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New search and lodgement fees

New fees will apply to all Land Registry search products, dealings, applications and plan lodgements from 11 October 2004.

The following tables list the new search fees and lodgement fees for the most common search products and transactions.

For full details of the new fees, customers should refer to the Transfer of Land (Fees) Regulations 2004, the Subdivision (Registrar’s Fees) Regulations 2004, the Instruments (Fees) Regulations 2004 and the Property Law (Fees) Regulations 2004. The new regulations will be available in early October.

Any queries concerning the new lodging fees should be directed to the Title Registration Services Customer Enquiry Centre on 8636 2010.

Any queries relating to new search fees should be directed to the Land Information Centre on 8636 2831.

Search Fees

Search Product/Service (Vol/fol quoted)	Fee to online brokers	Staff assisted search fee (personal attendance)	Level 10 account holders
Title Text & Diagram Comprising title particulars, including: – Land description. – Current registered proprietorship. – List of any encumbrances and instruments. (The list provides the Instrument Numbers, but not the Instruments themselves.) – A list of dealings within the last 105 days. – Diagram depicting boundaries and locations of the land.	$6.00	$13.55	$7.85
Final Search A list of any dealings within the last 105 days.	$1.50	$7.05	$2.00
Instrument Search Comprises registered instruments under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 including caveats, covenants, mortgages, etc.	$1.95	$5.55	$2.40
Plan Search (Title Diagram or Plan) A document that defines the boundaries of land by way of graphical and textual information.	$1.95	$9.00	$3.30
Historical Search A statement listing the history of dealings on a title.	$4.95	$8.55	$5.45

Lodgement Fees

Section of Act	Subdivision (Registrar’s Fees) Regulations	Fees
22	For lodgement of a plan of subdivision	$400.00
	plus for each lot in excess of two	$85.00
	plus for each body corporate in excess of one	$100.00
	plus for every plan supported by a survey pursuant to section 95 of the TLA 1958	$200.00
	For registering a plan of consolidation other than under Section 32(1)(l)	$400.00
	plus for every plan supported by a survey pursuant to section 95 of the TLA 1958	$200.00
22(1B)	Application for service of a notice – for each mortgage, charge, lease, sublease, annuity or caveat in respect of which application under section 22(1B) of the Act is made	$45.00
23	Plan for creation, variation, or removal of an easement or condition in the nature of an easement in a Crown grant other than under Section 32(1)(l)	$450.00
	plus for each lot in excess of two where the easement or condition is to be created, varied, or removed	$85.00
24A	Plan to vest land referred to in column 2 of the Table in Section 24A of the Act	$180.00
	plus for each reserve in excess of two vested	$51.30
	Plan to remove or vest and remove a reservation under section 24A of the Act	$400.00
	plus for each reserve in excess of two affected	$85.00
	plus for every plan supported by a survey pursuant to section 95 of the TLA 1958	$200.00
26	Application for approval of a Boundary Plan	$280.00
27(2C)	For any additional rules or amendment or revocation of the additional rules including recording additional rules which accompany a plan creating a body corporate or merging bodies corporate	$45.00
321(1)(d)	Plan to increase or reduce the number of lots affected by the body corporate	$90.00
321(1)(e)	Plan to create new lots or new common property	$400.00
	plus for each lot in excess of two	$100.00
	plus for each body corporate in excess of one	$105.10
	plus for every plan supported by a survey pursuant to section 95 of the TLA 1958	$200.00
321(1)(f)	Plan to create a body corporate	$105.00
	plus for each body corporate in excess of one created by the plan	$100.00
321(1)(g)	Plan dissolving a body corporate	$45.00
	plus for each body corporate in excess of one comprised in the plan	$45.00
321(1)(h)	Plan to merge with another body corporate	$45.00
321(1)(i)	Plan for creation, variation, or removal of an easement or condition	$461.50
	plus for each lot in excess of two where the easement or condition is to be created, varied, or removed	$87.50
321(1)(j)	Plan for the creation, variation, or removal of restriction	$90.00
	plus for each lot in excess of two over which the restriction is to be created, varied, or removed	$90.00
321(1)(k)	Plan of consolidation for which the Registrar of Titles considers should be supported by a survey pursuant to section 95 of the TLA 1958	$400.00
	plus for every plan supported by a survey pursuant to section 95 of the TLA 1958	$200.00
321(1)(k)	Plan of creation, alteration or extinguishment of lot entitlement or lot liability	$90.00
34(2)	Application to change the address for service of notices on a body corporate	$45.00
44(5A)	Application to cancel or alter a scheme of development accompanying a cluster subdivision	$90.00
	Plan number to be used on plans submitted to Councils and Referral Authorities	$10.00
	On every application sent by post	$5.00

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The Land Registry Lodging Book

A third edition of the Lodging Book has been produced and will be available for purchase in early September 2004.

The Land Registry Lodging Book – A Guide to Dealings at Land Victoria is a valuable reference for legal practitioners, conveyancers, surveyors, and anyone lodging documents for any form of land transaction or lodgement at Land Victoria. It covers the most commonly used transaction types under the Transfer of Land Act 1958, Subdivision Act 1988, and other acts related to land transactions in Victoria.

The Lodging Book continues to provide examples of various land transaction types and documents that must be lodged in support of each dealing type. The 300-page Third Edition includes a useful glossary of terms and an index to enable easy access to the topics contained in the Book.

In response to numerous customer requests, the new edition will be available in hard copy and on CD. A PDF file version of the Lodging Book is also being developed, and further details of this format will be advised to customers in a customer notice.

The Lodging Book will cost $77.00 including GST.

You can purchase your copy from Land Registry’s Document Management Counter, Level 10, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne, telephone 8636 2100.

It will also be available at the DSE Bookshop, Ground Level, 8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, and Information Victoria, 356 Collins Street, Melbourne.

The option to order the Lodging Book online through Land Channel at www.land.vic.gov.au should also be available in early September.