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2020

Customer Information Bulletin 203

• Lodging fees from 1 July- no change
• Search fees from 1 July 2020
• Victorian Land Registry Services 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

Customer Information Bulletin 202

• Update to the generic residual document 'Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
• Update to residual documents in PEXA

Customer Information Bulletin 201

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 200

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 199

• Advice to all Subscribers and LUV customers - coronavirus (COVID-19) related impacts
• Notices of Action and new Court proceedings

Customer Information Bulletin 198

• Application's under section 31 Transfer of Land Act 1958
• Notes for Subscriber's on Residual Document type

Customer Information Bulletin 197

• Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions

Customer Information Bulletin 196

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 195

• Support for bushfire-affected communities: tax and fee relief

2019

Customer Information Bulletin 194

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 193

• 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 

Customer Information Bulletin 192 (DOCX, 258.3 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 191 (DOCX, 258.7 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 190 (DOCX, 178.9 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 189 (DOCX, 170.9 KB)

• Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
• Release of Residual documents in PEXA and 1 August 2019 mandate

Customer Information Bulletin 188 (DOCX, 106.9 KB)

• New lodgment fees for 1 July 2019

Customer Information Bulletin 187 (DOCX, 168.4 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 186 (DOCX, 103.9 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 185 (DOCX, 109.9 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 184 (DOCX, 124.0 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 183 (DOCX, 118.1 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 182 (DOCX, 182.3 KB)

• Mandatory electronic lodgment - 1 October 2018

Customer Information Bulletin 181 (DOCX, 103.7 KB)

• Treasurer announces private operator for land registry

Customer Information Bulletin 180 (DOCX, 232.2 KB)

• Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions version 5 - update to section 6 'Electronic Instruments'
• Progression towards 100% electronic lodgment

Customer Information Bulletin 179 (DOCX, 107.2 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 178 (DOCX, 110.2 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 177 (DOCX, 159.7 KB)

• Changes to Transfer of land forms - New requirements for creating restrictive covenants in transfers

Customer Information Bulletin 176 (DOCX, 106.6 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 175 (DOCX, 111.2 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 174 (DOCX, 108.4 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 173 (DOCX, 102.8 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 172 (DOCX, 287.6 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 171 (DOCX, 110.9 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 170 (DOCX, 109.1 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 169 (DOCX, 84.1 KB)

• Land Use Victoria moving to 2 Lonsdale Street

Customer Information Bulletin 168 (DOCX, 104.8 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 167 (DOCX, 104.3 KB)

• 22 July 2017 - Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title

Customer Information Bulletin 166 (DOCX, 1.7 MB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 165 (DOCX, 93.9 KB)

• New lodgement and search fees from 1 July 2017
• New forms
• New website for Land Use Victoria
• Creating restrictive covenants

Customer Information Bulletin 164 (DOCX, 98.8 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 163 (DOCX, 125.8 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 162 (DOCX, 143.6 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 161 (DOCX, 125.0 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 160  (DOCX, 128.0 KB)

• 22 October 2016 - Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
• Electronic and paper Certificates of Title

Customer Information Bulletin 159 (DOCX, 83.4 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 158 (DOCX, 85.4 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 157 (DOCX, 88.4 KB)

• 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

Customer Information Bulletin 156 (DOCX, 90.0 KB)

• Revised guides on VOI
• Over-the-counter printing of Certificates of Title to cease
• Changes to lodging mortgages and discharges of mortgage
• Executions by foreign corporations in conveyancing transactions
• Execution by markspersons

Customer Information Bulletin 155 (DOCX, 91.3 KB)

• Changes to lodging mortgages and discharges of mortgage
• New verification of identity services for people overseas
• Model Participation Rules (MPR) guidance notes
• Historical aerial photographs
• Lodging dealings by mail

2015

Customer Information Bulletin 154 (DOCX, 88.8 KB)

• Certificate of Title nomination process - further changes

Customer Information Bulletin 153 (DOCX, 90.4 KB)

• Verification of identity for paper conveyancing transactions
• Invitation to comment on RIS closes mid-November
• Lodgement of dealings by mail - reminder
• Land Victoria plan lodgements
• Execution by foreign corporations

Customer Information Bulletin 152 (DOC, 102.5 KB)

• Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions and Registrar's Requirements for paper conveyancing transactions

Customer Information Bulletin 151 (DOC, 99.0 KB)

• Proposed Land Victoria fee regulations

Customer Information Bulletin 150 (DOC, 107.5 KB)

