Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Registrar must keep a Register of land which is under the operation of this Act.
S. 27(2) amended by No. 70/2014 s. 4(1).
(2) The Registrar—
(a) may keep the Register—
(i) in any form or combination of forms; and
(ii) on any medium or combination of mediums; and
(iii) in any manner—
that he or she thinks fit; and
(b) may at any time vary the medium, form or manner in which the Register or a part of the Register is kept.
(3) A reference to a medium in subsection (2) includes but is not limited to—
(a) a computer; or
(b) micro film; or
(c) paper.
(4) The Register consists of folios of the Register.
(5) A folio of the Register is a division of the Register that relates to one or more parcels of land.
(6) A folio of the Register—
(a) must contain the recordings that are required or authorised to be made in the Register by or under this Act or any other Act and that affect the land for which the folio is created; and
(b) must include a distinctive identifying reference for the folio; and
(c) may contain recordings of any other information that the Registrar thinks appropriate to record on the folio; and
(d) may describe any land by reference to a separate map or plan in the Office of Titles—
and so much of a separate map or plan as relates to the land in the folio is deemed to form part of the folio in which it is described.
(7) The Registrar creates a folio of the Register by making a recording of—
(a) a description of the land for which it is created; and
S. 27(7)(b) substituted by Nos 85/1998 s. 7(1), 80/2009 s. 11.
(b) except in the case of an identified folio, a description of—
(i) the proprietor; and
(ii) the nature of the interest held by the proprietor; and
(c) such other particulars as the Registrar thinks fit of—
(i) other estates or interests, if any, affecting the land; and
(ii) other information, if any, that relates to the land and is required to be recorded on the folio by or under this Act or any other Act—
and by allocating a distinctive identifying reference to those recordings.
S. 27(7A) inserted by No. 85/1998 s. 7(2).
(7A) The Registrar must not include a description of the proprietor for the time being of the land when an identified folio is created.
(8) Subject to section 24(4) of the Subdivision Act 1988 , on—
(a) the bringing of land under the operation of this Act; or
(b) the approval of a plan of consolidation; or
(c) the approval of a plan of subdivision in accordance with any law for the time being in force relating to the subdivision of land; or
(d) being required by or under this Act or any other Act to do so—
the Registrar must create any folios of the Register that are necessary.
S. 27(9) amended by No. 70/2014 s. 4(2).
(9) The Registrar may create, amend or cancel a folio of the Register where the Registrar thinks it appropriate to do so.
S. 27(10) repealed by No. 70/2014 s. 4(3).
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S. 27(11) amended by No. 70/2014 s. 4(4)(a).
(11) If the Registrar creates, amends or cancels a
folio of the Register, the Registrar may—
S. 27(11)(a) amended by No. 70/2014 s. 4(4)(b).
(a) make any other amendments in the Register that he or she considers necessary because of the creation amendment or cancellation of the folio; and
S. 27(11)(b) amended by Nos 49/2001 s. 6(1), 70/2014 s. 4(4)(c).
(b) call in and, subject to section 27BA, destroy any certificate of title produced for the folio so created amended or cancelled.
S. 27(11A) inserted by No. 70/2014 s. 4(5).
(11A) For the purposes of subsection (11)(b), the Registrar may treat a certificate of title as destroyed without calling it in if the Registrar is provided with a certification that is in terms satisfactory to the Registrar.
S. 27(12) amended by No. 42/2017 s. 11.
(12) In this section and in section 27A, "Act" includes Commonwealth Act.
S. 27A inserted by No. 18/1989 s. 7.