NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
REGISTRATION REGULATIONS 2009
As in force at 1 August 2025
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Fees, charges and levies ................................................................. 1
4 Repeals ........................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Schedule 2 Repealed regulations
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 1 August 2025
REGISTRATION REGULATIONS 2009
Regulations under the Registration Act 1927
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Registration
Regulations 2009.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the commencement of
section 109 of the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009.
3 Fees, charges and levies
Schedule 1 prescribes the fees, charges and levies payable under
the Acts mentioned in it.
4 Repeals
The Regulations specified in Schedule 2 are repealed.
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 2
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
regulation 3
Part 1AA Advance Personal Planning Act 2013
Item Dealing or other matter Section of
Act
Fee
(revenue
units )
1 Registering an advance personal plan: 55C(1)(a)
(a) if a power of attorney under the Powers of
Attorney Act 1980 is lodged for registration with
the plan and the donor of the power is the
represented adult under the plan
20
(b) otherwise 115
2 Registering an amendment to an advance personal plan 55C(1)(b) 115
3 Registering a notice that a person who was a decision
maker has ceased to be a decision maker
55C(1)(c) 115
4 Registering a notice that an advance personal plan has
ceased to be in force
55C(1)(d) 115
5 Endorsing a copy of an original document mentioned in
items 1 to 4 – for each document
48
6 Search of an advance personal plan registered under
section 55C of the Act
17
7 Photocopy or facsimile of an advance personal plan
registered under section 55C of the Act (per page)
2
Part 1 Land Title Act 2000
Item Dealing or other matter Section of
Act
Fee
(revenue
units)
Levy
1 Issue of certificate as to title, per certificate as to
title
44 115
2 Application to correct land register to note death
by surviving proprietor
17 115 $10
3 Application to correct land register to amend plan
of survey
17 115 $10
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 3
Item Dealing or other matter Section of
Act
Fee
(revenue
units)
Levy
4 Application for any other correction of land
register (unless correction by Registrar-General
on his or her own initiative)
17 115 $10
5 Lodgment and registration of memorandum for
purposes of caution notice
34 115 $10
6 Direction to remove memorial of caution notice 36 115 $10
7 Creation of a single title for 2 or more lots that
have the same registered owner (in addition to fee
for each certificate as to title issued)
41 115 $10
8 Creation of separate titles for lots for which a
single title was created under section 41 of the Act
(in addition to fee for each certificate as to title
issued)
42 115 $10
9 Lodgment of notice of forfeiture or determination
of whole or part of crown lease
48(5) and
(6)
115 $10
10 Registration of surrender of whole or part of crown
lease
48(7), (8)
and (9)
115 $10
11 Application to subdivide lot by registration of plan
of subdivision of lot (in addition to fee for each
certificate as to title issued)
51 115 $10
12 Registration of a scheme statement (other than a
subsequent scheme statement reflecting an
approved reinstatement process)
54B 115
plus 115
for each
unit of the
scheme
$10
13 Application for reservation or extension of
reservation of scheme name or body corporate
name, or withdrawal of application
54C 191
for each
name
$10
14 Registration of subsequent scheme statement
reflecting an approved reinstatement process
54D 1 143
plus 115
for each
unit
created
$10
15 Registration of documents required for termination
of scheme (in addition to fee for issue of certificate
as to title for lot)
54E 1 143 $10
16 Registration of a disclosure statement or
replacement scheme disclosure statement
54F 10 $10
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 4
Item Dealing or other matter Section of
Act
Fee
(revenue
units)
Levy
16A Registration of documents required for termination
of development under Termination of Units Plans
and Unit Title Schemes Act 2014 (in addition to
fee for issue of certificate as to title for lot)
54G 1 143 $10
17 Registration of transfer of lot or interest in lot,
including transfer of a mortgage or lease
60 115 $10
18 Application for registration or other noting of
particulars in land register of statutory vesting or
grant of land or interest in land (in addition to fee
for each certificate as to title issued)
64 115 for
each
interest
vested or
granted for
first
5 interests
or, if more
than
5 interests
vested or
granted,
762
$10
19 Registration of lease or sublease 65 115 $10
20 Registration of notice of renewal or extension of
lease or sublease
68 115 $10
21 Registration of amendment of lease or sublease 69 115 $10
