New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DUTIES ACT 1997 - SECT 53

53 Applications to bring land under Real Property Act 1900

(1) An application to bring land under the Real Property Act 1900 is chargeable with--

(a) the same duty as on a possessory application under that Act if--

(i) the application contains an application based on possessory title, and

(ii) the applicant has not paid ad valorem duty under this Chapter on a transfer of the land, or

(b) the same duty as on a transfer of the land if the applicant nominates another person as the person for whose estate or interest a folio of the Register is to be created, or

(c) duty of $100 in any other case.

(2) The person liable to pay the duty is--

(a) the applicant, if subsection (1) (a) or (c) applies, or

(b) the nominee, if subsection (1) (b) applies.