• Registrar's Requirements for paper instruments - an update
• New Forms guides and fees web page
• Powers of Attorney Act 2014 - new requirements
• Lodgement of dealings by correspondence
• Image watermarks and page numbers
• Electronic conveyancing - signing electronic instruments

Customer Information Bulletin 149 (DOC, 184.5 KB)

• Registrar's Requirements for paper instruments - an update
• New lodging fees from 1 July 2015
• Certificate of Title nomination process
• Certificates of Title and Administrative Notices
• Waterway notation on plans

Customer Information Bulletin 148 (DOC, 186.0 KB)

• Land Victoria moves to new department
• Transfer functionality now in PEXA
• New adverse possession forms and guides
• Paper settlement with an electronic Certificate of Title
• Certificate of Title nomination process
• Revised guides
• Joint proprietors, all deceased
• Service of court documents on the Registrar of Titles
• Victorian Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 147 (DOC, 170.5 KB)

• New caveat and withdrawal of caveat interactive forms and guides

2014

Customer Information Bulletin 146/2014 (PDF, 65.2 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 146/2014 (DOC, 64.0 KB)

• Paper settlement with an electronic Certificate of Title
• Notices to caveators
• Disclaimer of onerous freehold property
• Recovery of possession by lessors - section 70 Transfer of Land Act
• Conditions in Crown grants
• Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC)

Customer Information Bulletin 145/2014 (PDF, 66.7 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 145/2014 (DOC, 55.0 KB)

• Legislative changes to Transfer of Land Act 1958 effective 24 September 2014

Customer Information Bulletin 144/2014 (PDF, 435.7 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 144/2014 (DOC, 56.0 KB)

• Lodgement checklist requirements for adverse possession and amendment of title boundary applications
• Aligning paper and electronic conveyancing – verification of identity
• Attending a paper settlement when the Certificate of Title is electronic
• Standardised caveat grounds of claim

Customer Information Bulletin 143/2014 (PDF, 105.6 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 143/2014 (DOC, 54.5 KB)

• New lodging fees from 1 July 2014
• PEXA takes over from Electronic Conveyancing Victoria (ECV)
• Caveat types
• New interactive caveat forms
• Caveat endorsement on folio search
• Lodging subdivision applications online
• Applications for discharges of mortgages on proof of payment - Registrar's requirements
• Contact us - new page online

2013

Customer Information Bulletin 142/2013 (PDF, 272.9 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 142/2013 (DOC, 126.0 KB)

• Aligning paper and electronic conveyancing
• Lodging requirements for applications to bring General law land under the Transfer of Land Act 1958
• Nomination of Certificates of Title
• Customer management of caveats - understanding when to consent and when not to consent to a dealing
• Change of family name on forms
• Opening Land Victoria forms
• Transfer of Water Share by Mortgagee - changed procedures

Customer Information Bulletin 141/2013 (PDF, 228.3 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 141/2013 (accessible version) (DOC, 81.0 KB)

• National electronic conveyancing begins
• Name used by registered proprietor
• New fees
• New forms
• Delivery of Certificates of Title
• Incorporated associations
• Victorian Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 140/2013 (PDF, 341.6 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 140/2013 (DOC, 57.5 KB)

• Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2013
• Changes to credit /debit card payment process
• Certificate of title nomination process
• Notice of Acquisition  (NOA)
• Use of approved forms
• Tips for using new forms on DEPI website

2012

Customer Information Bulletin 139/2012 (PDF, 347.3 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 139/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 1.0 MB)

• Changes to 'Made Available' process
• Dealings by insolvent companies
• Enhanced search services
• Building subdivision boundaries

Customer Information Bulletin 138/2012 (PDF, 577.5 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 138/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 786.0 KB)

• New Land Victoria forms - Discharge of Mortgage, Transfer of Land and Mortgage.

Customer Information Bulletin 137/2012 (PDF, 446.6 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 137/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 41.5 KB)

• Provisional Folio project for General law land - conversion of marketable parcels
• Land Victoria can only deal with the lodging party
• Folio versus Certificate of Title
• Commencement of fee for pre-population of folio information

Customer Information Bulletin 136/2012 (PDF, 455.8 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 136/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 46.5 KB)

• Changes to Land Victoria fees from 1 July 2012
• Notice of Acquisition (NOA)
• Section 89A of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, reminder
• Adverse possession by joint beneficiaries
• Accepting Section 45 transfers at Plan Acceptance
• Other subdivision information

Customer Information Bulletin 135/2012 (PDF, 250.6 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 135/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 1.3 MB)

• Land Victoria fee changes for Subdivision Act related lodgements
• New forms for lodgement at Land Victoria
• New caveat types introduced to EC