22 Lodgment of request to register re-entry under
registered lease
70 115 $10
23 Lodgment of surrender of lease or sublease
(whether whole or partial surrender)
71 115 $10
24 Lodgment of disclaimer of lease or other interest
under law about bankruptcy and request to
register disclaimer
72(1) 115 $10
25 Application to register notice of foreclosure by
mortgagee of lease subject to disclaimer in
bankruptcy
72(3) 477 $10
26 Registration of instrument of mortgage for a lot or
interest
74 115 $10
27 Registration of instrument of amendment of
mortgage
78 115 $10
28 Registration of instrument amending priority of
registered mortgages
79 115 $10
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 5
Item Dealing or other matter Section of
Act
Fee
(revenue
units)
Levy
29 Lodgment and registration of instrument
discharging mortgage other than statutory charge
83 115 $10
30 Lodgment and registration of instrument
discharging statutory charge
83 20
31 Application to note satisfaction and discharge of
annuity or sum of money
84 115 $10
32 Application to register statutory charge 86 115 $10
33 Application to remove statutory charge from land
register
90(1) 115 $10
34 Notice to Registrar-General about removal of
statutory charge from land register
90(6) 115 $10
35 Creation of easement or easement in gross 91 115 $10
36 Registration of instrument of extinguishment of
whole or part of easement or easement in gross
98(1) 115 $10
37 Application to extinguish registered easement or
easement in gross (in addition to any postage fee)
98(6) 115 $10
38 Notice to Registrar-General about removal of
registered easement or easement in gross from
land register
98(7) 115 $10
39 Registration of instrument of amendment of
easement or easement in gross
99 115 $10
40 Creation of covenant or covenant in gross 106 115 $10
41 Registration of instrument of extinguishment of
covenant or covenant in gross
112(1) 115 $10
42 Application to extinguish registered covenant or
covenant in gross (in addition to any postage fee)
112(7) 115 $10
43 Notice to Registrar-General about removal of
registered covenant or covenant in gross from
land register
112(7A) 115 $10
44 Registration of instrument amending covenant or
covenant in gross
113 115 $10
45 Registration of instrument creating profit a prendre 118 115 $10
46 Registration of instrument of amendment of profit
a prendre
123 115 $10
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 6
Item Dealing or other matter Section of
Act
Fee
(revenue
units)
Levy
47 Lodgment and registration of instrument releasing
profit a prendre
124(1) 115 $10
48 Lodgment of request to remove profit a prendre 124(3) 115 $10
49 Lodgment and registration of instrument of
transfer of interest to trustee
126 115 $10
50 Lodgment of request to vest interest in trustee 127 115 $10
51 Application to note appointment of new trustee in
land register
115 $10
52 Lodgment of application to be registered as
personal representative of deceased registered
proprietor
129 115 $10
53 Lodgment of request to record transmission of
interest under law about bankruptcy
131 115 $10
54 Lodgment of request to register writ of execution
and copy of writ
132 115 $10
55 Lodgment of request to cancel writ of execution 134 115 $10
56 Application to register discharge or satisfaction of
writ of execution
135 115 $10
57 Registration of transfer of lot sold under writ of
execution
136 115 $10
58 Lodgment of caveat (whether lapsing or
non-lapsing)
138 200
59 Lodgment of request to withdraw caveat 141 115 $10
60 Notification by caveatee to Registrar-General of
service on caveator of notice under section 142(3)
of the Act
142(4) 115 $10
61 Notification to Registrar-General by caveator of
commencement of proceeding
142(6)(a) 115 $10
62 Notification to Registrar-General by caveator
about not wanting caveat to lapse and
commencement of proceeding
142(6)(b) 115 $10
63 Lodgment of request to cancel caveat 144 115 $10
64 Issue of substitute instrument to replace lost or
destroyed instrument (in addition to fee for each
certificate as to title issued)
161 115 $10
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 7
Item Dealing or other matter Section of
Act
Fee
(revenue
units)
Levy
65 Lodgment of standard terms document (unless by
Registrar-General on his or her own initiative)
168 115 $10
66 Application to register court order other than writ
of execution
115 $10
67 Cancellation of title to land under section 11 of the
Crown Lands Act 1992
115 $10
68 Lodgment of variation of crown lease under
section 36 of the Crown Lands Act 1992
115 $10
69 Lodgment and registration of a document
mentioned in another item in this Part (other than
a standard terms document mentioned in item 65)
that exceeds 2 separate pages in length (instead
of the fee and charge that would be payable under
that other item), and for this purpose the front or
the back of a single sheet of paper on which
information is printed is a separate page
162 $10
70 Lodgment and registration under section 7(3) of
the Act of an instrument that is not in the
