53Applications to bring land under Real Property Act 1900

53 Applications to bring land under Real Property Act 1900

53 Applications to bring land under Real Property Act 1900

(1) An application to bring land under the Real Property Act 1900 is chargeable with—

(a) the same duty as on a possessory application under that Act if—

(i) the application contains an application based on possessory title, and

(ii) the applicant has not paid ad valorem duty under this Chapter on a transfer of the land, or

(b) the same duty as on a transfer of the land if the applicant nominates another person as the person for whose estate or interest a folio of the Register is to be created, or

(c) duty of $100 in any other case.

(2) The person liable to pay the duty is—

(a) the applicant, if subsection (1) (a) or (c) applies, or

(b) the nominee, if subsection (1) (b) applies.

s 53: Am 2008 No 122, Sch 1.2 [5]; 2016 No 32, Sch 1 [6]; 2023 No 26, Sch 1[1].