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2025
Summary
- Detecting and preventing elder abuse in property transactions
- Survey-based applications under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA) – requisitions through SPEAR
- Applications to remove an easement under section 73 of the TLA – critical deficiencies
- Changes to fees for relodged instruments and applications
- Communication with lodging parties
- e-Conveyancing Payments Industry Code
- Victorian Water Registrar updates
Summary
- New Guide Available
- Control of electronic certificates of title (eCT) for road and reserve folios upon registration of a plan of subdivision
- SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network (ELN) requisition process for lodging parties
- Lodging an application under section 49 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
- Company and organisation names
- Enhanced Section 104 Generic Residual Document
- Lease Dealing Requirement
- Owners Corporation Manager on Owners Corporation report
- Subscriber Compliance Guidance
2024
Summary
- Christmas and New Year closure
- New guides available
- Removal of Aged Nominations
- Reminder: select the 'STAY' or 'GO' option for eCT Control within the lodgment instructions
- Changes to lodging Generic Residual Document
- Reminder: Lodging of multiple cases within one Generic Residual Document
- Updated Model Participation Rules Guidance Notes
Summary
- Changes to transaction types available within PEXA
- Update to ePlan Mandate in Registrar's Requirements for Paper Conveyancing Transactions
- Reminder - Phase out of paper certificates of titles
Summary
- Reminder: Phasing out of paper certificates of title
Summary
- Phasing out paper certificates of title
- Request to transfer control of electronic certificate(s) of title to the Registrar
- Plans of consolidation to be submitted using ePlan from 29 July 2024
- Commercial and Industrial Property Tax
- Caveats forbidding the granting of an adverse possession application
- Recording of a person’s appointment or capacity as a Legal Personal Representative in the Register
- Minors who intend to become a registered proprietor of an estate or interest in land or deal with their registered estate or interest in land
- Guide to dealing with restricted, accessory and carpark lots
- New Memorandum of Common Provisions (MCP) form for water share mortgages
- Common issues with creations of easements - clarification
- Mandates and other requirements now in effect
Summary
- New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2024
- End-of-financial-year cut-off times for lodging with Land Use Victoria
Summary
- Version 9 of the Registrar’s Requirements for Paper Conveyancing (Registrar’s Requirements)
2023
Summary
- Memorandums of common provisions (MCP) to be incorporated into mortgages
Summary
- Christmas and New Year closure
- Plan lodgment reminder – Council certification
- Ceasing the practice of issuing a Final Notice
- Authority to act on behalf of another licensed surveyor
- Severance of joint tenancies
- Leases of flats, apartments, caravan parks etc.
- Subscribers reminded to deal with control of electronic certificates of title (eCTs) before closing their ELN account.
- Electronic lodgment updates
- Lodging of multiple cases within one Generic Residual Document
Summary
- Consultation on proposed changes to the Registrar's Requirements for Paper Conveyancing (Registrar's Requirements)
- Guide to Removal of Easements (sections 73, 73A and 60 Transfer of Land Act 1958)
- Statutory declarations in support of applications under section 99 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
- Applications made under section 60 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 - reminder on critical deficiency process
- Applications for discharge of mortgage and the Limitation of Actions Act 1958
- Court orders authorising parties to sign on behalf of other parties
Summary
- Update on customer enquiry points of contact
- Navigating the Land Registry: Information for Surveyors webinar
- Requirements for an adverse possession application under section 15 of the Transfer of Land Act
- Deceased joint registered proprietors
- Operating requirements for electronic conveyancing
- Changes to Owners Corporation Additional Information
- Applications to vest closed roads - section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 and predecessor legislation
- Removal of aged nominations
- New resource available: Electronic Submission of paper instruments page
Summary
- New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2023
- End of financial year cut off times for lodging with LUV
- Processing cut off for end of financial year lodgments
Summary
- Land Use Victoria joins Department of Transport and Planning
- Mortgage provisions restraining the alienation of land
- Surrender of a forest carbon right - clarification
- Closure of the Permanent Order Book
- Recording of water agreements and decisions under sections 234, 235 and 244 of the Water Act 1989
- Reminders from Registration Branch
2022
Summary
- Christmas and New Year closure
- Proposed changes to the next version of the Registrar's Requirements for Paper Conveyancing (Registrar's Requirements)
- Transfer of control of electronic certificates of title only available electronically
- Applications for discharges of mortgages when mortgagee is a deregistered company
- Lodgment of Registrar's Caveats
