On 11 October 2021, the Real Property Amendment (Certificates of Title) Act 2021 commenced, which abolished the Certificates of Title (CTs) and the control of the right to deal (CoRD) framework. All existing CTs have been cancelled and CTs will no longer be issued. Existing CTs will not need to be produced, and CoRD holder consent will not be required, for a dealing or plan to be registered. All existing Guidelines subject to this change are currently being reviewed and will be updated to reflect these changes. For further information regarding the abolition of CTs, please see https://www.registrargeneral.nsw.gov.au/property-and-conveyancing/eConveyancing/abolition-of-certificates-of-title

Land dealings change log

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27 November 2018 Statutory Declaration Paragraph headed 'Who may take a statutory declaration?' updated 22/11/2018.
27 November 2018 Writs Staff Processing information updated.
29 October 2018 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Registrar Generals Guideline pages that refer to a specific section of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1997 have been updated to show the renumbered section.
24 October 2018 Statutory Declaration

Under the heading Identification of the declarant, the following sentence was added:

The only "special justification" for not removing a face covering is a legitimate medical reason (at September 2018).
08 October 2018 Trusts Page updated
04 October 2018 Removal of a recording Paragraph added regarding when a Request for Removal of recording should not be used.
27 September 2018 Components of dealing forms Reference to 's24 Stamp Duties Act 1920' under Stamp Duty updated to read 's301 Duties Act 1997 (NSW)'.
19 September 2018 Planning Agreement

The following sentence has been added to page:

'The planning agreement annexed to the dealing must be signed by all the parties to the agreement (See clause 25C(1) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000;).'
19 September 2018 Revocation of or amendment to a planning agreement

The following paragraphs have been added to page:

'A planning agreement may only be amended or revoked by further agreement in writing signed by the parties to the original agreement (including by means of a subsequent planning agreement) (See clause 25C(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000). This agreement should be annexed to the dealing.

Note: If the original registered proprietor who was a party to the planning agreement is no longer the registered proprietor, the current registered proprietor may sign the agreement amending or revoking the planning agreement.'
 
06 September 2018 General Standards

Page updated as follows:

  • References & links updated from OSR to Revenue NSW under the "Stamp duty" heading.
  • Sentence 'From 1 July 2016, conveyancing documents able to be processed on Electronic Duties Return (EDR), will no longer be assessed at Revenue NSW.' added.
  • Phrase 'and any witness', removed from the fourth paragraph under the heading 'Annexures'.
 
19 July 2018 Fees Information regarding additional fees updated.
06 July 2018 Planning Agreement The sentence at Marginal Note (E),'The applicant must be the planning authority 'has been replaced by the sentence 'The applicant may be the planning authority or the registered proprietor of the land.'
25 June 2018 Electronic lodgment

Information regarding mandatory electronic lodgment has been updated on the following pages:

 
15 June 2018 Staff processing information

The statement 'All evidence lodged must be filmed with the minute papers, and the minute papers retained permanently.' has been added to 'Staff processing information' on the following pages:
04 June 2018 Housing Act notifications

The following pages were updated on 25/5/2018:
04 June 2018 NOS form completion

Paragraph 2 under 'Panel 3: Transaction Details' amended to read, 'Part A must be fully completed if the property was acquired for a sum of money, i.e. sale.'
30 May 2018 The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council References to 's.245 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 2009 (NSW)'; amended to read 's.245 of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW).'
15 May 2018 Lease

The second paragraph under Marginal note (A) now reads:-

'Where the lease affects a lease folio complex (either commercial or retirement village), reference must be made to the relevant lease folio number (reference to the Head Title should also be included). A full premises description, including reference to a plan if required (see below), must also be stated.'
20 April 2018 Time periods related to writs

Third paragraph updated.

Parargraph, 'A writ will be removed by the next dealing that is lodged and registered if two years has elapsed from the date of issue of the writ.', added.

Staff processing information updated.
18 April 2018 Party taking
The word 'legal' added to the first paragraph.

Second paragraph amended to read 'Initials are acceptable where they form part of a company name.'

The following paragraph was added, 'Where the party taking is a person (not a company) and their full legal name includes initials, evidence in the form of a statutory declaration with an annexed copy of a drivers licence, passport or some other official identity document showing that the initials are part of the full legal name, must be provided.'
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