public record | 2.6570 | | 8 | Additional fee to item 6 for a scheme plan, within the meaning of the Community Land Development Act 2021, accompanied by— | | | | (a) a management statement, including associated plans or sketches, or | 3.4254 | | | (b) a development contract | 3.4254 | | 9 | Additional fee to item 6 for a plan accompanied by a section 88B instrument— | | | | (a) for each easement, profit à prendre or restrictive or positive covenant to be created, and | 1.2618 | | | (b) for each easement, profit à prendre, public restriction or obligation or positive covenant for maintenance and repair to be released | 1.2618 | | 10 | Additional fee to item 6 for a plan accompanied by a building management statement | 3.4254 | | 11 | Additional fee to item 6 for a plan lodged to consolidate 2 or more folios of the Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900, for each folio to be consolidated | 1.2618 | | 12 | Additional fee to item 6 for a plan lodged in connection with an application to bring land under the Real Property Act 1900 that includes land already under that Act, for each folio of the Register kept under that Act to be consolidated | 1.2618 | | 13 | Lodging an application to amend a plan | 1.2618 | | 14 | Additional fee to item 13 if an additional or replacement sheet is required with an application to amend a registered plan under the Community Land Development Act 2021 | 1.2618 | | 15 | Additional fee to item 13 if the application involves amending a Crown grant or a folio of the Register kept under the Real Property Act 1900— | | | | (a) for the first grant or folio, and | 1.2618 | | | (b) for each subsequent grant or folio | 0.1296 | | 16 | Lodging an application to revive a rejected or withdrawn plan | The appropriate fee for a plan lodged for the first time | | 17 | Lodging a substitute plan or sheet or additional sheet | 1.2618 | | 18 | Lodging a substitute section 88B instrument | The appropriate fee for a section 88B instrument lodged for the first time | | 19 | Lodging a building management statement other than when lodging a plan | 3.4254 | | 20 | Lodging an application for an order terminating a neighbourhood scheme under the Community Land Development Act 2021, Part 9, Division 2 | 1.2618 | | 21 | Recording a plan prepared only to put survey information on public record | 1.2618 | | 22 | Preparing and supplying a plan | 9.3893 | | 23 | Pre-examining a plan, for each lot shown on the plan— | | | | (a) for a plan under the Community Land Development Act 2021, or | 6.2629 | | | (b) otherwise | 2.9227 | | 24 | Examining a plan after survey information has been added to a compiled plan, within the meaning of the regulations made under the Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002, following a requisition | 1.2618 | | Requisitions sent by Registrar-General | | 25 | Requisitions sent by the Registrar-General for correction or re-execution of, or giving of additional information for, a plan or associated instrument lodged for registration or recording | 0.9258 | | Digital images | | 26 | Providing a digital image of a document, other than a certified copy, kept by the Registrar-General— | | | | (a) to a person attending an office, or | 0.1296 | | | (b) electronically | 0.0867 | | 27 | Additional fee to item 26 for copyright purposes if the digital image is of a registered plan | The amount calculated in accordance with the formulas set out in Schedule A to the order made by the Copyright Tribunal of Australia on 28 October 2013 in the matter of Copyright Agency Limited v State of New South Wales, a copy of which is published on the website of the Office of the Registrar-General | | 28 | Providing a certified copy of a document kept by the Registrar-General | 1.2618 | | Miscellaneous | | 29 | Providing a certificate of ownership under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, section 10.9(2) or the Local Government Act 1993, section 700(2) | 1.2618 | | 30 | Depositing documents with the Registrar-General under the Act, section 64— | | | | (a) for each document, if no more than 4 documents are deposited, and | 0.3444 | | | (b) for the fifth and each subsequent document deposited | 0.0866 | | 31 | Lodging an application for the return of documents deposited under the Act, section 64— | | | | (a) for each document, if no more than 4 documents are deposited, and | 0.3444 | | | (b) for the fifth and each subsequent document deposited | 0.0866 | | 32 | Inspecting documents deposited under the Act, section 64 | 0.3444 | | 33 | Providing documents for inspection at the offices of Revenue NSW | 0.3129 | | 34 | Entering, at the request of a person, a marginal note on a registered copy of an instrument specifying a discrepancy between the registered copy and the original instrument | 1.2618 |