appropriate form (instead of the fee and charge
that would be payable under this Part if the
instrument were in the appropriate form)
162 $10
71 Advertising a lost certificate as to title or
instrument by the Registrar-General
191
72 If an instrument or application (other than an
application for the registration of a scheme
statement lodged under section 111(1) of the Unit
Title Schemes Act 2009) requires more than
1 certificate as to title to be endorsed, noting each
certificate after the first
48
73 Access to documents in, or registered in, the land
register, including particulars recorded by the
Registrar-General, units plans under the Unit
Titles Act 1975 and registered instruments (but
not including plans of survey, plans of subdivision
or plans of consolidation):
(a) if accessed by a person using remote
access facilities
20 for
each
document
accessed
(b) if accessed by a person using equipment
available in the Land Titles Office in
Darwin or Alice Springs
29 for
each
document
accessed
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 8
Item Dealing or other matter Section of
Act
Fee
(revenue
units)
Levy
(c) if accessed for a person by staff of the
Land Titles Office
29 for
each
document
accessed
74 Photocopy or facsimile (per page) 2
75 Certified copy (in addition to the access fee) 58
76 Deposit or amendment of a plan (other than a
plan lodged for the purpose of subdivision)
191
77 Requisition 48
78 Postage by registered mail 20
79 Search of the Record of Administrative Interests
and Information (except if it is conducted in
conjunction with a search of the land register)
20
79A Application to note change of name 115 $10
80 Lodgment, registration or other dealing not
provided for in another item of this Part (other
than a notice of a grant under the Crown Lands
Act 1992 or Pastoral Land Act 1992,
memorandum for the purposes of a statutory
restrictions notice, direction to remove a memorial
of a statutory restrictions notice or notice of
change of address)
115 $10
81 For a conveyancing transaction under the
Electronic Conveyancing National Law (NT),
provision of particulars for a lot recorded in the
land register to an ELNO, as defined in section 15
of the Law, to:
(a) complete an instrument that may be
lodged for the transaction
10
(b) identify anything that is changed, lodged,
noted, recorded or registered for the lot
5
(c) confirm, for a completed instrument,
whether the instrument may be lodged
electronically
5
(d) correct an instrument to reflect anything
changed, lodged, noted, recorded or
registered for the lot
5
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 9
Part 2 Law of Property Act 2000
Item Dealing or other matter Fee
(revenue
units)
1 Application under section 98 of the Act to the Registrar-General to
offer mortgaged property for sale by private contract
762
Part 3 Powers of Attorney Act 1980
Item Dealing or other matter Fee
(revenue
units)
1 Registering a power of attorney:
(a) in a form approved under section 23 of the Powers of
Attorney Act 1980
115
(b) otherwise 162
2 Registering a revocation of a power of attorney 115
3 Endorsing a copy of an original instrument creating or revoking a
power of attorney – for each instrument or other document
48
4 Search of a power of attorney 17
5 Photocopy or facsimile of a power of attorney (per page) 2
Part 4 Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975
Item Dealing or other matter Fee
(revenue
units)
1 Lodgment of an application for registration of a plan as a units plan,
units plan relating to a staged development, units plan of subdivision,
plan of consolidation or building alteration plan
327
2 Lodgment of a notification of alteration of articles of a body corporate
as mentioned in section 78(2)(a) of the Unit Titles Act 1975
115
3 Lodgment of a notice of conversion 115
4 Registration of a disclosure statement as mentioned in section 26E of
the Unit Titles Act 1975
115
5 Registration of an alteration of a disclosure statement as mentioned
in section 26J of the Unit Titles Act 1975
115
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 10
Item Dealing or other matter Fee
(revenue
units)
7 If an instrument or application deals with more than 1 certificate as to
title for endorsement, a noting fee for each certificate
48
8 Issue of each certificate as to title resulting from the registration of a
plan or an application or order for cancellation or variation
115
10 Objection to a cancellation under section 15A of the Act 115
11 Lodgment, registration or other dealing not provided for in another
item of this Part (other than for a notification of change of address for
service of notices on a body corporate)
115
12 Photocopy or facsimile (per page) 2
Part 4A Termination of Units Plans and Unit Title Schemes Act 2014
Item Dealing or other matter Fee (revenue
units)
Levy
1 Lodgment of copy of notice of proposed termination and
any document or information prescribed by regulation
under section 12(9) of the Act
1 000
revenue
units plus 48
revenue
units for
each unit
