Land Act 1994

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

search and obtain a copy of—

the particulars recorded about a lease, licence, permit or reserve; or

a registered document; or

a document that has been lodged but is not registered (whether or not it has been cancelled); or

information kept under section 281; and

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.

Subsection (1)(a)(iii) does not apply to a document destroyed by the registrar of titles.

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.

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.

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

only part of the particulars recorded about a lease, licence, permit or reserve; or

only part of a document lodged or deposited in the land registry; or

only part of the information about a document lodged or deposited in the land registry.

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).

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—

used for a commercial purpose, including, for example, the marketing or sale of the information or other information; or

included in another database of information, in any form, other than with approval from the registrar.

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.