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Land Title Act 2000
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60 Registering transfer
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a lot or an interest in a lot may
be transferred by registering an instrument of transfer for the lot or
interest.
(2) To remove any doubt, except as provided in subsection (4), a part
of a lot cannot be transferred.
(3) A covenant in gross may only be transferred to a body referred to in
section 168 of the Law of Property Act 2000.
(4) Subsection (2) does not prevent the transfer of a part of a lot:
(a) where there has been a compulsory acquisition;
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(b) where the subdivision is an excluded subdivision in terms of
the Planning Act 1999;
(c) where the transfer is occurring as part of the obligations of the
Registrar-General under the Control of Roads Act 1953; or
(d) in prescribed circumstances.