exceeding
10 units
$10
Part 5 Unit Titles Act 1975
Item Dealing or other matter Fee
(revenue
units)
2 Lodgment of a plan under section 21B of the Act for registration as
a units plan of subdivision, if the number of units in the units plan:
(a) does not exceed 4 units 303
(b) exceeds 4 units but does not exceed 10 units 303
plus 41 for
each unit
exceeding
4 units
(c) exceeds 10 units but does not exceed 20 units 557
plus 33 for
each unit
exceeding
10 units
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 11
Item Dealing or other matter Fee
(revenue
units)
(d) exceeds 20 units but does not exceed 50 units 880
plus 21 for
each unit
exceeding
20 units
(e) exceeds 50 units $1 577
plus 13 for
each unit
exceeding
50 units
3 Application under section 21FA of the Act (including an application
under that section as applied by section 26P of the Act) to change
land comprised in a parcel by adding land to, or removing land
from, the parcel, if the number of affected units:
(a) does not exceed 4 affected units 303
(b) exceeds 4 affected units but does not exceed 10 affected
units
303
plus 41 for
each
affected
unit
exceeding
4 affected
units
(c) exceeds 10 affected units but does not exceed 20 affected
units
557
plus 33 for
each
affected
unit
exceeding
10 affected
units
(d) exceeds 20 affected units but does not exceed 50 affected
units
880
plus 21 for
each
affected
unit
exceeding
20 affected
units
Schedule 1 Fees, charges and levies
Registration Regulations 2009 12
Item Dealing or other matter Fee
(revenue
units)
(e) exceeds 50 affected units $1 577
plus 13 for
each
affected
unit
exceeding
50 affected
units
4 Application for approval of a proposal under section 26B of the Act
to subdivide and develop land in stages as a condominium
development, if the number of units in the proposed condominium
development:
(a) does not exceed 4 units 303
(b) exceeds 4 units but does not exceed 10 units 303
plus 41 for
each unit
exceeding
4 units
(c) exceeds 10 units but does not exceed 20 units 557
plus 33 for
each unit
exceeding
10 units
(d) exceeds 20 units but does not exceed 50 units 880
plus 21 for
each unit
exceeding
20 units
(e) exceeds 50 units 1 577
plus 13 for
each unit
exceeding
50 units
7 Variation of a disclosure statement lodged under section 26ZM(4)
of the Act
279
Schedule 2 Repealed regulations
Registration Regulations 2009 13
Schedule 2 Repealed regulations
regulation 4
Registration Regulations 1991 Subordinate Legislation
No. 63 of 1991
Amendments of Registration Regulations 1993 Subordinate Legislation
No. 25 of 1993
Amendment of Registration Regulations 1994 Subordinate Legislation
No. 29 of 1994
Amendments of Registration Regulations 1996 Subordinate Legislation
No. 52 of 1996
Amendment of Registration Regulations 1999 Subordinate Legislation
No. 22 of 1999
Amendments of Registration Regulations 2000 Subordinate Legislation
No. 56 of 2000
Amendment of Registration Regulations 2002 Subordinate Legislation
No. 56 of 2002
Amendment of Registration Regulations 2003 Subordinate Legislation
No. 15 of 2003
ENDNOTES
Registration Regulations 2009 14
ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Registration Regulations (SL No. 20, 2009)
Notified 26 June 2009
Commenced 1 July 2009 (r 2, s 2 Unit Title Schemes Act 2009 (Act No. 14,
2009) and Gaz S30, 26 June 2009)
Fees and Charges Amendment Regulations 2009 (SL No. 34, 2009)
Notified 14 December 2009
Commenced 1 January 2010 (r 2)
Unit Title Schemes and Related Legislation Amendment Regulations 2011 (SL No. 14,
2011
Notified 18 May 2011
Commenced 18 May 2011
Fees and Charges (Attorney-General and Justice Portfolio) Amendment
Regulations 2013 (SL No. 27, 2013)
Notified 28 June 2013
Commenced 1 July 2013 (r 2)
Registration Amendment Regulations 2014 (SL No. 5, 2014)
Notified 17 March 2014
Commenced 17 March 2014 (r 2, s 2 Advance Personal Planning Act 2013
(Act No. 35, 2013) and Gaz S14, 17 March 2014)
Registration Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2014 (SL No. 22, 2014)
Notified 1 July 2014
Commenced 1 July 2014
Registration Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2014 (SL No. 50, 2014)
Notified 2 January 2015
Commenced 2 January 2015
ENDNOTES
Registration Regulations 2009 15
Registration Amendment Regulations 2015 (SL No. 36, 2015)
Notified 23 December 2015
Commenced 23 December 2015
Justice Legislation Amendment Regulations 2021 (SL No. 18, 2021)
Notified 3 November 2021
Commenced 3 November 2021
Registration Amendment Regulations 2022 (SL No. 4, 2022)
Notified 4 April 2022
Commenced 5 April 2022 (r 2)
Land Title and Registration Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL No. 9, 2025)
Notified 30 July 2025
Commenced 1 August 2025 (r 2)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: r 1 and sch 1 and 2.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
sch 1 sub No. 34, 2009, r 8
amd No. 14, 2011, r 9
sub No. 27, 2013, r 8
amd No. 5, 2014, r 4; No. 22, 2014, r 3; No. 50, 2014, r 3; No. 36, 2015, r 3;
No. 18, 2021, r 5; No. 4, 2022, r 4; No. 9, 2025, r 6