2011

Customer Information Bulletin 134/2011 (PDF, 207.2 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 134/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 75.0 KB)

• Notice of Acquisition
• Powers of Attorney
• Caveat by registered proprietor
• Restricted and accessory lots
• Evidence in bankruptcy transmission applications
• Contra proferentem rule
• Land Victoria stock mortgage memorial register and register of crops and wool liens
• Victorian Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 133/2011 (PDF, 108.3 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 133/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 46.5 KB)

• Subdivision (Registrar's Requirements) Regulations 2011
• Subdivision (Procedures) Regulations 2011

Customer Information Bulletin 132/2011 (PDF, 200.5 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 132/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 75.0 KB)

• Guidelines for preparing OCR-friendly bulk lodgement bundles
• Name used by registered Proprietor
• Company searches
• Powers of Attorney
• Caveats and removal of caveats
• Court proceedings where the Registrar is joined for procedural reasons
• Building Scheme covenants

Customer Information Bulletin 131/2011 (PDF, 97.8 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 131/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 39.0 KB)

• Making payments to the Water Registrar

Customer Information Bulletin 130/2011 (PDF, 208.5 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 130/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 57.0 KB)

• Customer Information Bulletin 130 explains the Climate Change Act 2010, and how forest rights operate

Customer Information Bulletin 129/2011 (PDF, 145.9 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 129/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 44.0 KB)

• Making payments to the Water Registrar - important new requirements regarding cheques
• Showing trusts on Water Shares

Customer Information Bulletin 128/2011 (PDF, 139.9 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 128/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 46.5 KB)

• Removal of 'purchaser' caveats
• Caveats and a transfer by mortgage (correction of error in CIB No. 125/2010)
• Land Victoria Stock Mortgage Memorial Register

Customer Information Bulletin 127/2011 (PDF, 189.1 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 127/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 66.0 KB)

• Top tips for completing Land Victoria forms
• CIBs no longer printed – available online only from May 2011

2010

Customer Information Bulletin 126/2010 (PDF, 400.1 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 126/2010 (accessible version) (DOC, 167.0 KB)

• Section 35 plans
• Land Victoria payment methods
• Single signing in Electronic Conveyancing

Customer Information Bulletin 125/2010 (PDF, 104.5 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 125/2010 (accessible version) (DOC, 113.5 KB)

• Elimination of cheques as a payment method
• Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution
• Business practice clarifications
• Electronic Conveyancing
• Caveats and transfer by mortgagee
• Drafting leases

Customer Information Bulletin 124/2010 (PDF, 86.0 KB)

• Changes to search fees and user charges from 1 July 2010

Customer Information Bulletin 123/2010 (PDF, 171.3 KB)

• Land Victoria lodgement fees from 1 July 2010

Customer Information Bulletin 122/2010 (PDF, 107.9 KB)

• Legislative changes to Transfer of Land Act 1958 and Subdivision Act 1988 effective 1 May 2010.

2009

Customer Information Bulletin 121/2009 (PDF, 66.7 KB)

• Lodging online using EC
• Reminder of changes to payment methods for lodgement fees

Customer Information Bulletin 120/2009 (PDF, 68.9 KB)

Land Registration Services

• Limit to over-the-counter lodgements
• Changes to payment methods for Land Victoria lodgement fees
• Electronic caveats online
• Alerts on unregistered plans
• Catchment and Land Protection (CaLP) Section 90 certificates

Victorian Water Register

• Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in the Southern Declared Water Systems
• End of 'no recording fee' on Discharge of Mortgage on a water share

Customer Information Bulletin 119/2009 (PDF, 59.9 KB)

• New Land Victoria search fees and user charges from 1 July 2009

Customer Information Bulletin 118/2009 (PDF, 91.8 KB)

• New Land Victoria fees - changes to lodgement fees from 1 July 2009

Customer Information Bulletin 117/2009 (PDF, 214.4 KB)

Land Registration Services

• Caveats online
• Interactive forms
• Plan lodgement checklists
• Land Victoria plan requirements reminder
• Checking for street addresses

Victorian Water Register

• Changing your name in the Water Register
• Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in southern and northern declared water systems
• Lodging documents for recording in the Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 116/2009 (PDF, 116.6 KB)

• Plan requirements reminder
• Plan lodgement checklists
• General reminders when preparing caveats
• Changes to Search Register Statement

2008

Customer Information Bulletin 115/2008 (PDF, 61.7 KB)

• Changes to lodgement requirements for plans of subdivision and consolidation
• Changes to 'made available' process
• Return of old style paper or parchment certificates of title
• Document signing
• Adelaide Bank merger
• T2 Transfer of Land form

