Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND TITLE ACT 1994 - SECT 35

35 Entitlement to search register

(1) A person may, on payment of the relevant titles registry fee—

(a) search and obtain a copy of—

(i) the indefeasible title of a lot; or

(ii) a registered instrument; or

(iii) an instrument that has been lodged but is not registered (whether or not it has been cancelled); or

(iv) information kept under this Act; and

(b) obtain a copy of the indefeasible title of a lot, or a registered instrument, certified by the registrar to be an accurate copy.

(2) Subsection (1) (a) (iii) does not apply to an instrument that has been destroyed by the registrar.

(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 for allowing persons to search the land registry or obtain copies of indefeasible titles, registered or other instruments, or information, kept in the registry.

(5) The registrar may allow a person to carry out a search under subsection (1) (a) for—

(a) only part of an indefeasible title for a lot; or

(b) only part of an instrument; or

(c) only part of the information about an instrument.

(6) The registrar may enter into an arrangement 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 may enter into an arrangement 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 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.