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Real Property Act.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Northern Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986 (1999)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to consolidate and amend the Real Property Act, 1861, the Real Property Act Amendment Act, 1878, and the Rights-of-Way Act, 1881, and for other purposes.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Basic legislation Land tenure Traditional rights/customary rights Cadastre/land registration Lease Servitude Right of use Transfer
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
As in force at 9 June 1999.
Abstract

The objects of the Act are (a) to simplify the title to land; (b) to facilitate dealings with land; (c) to secure indefeasibility of title to registered proprietors except in certain cases specified in this Act; (d) to facilitate access to information about administrative interests and other information in respect of land; and (e) to facilitate the collection and disposal of information in relation to land or to the buying or selling of land. The Act make also proviion with respect to easements (Part VIII), transfer of land (X), leases (XI), mortgages (XI), trusts, and various other matters relative to the registration of titles, use of land rights, transfer of land, etc.

Full text
English
Website
www.austlii.edu.au

References - Legislation

Amended by

Miscellaneous Act Amendment (Aboriginal Community Living Areas) Act 1989.

Legislation | Australia | 1989 (2019)

Keyword: Traditional rights/customary rights, Land tenure, Land-use planning, Dispute settlement, Court/tribunal, Indigenous peoples, Access right, Institution, Pastoralism

Source: FAO, FAOLEX