Customer Information Bulletin 114/2008 (PDF, 65.0 KB)

• Planning Certificate fee increase

Customer Information Bulletin 113/2008 (PDF, 128.3 KB)

Victorian Water Register

• Further extension of waiver for recording fee on a discharge of mortgage of water share
• Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in Northern Victorian declared water systems
• Lodging documents for recording in the Water Register

Land Registration Services

• Dealings on folios affected by various notices
• Refused dealings
• New LANDATA product - Verify Title Search
• LANDATA Planning Certificate delivers on authority, price and service

Customer Information Bulletin 112/2008 (PDF, 60.1 KB)

• Land Victoria fees - Search fees and user charges from 1 July 2008
• Landata service charges from 1 July 2008
• Electronic Conveyancing fees and user charges from 1 October 2008

Customer Information Bulletin 111/2008 (PDF, 92.5 KB)

• Land Victoria fees - Changes to lodgement fees from 1 July 2008

Customer Information Bulletin 110/2008 (PDF, 59.5 KB)

• Unbundling of water entitlements in southern Victoria

Customer Information Bulletin 109/2008 (PDF, 68.2 KB)

Victorian Water Register

• Confirmation of ownership of Water Shares, Transfer of Water Shares and Forms

Land Registration Services

• Name used by registered proprietors
• Abbreviated names of companies/incorporated associations

2007

Customer Information Bulletin 108/2007 (PDF, 59.0 KB)

• Electronic Conveyancing Release 2.0 commences

Customer Information Bulletin 107/2007 (PDF, 1.3 MB)

• Owners Corporation Act 2006

Customer Information Bulletin 106/2007 (PDF, 63.6 KB)

• Revised Transfer of Land Act Lodgement Fees from 5 November 2007
• electronic/paper transactions

Customer Information Bulletin 105/2007 (PDF, 60.1 KB)

• Register Search Statement improvements
• Enhancements to Crown Land Status Report

Customer Information Bulletin 104/2007 (PDF, 62.2 KB)

• Land Victoria Water Share Transaction Fees

Customer Information Bulletin 103/2007 (PDF, 45.9 KB)

• Victorian Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 102/2007 (PDF, 61.8 KB)

• Land Victoria Fees
• Changes to Search Fees from July 2007

Customer Information Bulletin 101/2007 (PDF, 60.2 KB)

• Land Victoria fees
• Changes to Lodgement Fees from 1 July 2007

Customer Information Bulletin 100/2007 (PDF, 43.7 KB)

• New fees as at 1 July 2007

Customer Information Bulletin 99/2007 (PDF, 48.1 KB)

• Property Transaction Alert Service
• Section 173 Planning and Environment Act Agreements

Customer Information Bulletin 98/2007 (PDF, 241.4 KB)

• Generic Mortgage forms
• Considerations in transfers and duty assessed
• Evidence requirements in Section 22(1B) applications

Customer Information Bulletin 97/2007 (PDF, 120.1 KB)

• SPEAR Project

2006

Customer Information Bulletin 96/2006 (PDF, 36.4 KB)

• Lodging Book

Customer Information Bulletin 95/2006 (PDF, 57.2 KB)

• Body Corporate Information

Customer Information Bulletin 94/2006 (PDF, 236.0 KB)

• Victorian electronic conveyancing commences

Customer Information Bulletin 93/2006 (PDF, 55.3 KB)

• New search and lodgement fees as at 1 July 2006
• Folios affected by a body corporate

Customer Information Bulletin 92/2006 (PDF, 31.9 KB)

• T2 transfers affecting a covenant or easement

2005

Customer Information Bulletin 91/2005 (PDF, 41.6 KB)

• Certification of Company Searches - an update
• Notices to Caveators
• Statutory Declarations and statements of Witness Qualification
• Confirmations
• Dealings by Insolvent Companies
• Legal Profession Act 2004
• Annexure Pages in dealings lodged
• Tenancy in common in unequal shares
• Considerations in Transfers
• Registration Notification Report

Customer Information Bulletin 90/2005 (PDF, 41.9 KB)

• Caveats affecting multiple dwelling folios
• Certification of company searches
• New lodgement fees from 1 July 2005
• Guidelines for the preparation of agreements under Section 173 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987
• Section 173 Agreements
• GST and consideration in a transfer
• Change to VOTS search output

2004

Customer Information Bulletin 89/2004 (PDF, 3.7 MB)

