Land Title Act 1994

The registrar may keep a manual of land title practice (by whatever name called) in the way the registrar considers appropriate, for the information and guidance of persons performing functions in relation to the land registry and other persons dealing with the land registry.

The manual may include—

directions given by the registrar under—

section 10(1)(b); or

the Forestry Act 1959, section 61RW(1)(b); or

the Land Act 1994, section 287(1)(b); and

practices developed in the land registry, before or after the commencement of this section, for the depositing and lodging of instruments, including practices directed at ensuring that—

there is consistency and efficiency in land registry processes; and

each register under this Act is an accurate, comprehensive and usable record; and

the integrity of the registers included in the land registry is supported and maintained to the greatest practicable extent.

The manual may include statements about additional information a person may be required to produce, or additional instruments or documents a person may be required to deposit, under section 156.

The manual may provide for the registrar’s approval of the form of an electronic conveyancing document for the Electronic Conveyancing National Law (Queensland), section 7(1)(a).

The registrar must make the manual available to the public in the way the registrar considers appropriate.

Without limiting subsection (5), the registrar must ensure an up-to-date copy of the manual is available to be read free of charge at each office of the land registry.