- Electronic signing of legal practitioner's certificates
- Contact Us
Summary
- Registrar-General's Office (RGO) Library closure at the DELWP Laverton site
- Surveys supporting plan under the Subdivision Act - clarification
- Overlay diagram requirements
- Additional information on the Abstract of Field Records (AFR)
- Surveyor's Reports requirements
- Improved transaction tracking
- Guide to Dealing Requirements
Summary
- Residual documents affecting part of a folio
- New Memorandum of Common Provisions (MCP) form for mortgages or annuity charges
- Amendments to the Electronic Conveyancing National Law (Victoria)
- Reminder to ensure digital signing certificates are not shared
- Statutory declarations in support of applications under section 60 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
- Reminder from the Registration Branch: Attachments to electronic lodgments
- Memorandum of Common Provisions reminders
- Appropriate applicants under section 89A(1) of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
- Amendment to Section 52 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
- Operating requirements for electronic conveyancing version 6.1
Summary
- New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2022
- End of financial year cut off times for lodging with LUV
2021
Summary
- Christmas and new year closure
- Victorian Land Registry Services announces rebrand as SERV (Secure Electronic Registries Victoria)
- Future options for non-represented parties and certificates of title
- Guide to Leases
- Surveyor’s Report Requirements
- Subdivision (Registrar’s Requirements) Regulations 2021
- Applications to remove a caveat under section 89A of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA)
Summary
- New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2021
- Traditional Owners acknowledged on Register Search Statements
- Victorian Land Registry Services is moving
- Appropriate use of the Generic Residual Document ‘Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104 (Generic Residual Document)
- Aligning paper and electronic lodgment – section 207D Local Government Act 1989
- Notice under section 89A(3)(b) of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
- Resubmitting withdrawn electronic instruments and applications
- References to off-Register documents and MCP
- Common issues with creations of easements and survey applications
- Reminder: Surveys supporting Subdivision Act dealings
- Removal of Caveat where caveator is deceased
- New change of name residual documents
Summary
- New change of name residual documents
- Update: changes to the requirements for lost paper certificates of title applications
- Variations and removals of restrictive covenants and restrictions
- Justice Legislation Amendment (System Enhancement and Other Matters) Act 2021
- Reminders from Registration Branch
Summary
- New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2021
- End of financial year cut off times for lodging with LUV
- Processing times for plans of subdivision
Summary
- Operating requirements and participation rules for electronic conveyancing
- Change in practice when subdividing existing Not in Common Ownership (NICO) folios
- Plans lodged through the generic residual document ‘Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act – Section 104'
- Reminder: Evidence supporting an adverse possession application
- Supporting evidence disclosure under Freedom of Information Act 1982
- New Memorandum of Common Provisions (MCPs) forms for restrictive covenants
- Change to requirements for lost paper certificate of title applications
- Cluster Plan enhancement project
- New Land Registry Compliance System
- Reminder changes to notification for the Customer Information Bulletin
2020
Summary
- New Land Use Victoria website is now available
- Changes to notification for the Customer Information Bulletin
Summary
- Christmas and new year closure
- New Land Use Victoria website coming soon
- Melbourne Strategic Assessment program - enhancements to SPEAR
- Updates and reminders from Registration Branch
- Reminder: Requirements for signing and witnessing instruments lodged in an approved form
Summary
- New Registrar of Titles and acting Chief Executive, Land Victoria
- Christmas and new year closure
- Answering requisitions, stopped case notices and other correspondence
- Model Participation Rules and Model Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
Summary
- Administrative Notices to convert paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title and Certification 6 – important update [Victorian Participation Rules Waiver PR1/2020 – Certification 6]
- Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
Summary
- Processing time for land transactions
- Melbourne Strategic Assessment program – notifications recorded under the new Act
- Victorian Water Register payment and process changes
- Entitlement to sign registry instruments
- Mortgages lodged for registration must be on the same terms as mortgage granted by the mortgagor
- Administrative Notices to convert pCTs to eCTs and Certification 6
- New ARNECC Notice to Subscribers
- Adverse possession applications and the Fences Act 1968 – Magistrates’ Court Orders
- SPEAR ELN payment methods
- Crown Diagrams – for Crown folios and Plans of Crown Allotments
Summary
- Lodging and search fees from 1 July 2020- no change
- Water Register prescribed fees from 1 July 2020 – no change