• Planning Certificates
• Crown Land Status Reports Online
• Government Gazettes Online
• Bank Integration Act 1992
• Notices of Acquisition
• State Revenue Office - opening hours

Customer Information Bulletin 88/2004 (PDF, 115.7 KB)

• SPEAR Streamlined Planning through Electronic Applications and Referrals
• Changes to registration processes in Land Registry

Customer Information Bulletin 87/2004 (PDF, 164.2 KB)

• New search and lodgement fees 2004
• The Land Registry Lodging Book

Customer Information Bulletin 86/2004 (PDF, 72.4 KB)

• Change in practice where a company is a mortgagor
• Dating of All Mortgages
• No duplicate or triplicate instruments to be lodged
• Transfer of Land (General) Regulations 2004 - Superfluous markings on documents
• Important Notice To Users Of The Combined Form [T1 Transfer and Notice Of Acquisition]
• Adverse possession applications
• Section 60 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA)
• Important change to Land Registry practice - New approved forms

Customer Information Bulletin 85/2004 (PDF, 30.2 KB)

• Review of fees regulations

2003

Customer Information Bulletin 84/2003 (PDF, 33.4 KB)

• Practice relating to powers of attorney
• Plans and diagrams in dealings
• Signing of Land Registry documents by current practitioners
• Lodgement of duplicate mortgages with discharges

Customer Information Bulletin 83/2003 (PDF, 191.4 KB)

• Notices of acquisition
• Amendment of dealings by agents
• Patent errors
• Caveats claiming an interest under a deceased estate
• Things to consider when drafting leases and restrictive covenants
• New location for Planning Certificates
• Consents by mortgagees to leases, easements or restrictive covenants
• "Withdrawal" of unrecorded caveats

Customer Information Bulletin 82/2003 (PDF, 48.2 KB)

• Title Plans
• Y Dealing Numbers
• Use of Post Office as Address for Body Corporate
• Stratum Title Service Company Shares
• Change of Customer Names in VOTS
• Government Gazettes
• Land Registry Customer Service Committees
• Certification of a Probate or Letters of Administration

2002

Customer Information Bulletin 81/2002 (PDF, 471.2 KB)

• Changes to return of duplicate titles process
• Transmission applications - new endorsement practice
• Preparation of caveats
• Titles made available
• failure to endorse orders to register
• VOTS folio search - new land description
• Subdivision Act plan lodgement checklist
• Improvement to the issuing of document process
• Your guide to lost / New Title Applications
• Archiving Of Title Records

2001

Customer Information Bulletin 80/2001 (PDF, 52.9 KB)

• Caveators Consent
• VOTS Folio Search
• New Land Descriptions
• Regulation 57 Of The Subdvision (Procedures) 2000

Customer Information Bulletin 79/2001 (PDF, 61.2 KB)

• Folio Search
• New Features
• General Law Conversion Subsidy Finishing
• Change of Lodgement Practice
• Approved Forms and the Illegal use of Photocopies
• Identity of Private Caveators
• Subdivision (Body Corporate) Regulations 2001
• Combined Transfer (TI) and Notice of Acquisition Form
• Self Service Search

Customer Information Bulletin 78/2001 (PDF, 45.3 KB)

• Consideration for 'Off the Plan' Purchases
• Combination of (T1) Transfer and Notice of Acquisition Forms
• Lost Titles
• New Practice for Section 31

2000

Customer Information Bulletin 77/2000 (PDF, 39.3 KB)

• Conversion Plans Pursuant to Section 98CA(1) Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA)
• Lease Pursuant to Section 66 TLA
• Application by Legal Personal Representative Section 49 TLA
• Recording the Transferee as a Legal Personal Representative of a Deceased Person
• Caveat Notices
• The Subdivision (Body Corporate) (Interim) Regulations 2000
• Return of Paper (Parchment) Duplicate Titles- Subdivision (Procedures) Regulations 2000

Customer Information Bulletin 75/2000 (PDF, 48.5 KB)

• Change in Office Practice – Caveat Notices
• Landata Brokers – Expression of Interest

1999

Customer Information Bulletin 74/1999 (PDF, 36.3 KB)

• Execution Of Dealings By A Municipality
• General Law Land Conversion
• Landata
• Appointment Of Data Resellers
• Imaged Plan And Instrument Viewing

Customer Information Bulletin 73/1999 (PDF, 33.8 KB)

• General Law Land Conversion
• Projects And Changes
• Search Subsidy And General Law Search Library
• Title Plans

1998

Customer Information Bulletin 72/1998 (PDF, 612.1 KB)

• Practice Note - execution by corporations
• Expiry date of covenants