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LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 284
Entitlement to search a register
284 Entitlement to search a register
(1) A person may, on payment of the relevant titles registry fee— (a) search
and obtain a copy of— (i) the particulars recorded about a lease, licence,
permit or reserve; or
(ii) a registered document; or
(iii) a document that
has been lodged but is not registered (whether or not it has been cancelled);
or
(iv) information kept under section 281 ; and
(b) obtain a copy of the
particulars recorded about a lease, licence, permit or reserve, or a
registered document, certified by the registrar of titles to be an accurate
copy.
(2) Subsection (1) (a) (iii) does not apply to a document destroyed by
the registrar of titles.
(3) A search under subsection (1) may be carried out
at, or a copy mentioned in subsection (1) obtained from, an office of the land
registry during office hours on a day the office is open for business.
(4)
Also, a search under subsection (1) may be carried out by, or a copy mentioned
in subsection (1) obtained from, an entity engaged by the registrar of titles
for the purpose of allowing persons to search the land registry or obtain
copies of particulars, documents or other information kept in the registry.
(5) The registrar of titles may allow a person to carry out a search under
subsection (1) (a) for— (a) only part of the particulars recorded about a
lease, licence, permit or reserve; or
(b) only part of a document lodged or
deposited in the land registry; or
(c) only part of the information about a
document lodged or deposited in the land registry.
(6) The registrar of
titles may enter into an agreement with a department allowing the department
to carry out a search, or obtain a copy, under this section without payment of
the fee mentioned in subsection (1) .
(7) However, the registrar of titles
may enter into an agreement under subsection (6) only if the registrar is
reasonably satisfied the information obtained from the search or the copy will
not be— (a) used for a commercial purpose, including, for example, the
marketing or sale of the information or other information; or
(b) included in
another database of information, in any form, other than with approval from
the registrar.
(8) If the registrar of titles delegates the registrar’s
functions of keeping the land registry to the titles registry operator,
subsections (4) , (6) and (7) apply as if each reference to the registrar were
a reference to the operator.
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