- Generic residual document ‘Record – Notice – Transfer of Land Act – Section 104’ – nomination of Certificates of Title
- COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 and COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) (Electronic Signing and Witnessing) Regulations 2020
- State Revenue Office streamlines Duties Online
Summary
- Lodging fees from 1 July- no change
- Search fees from 1 July 2020
- Secure Electronic Registries Victoria appoints new CEO
- Update on the generic residual document 'Record - Notice - Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
- Requirements for attached PDF documents supporting all residual documents
- SPEAR Electronic Lodgement Network (ELN) reminder
- Caveats and parts of land
- Abbreviated names of companies and incorporated associations in the Register
Summary
- Update to the generic residual document 'Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
- Update to residual documents in PEXA
Summary
- Important reminders and updates
- New generic residual document 'Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
- SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network update
- Temporary suspension of Subscriber Compliance Examinations
- Victorian Water Register - lodging documents
Summary
- Changes to Registration Services
- New generic residual dealing type in PEXA 'Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
- SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network Update
- Update to the issuing of paper Certificate of Titles
- Victorian Water Register – lodging documents
- Advice to all Subscribers and LUV Customers
Summary
- Advice to all Subscribers and LUV customers - coronavirus (COVID-19) related impacts
- Notices of Action and new Court proceedings
Summary
- Application's under section 31 Transfer of Land Act 1958
- Notes for Subscriber's on Residual Document type
Summary
- Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
Summary
- Reminder: Elimination of cheques as a payment method
- Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
- Statutory Declarations from 1 January 2020
- Reminders and directions to Representatives signing Registry Instruments on behalf of their clients
Summary
- Support for bushfire-affected communities: tax and fee relief
2019
Summary
- Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
- Review of the Intergovernmental Agreement for an Electronic Conveyancing National Law
- New guidance for e-settlement subscribers and their instructing practitioners
- Reminder: Christmas and New Year closure
Summary
- Christmas and new year closure
- New Customer call centre phone number
- LANDATA® website details - reminder
- Elimination fo cheques as a payment method
- Residual documents in PEXA - an update
- New dealing requirements - dealings lodged using an ELN
- Reminder: Caveator's consent - change to requirement to produce consent to the Registrar
Summary
- Reminder: Phase out of Plan Acceptance counter services
- SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network - additional transactions available
- Residual documents
- Lodging plans and plan-based applications
- Application under section 14 Transfer of Land Act 1958 - lodgment process
Summary
- Reminder: Phase out of Plan Acceptance counter services
- Strata Plan enhancement project
- Historical aerial photographs
- ELN Subscriber Compliance Examination
- Applications under section 47 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
- Defining burdened and benefited land in restrictive covenants in transfers and plans
Summary
- Reminder: Mandatory electronic lodgment 1 August
- Review of the Intergovernmental Agreement for an Electronic Conveyancing National Law (‘IGA Review’)
- Notices of Acquisition
- New LANDATA website address
- Phase out of Plan Acceptance counter services
- Verification of Identity
- Registrar’s verification of identity requirements regarding transfer of control of eCTs
- Registrar’s power to rectify errors in the Register
- Reminder on creating restrictive covenants in transfers and plans
- SPEAR ELN information session
Summary
- Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
- Release of Residual documents in PEXA and 1 August 2019 mandate
Summary
- 1 August 2019 – lodging electronically
- New functionality in SRO and PEXA ELN
- Removal of warnings on provisional folios after 15 years
- Caveator’s consent – change to requirement to produce consent to Registrar
Summary
- Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
- National electronic conveyancing - Model Participation Rules Guidance Notes
- A conveyancer’s and lawyer’s obligation to know who their client is
- Release of the first residual document
- Joint Lodgments after October 2018
Summary
- Operating requirements and participation rules for electronic conveyancing
- SPEAR electronic lodgment network participation rules
- Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
- Release of the first residual document
- Removal of a Registrar’s Caveat lodged on behalf of a represented person
- Trusts in the Register
2018
Summary
- Christmas and new year closure
- Converting paper certificates of title to electronic
- New Electronic Lodgment Network Operator (ELNO)
- Extension of priority notices and guidelines on priority notices
- Recording judgments, decrees, orders or processes of execution of a court
- Deceased registered proprietors
- Which caveats can be lodged using an ELN?
