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Land Titles Act 1925
51Instruments not to be registered
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51 Instruments not to be registered
(1) The registrar-general shall not register—
(a) an instrument executed on or after 1 July 1969 and before
1 August 1987, being an instrument included in a class of
Duty Act 1969 (Cwlth), schedule 1, item 4, 5, 6 or 7; or
(b) an instrument executed on or after 1 January 1986 and before
1 September 1987 being an instrument included in a class of
Duty Act 1969 (Cwlth), schedule 1, item 9; or
(c) an instrument executed on or after 1 January 1987 and before
1 August 1987, being an instrument included in a class of
Duty Act 1969 (Cwlth), schedule 1, item 6A;
(d) the instrument is duly stamped within the meaning of the
Australian Capital Territory Taxation (Administration)
Act 1969 (Cwlth); or
(e) the instrument bears a stamp impressed on it under that Act to
the effect that no stamp duty is payable; or
(f) the instrument, being a counterpart of another instrument that
has been so duly stamped, bears a stamp impressed on it under
that Act to that effect.
(2) The registrar-general shall not register an instrument executed on or
after 1 August 1987 and before 1 March 1999, being an instrument of
a kind referred to in the Stamp Duties and Taxes Act 1987 (repealed),
section 17 (1) (a), (b), (ca), (c) or (d), unless the instrument has been
duly stamped within the meaning of that Act.