Western Australian Current Acts

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 29

29 .         Certificates etc. of Crown land title, creation and registration of

        (1)         Subject to this section, the Minister may apply to the Registrar for the creation and registration of a certificate of Crown land title or qualified certificate of Crown land title in an approved form in relation to a parcel of Crown land or part of such a parcel, as the case requires, shown on —

            (a)         the relevant plan of survey or sketch plan referred to in section 27(3)(a) on the registration of that plan of survey or sketch plan; or

            (b)         a plan of survey or sketch plan used by the department of the Public Service through which the repealed Act was administered.

        (2)         The Minister may apply to the Registrar for the creation and registration of a subsidiary certificate of Crown land title in an approved form in relation to one or more interests in a reserve or lease (the additional interests ) when the number of existing interests in the reserve or lease is such that it would be impracticable to record the additional interests on the certificate of Crown land title or qualified certificate of Crown land title created in respect of the reserve or lease.

        (3)         A subsidiary certificate of Crown land title referred to in subsection (2) must be cross-referenced to the relevant certificate of Crown land title or qualified certificate of Crown land title.

        (4)         An application made under subsection (2) is to be accompanied by a sketch plan of internal interests, that is to say, a sketch plan showing each interest to which the subsidiary certificate of Crown land title is to relate and each area of Crown land the subject of such an interest.

        (5)         A certificate of Crown land title, a qualified certificate of Crown land title and a subsidiary certificate of Crown land title are to be created in the name of the State of Western Australia and to evidence interests, reserves or other dealings, or caveats, in respect of the parcel of Crown land or part of such a parcel, as the case requires, to which they relate.

        (6)         Subject to subsection (2), a certificate of Crown land title, qualified certificate of Crown land title or subsidiary certificate of Crown land title may be created and registered in respect of unsurveyed Crown land as a result of an application under subsection (1) or (2) if the certificate of Crown land title, qualified certificate of Crown land title or subsidiary certificate of Crown land title is endorsed with the words “Subject to survey”.

        [Section 29 amended: No. 4 of 2023 s. 16.]