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Real Property Act 1900
144AFixing of fees etc for new services under relevant Acts
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#### 144A Fixing of fees etc for new services under relevant Acts
144A Fixing of fees etc for new services under relevant Acts
> > (1) A fee, charge or expense that is required or permitted to be prescribed by the regulations under a relevant Act or that is otherwise recoverable by the Registrar-General in the administration of a relevant Act is to be fixed by the Registrar-General (instead of being prescribed by regulations under the relevant Act) if it is recoverable for or in respect of a new titling and registry service.
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> > (2) A new titling and registry service is a titling and registry service for which a fee was not prescribed by regulations under a relevant Act immediately before completion of the authorised asset transfer under the [Land and Property Information NSW (Authorised Transaction) Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-046).
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> > (3) The regulations under a relevant Act may include provision for or with respect to limiting any increase in a fee, charge or expense fixed by the Registrar-General under this section.
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> > (4) A fee, charge or expense fixed by the Registrar-General may be waived or refunded in circumstances determined by the Registrar-General.
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> > (5) A provision of a relevant Act as to the circumstances or manner in which a fee, charge or expense is authorised or required to be prescribed by regulations under the Act extends to a fee, charge or expense fixed by the Registrar-General under this section.
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> > (6) A reference in a relevant Act (however expressed) to a fee, charge or expense prescribed by the regulations includes a reference to a fee, charge or expense fixed by the Registrar-General under this section.
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> > (7) In this section, relevant Act means each of the following Acts—
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> > > (a) this Act,
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> > > (b) the [Conveyancing Act 1919](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1919-006),
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> > > (c) the [Strata Schemes Development Act 2015](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2015-051),
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> > > (d) any other Act prescribed for the purposes of this section by the regulations under this Act.
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> **s 144A:** Ins 2010 No 46, Sch 10.1 \[9\]. Rep 2011 No 7, Sch 1 \[8\]. Ins 2016 No 46, Sch 4.4 \[57\].