Real Property Act 1900

The Governor may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act prescribing all such matters as are by this Act required or permitted to be prescribed or as may be necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the administration of this Act and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations for or with respect to—

the fees, charges and expenses recoverable by the Registrar-General in the administration of this Act, and

matters for which a fee may be recovered by the Registrar-General, and

the refund or waiver of any such fees, charges or expenses, and

the circumstances in which a plan lodged for registration shall be, or may be required by the Registrar-General to be, a plan of survey.

In subsection (1), a reference to “the administration of this Act” includes a reference to the administration of any other Act in so far as that other Act affects the functions of the Registrar-General with respect to land under the provisions of this Act, whether or not that other Act makes provision for matters to be prescribed thereunder with respect to that land.

The regulations may include provision for or with respect to the increase on an annual or other basis in accordance with a formula prescribed by the regulations of fees, charges and expenses prescribed by the regulations.

A fee, charge or expense can be prescribed by the regulations either as a specified amount or an amount calculated or determined in a specified manner.