- Update on 100% electronic lodgment
Summary
- Christmas and new year closure
- Creating restrictive covenants in transfers
- Remaining instrument types (residual documents) in the Electronic Lodgment Network
- Australian Institute of Conveyancers workshop on processing transactions electronically
Summary
Treasurer announces private operator for land registry
Summary
- Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions version 5 - update to section 6 'Electronic Instruments'
- Progression towards 100% electronic lodgment
Summary
- New lodgment and search fees from 1 July 2018
- Reminder and update on creating restrictive covenants in transfers
- Getting ready for 100% electronic lodgment in August 2019
- Legal entity names
Summary
- New lodgement and search fees from 1 July 2018
- Naming easements in plans
- Plantation Licence Register
- Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions – Transfers of land and survivorship
- applications
- Electronic instrument statements
Summary
- Changes to Transfer of land forms - New requirements for creating restrictive covenants in transfers
Summary
- Commercialisation of land registry functions
- Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
- Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions – Transfers of land and survivorship applications
- Improved timeframes for registering subdivision plans of 10 or more lots
- Removing staged lots from plans of subdivision
- Notices of Action on a Folio
Summary
- Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
- Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
- New folio output for deceased estates
- Electronic lodgment workshops
Summary
- Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
- Transition period ends for using 'old style' forms
- Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions and dates for transition to 100% digital
- SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network
- Minor registered proprietors
- Caveats requiring an attached plan
2017
Summary
- Christmas and new year closure
- Transition period ends for use 'old style' forms
- Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
- SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network pilot update
- Electronic service of court documents
Summary
- Change to nominating eCTs to electronic conveyancing transactions
- Important dates for electronic and paper transactions
- Transition to 100% digital lodgment
- Using new forms containing certifications
- Entitlement to sign registry instruments
Summary
- Important dates for electronic and paper transactions
- Transition to 100% digital lodgment
- Next round of bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title
- Entitlements to sign registry instruments
- Ordering plan numbers for plans of subdivision, plans of consolidation and title plans
- Reserve with 'purpose' on a plan of subdivision
- Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Summary
- Creating restrictive covenants in transfers and restrictions in plans
- Consultation on trial of new process enabling five-day subdivision plan registration
- Enduring powers of attorney – confirming a transaction is not a conflict of interest
- Section 60 applications
- Answering requisitions, stopped case notices and other correspondence
- Victorian Water Register – grants of representation for certain water shares
- Land Use Victoria has moved to 2 Lonsdale Street
Summary
- Land Use Victoria is moving - office closure
- Refinance transactions to be lodged electronically
- Transferring control of an electronic Certificate of Title (eCT)
- 22 July 2017 – Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
- Status of Lodging Book and Registrar’s new approved forms
- New forms
- National mortgage form
- Verification of identity (VOI) for people not using a conveyancer or lawyer – non-represented parties
- Consideration in instruments
- Transition to 100% digital lodgement
- Strata enhancement project
Summary
- 22 July 2017 - Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title
Summary
- New forms
- Transition to 100% digital lodgment
- New process enables five-day subdivision registration
- New website for Land Use Victoria
- Land Use Victoria is moving
Summary
- New lodgement and search fees from 1 July 2017
- New forms
- New website for Land Use Victoria
- Creating restrictive covenants
Summary
- Update to Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
- Update to operating requirements and participation rules for electronic conveyancing
- SPEAR electronic lodgment network participation rules
- New process for more than 10 lots to enable five-day subdivision registration
- Applications to record, vary or release a restrictive covenant
- Enforceability of restrictive covenants and restrictions recorded on a folio
- Availability and use of new forms
- New DELWP website
- LUV moving to 2 Lonsdale St
Summary
- Registrar's requirements version 2 for paper conveyancing transactions
- Transitioning to 100% digital timeline
- Client Authorisations, certification and new forms - Transition period
- Lodgement of paper transactions where the Certificate of Title is electronic (eCT)
- Changes to over-the-counter lodgements
- Land Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
- LUV moving to 2 Lonsdale St
Summary
- Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions – National Mortgage Form, client authorisations and certifications, refinance transactions to be lodged electronically
- Forms – changes to form approvals
- Delay to change of practice for Not in Common Ownership (NICO) plans
- New lodgement option at Plan Acceptance – Plan Lodgement drop off
- Update on bulk conversion of paper Certificate of Titles to electronic certificates of Titles, October 2016
- Confirming note on priority notices
2016
Summary
- Lodging fees from 1 July 2016
- Guides and fees calculators
- Survey documents required when lodging a plan of subdivision or consolidation
- New PEXA tool aids lodging caveats online
View Customer Information Bulletin - CIB 157: May 2016
Download Customer Information Bulletin - CIB 157: May 2016 document
Summary
- Land Registry Services – Christmas and new year closures
- Priority notices
- Announcing Land Use Victoria
- Strata enhancement project
- Electronic and paper Certificates of Title
- Voiding Certificates of Title for common property folios
- Victorian Water Register – general information on lodging documents for recording
- Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
Summary
- 22 October 2016 - Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
- Electronic and paper Certificates of Title
Summary
- Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions - lodging mortgages and discharges of mortgage, bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title, introducing priority notices
- Section 60 applications – critical deficiencies
- New practice for Not in Common Ownership (NICO) plans
- Transfer by direction
- Changes to recording restrictive covenants on folios
- Compliance examinations of subscribers to an ELN
- Answering requisitions, stopped case notices and other correspondence
Summary
- Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
- Forms approval
- Introduction of a Crown folio for Crown land records
- New practice for Not in Common Ownership plans (NICO)
- Co-operatives National Law (Victoria)
- Victorian Water Register – Signing a transfer of water share and other documents under the Water Act 1989
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