The Registrar of Titles directions for the preparation of plans (ver 3.6) should be read in conjunction with the:

• Land Title Act 1994
• Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997
• Land Title Practice Manual

For changes from previous versions see Notifications of amendments.

Further requirements for surveys are available in:

• Survey Requirements of the Department of Natural Resources and Water

These Directions are provided solely on the basis that users will take responsibility for verifying their accuracy, completeness and currency.

For your convenience, they have been provided split in sections to enable faster download, and as a complete PDF. The Registrar of Titles directions for the preparation of plans is also available in HTML format.

In sections

• Contents (PDF, 373 kB)*
• Section 1: General (PDF, 168 kB)*
• Section 2: Definitions (PDF, 149 kB)* 
• Section 3: Plan forms (PDF, 193 kB)*
• Section 4: Plans for registration (PDF, 195 kB)*
• Section 5: Sketches (PDF, 335 kB)*
• Section 6: Easements (PDF, 192 kB)*
• Section 7: Plan formats (PDF, 147 kB)*
• Section 8: Standard format plans (PDF, 171 kB)*
• Section 9: Building format plans (PDF, 353 kB)*
• Section 10: Volumetric format plans (PDF, 267 kB)* 
• Section 11: Common property (PDF, 214 kB)*
• Section 12: Transferring lots into or out of a community titles scheme (PDF, 168 kB)*
• Section 13: Staged subdivisions (PDF, 149 kB)*
• Section 14: Reservation of a name for a community titles scheme (PDF, 146 kB)*
• Section 15: Termination (PDF, 164 kB)*
• Section 16: Mixed Use Development Act (PDF, 218 kB)*
• Section 17 & 18: Diagrams & specimen plans (PDF, 146 kB)*
• Section 19: Profits a prendre (PDF, 189 kB)*
• Section 20: Explanatory plans (PDF, 182 kB)*
• Section 21: Covenants (PDF, 172 kB)*
• Section 22: Allocations (PDF, 220 kB)*
• Section 23: Amendments to plans (PDF, 230 kB)*

Complete PDF

Registrar of Titles Directions for the Preparation of Plans, (Version 3.7, approved 19th May 2008) (PDF,  1013 kB)*

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