sec.82Creation of easement by registration

### sec.82 Creation of easement by registration An easement over a lot or part of a lot may only be created by registering an instrument of easement. An easement over a registered lease of a lot may only be created by registering an instrument of easement. The instrument must state— the nature of the easement and its terms; and the land to be benefited, and the land to be burdened, by the easement; and for a high-density development easement—the purposes under division 4AA for which the easement is created. For subsection (3) (a) , the terms of a high-density development easement are set out in division 4AA . A public utility easement for water storage may be created only for water storage— for a weir—on land upstream of the weir and within or outside the storage area at full supply level; or for a dam—on land upstream of the barrier of the dam and outside the storage area at full supply level. The instrument creating the easement must show the part of the land over which water may be stored. In this section— full supply level , for a dam or weir, means the level of the dam’s or weir’s water surface when water storage is at maximum operating level without being affected by flood. s 82 amd 1997 No. 78 s 83 ; 2001 No. 33 s 28 ; 2003 No. 25 s 12 ; 2013 No. 23 s 121 ; 2014 No. 29 s 106 ; 2023 No. 2 s 49 (sec.82-ssec.1) An easement over a lot or part of a lot may only be created by registering an instrument of easement. (sec.82-ssec.2) An easement over a registered lease of a lot may only be created by registering an instrument of easement. (sec.82-ssec.3) The instrument must state— the nature of the easement and its terms; and the land to be benefited, and the land to be burdened, by the easement; and for a high-density development easement—the purposes under division 4AA for which the easement is created. (sec.82-ssec.4) For subsection (3) (a) , the terms of a high-density development easement are set out in division 4AA . (sec.82-ssec.5) A public utility easement for water storage may be created only for water storage— for a weir—on land upstream of the weir and within or outside the storage area at full supply level; or for a dam—on land upstream of the barrier of the dam and outside the storage area at full supply level. (sec.82-ssec.6) The instrument creating the easement must show the part of the land over which water may be stored. (sec.82-ssec.7) In this section— full supply level , for a dam or weir, means the level of the dam’s or weir’s water surface when water storage is at maximum operating level without being affected by flood. - (a) the nature of the easement and its terms; and - (b) the land to be benefited, and the land to be burdened, by the easement; and - (c) for a high-density development easement—the purposes under division 4AA for which the easement is created. - (a) for a weir—on land upstream of the weir and within or outside the storage area at full supply level; or - (b) for a dam—on land upstream of the barrier of the dam and outside the storage area at full supply level.