Section 36 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Instruments to be in duplicate

36 Instruments to be in duplicate (1) Every instrument presented for registration shall (except in the case of a memorandum of transfer) be in duplicate, or, if the person presenting the same so requires, in triplicate, and shall be attested by a witness: Provided that, where the instrument affects land in more than one district, the Registrar of each district to whom the instrument is presented for registration as to that part of the land that is situated in his district may require the presentation for filing in his office of either an additional executed copy of the instrument or a copy of the instrument certified as a true copy by the Registrar in whose district an executed copy has already been filed. (2) In the case of an instrument registered in triplicate one part shall be marked “ Triplicate ” , and it shall not be necessary to record on that part any memorial as provided by section 40 of this Act. (3) The Registrar may waive the requirement that instruments be presented for registration in duplicate in respect of— (a) Any instrument: (b) Any class of instrument: (c) Any instrument of a particular class that is presented at a particular office of the Registrar. (4) The requirement that instruments be presented for registration in duplicate or triplicate does not apply to any instrument registered under the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 . Compare: 1915 No 35 s 35(1), (2) Subsection (3) was inserted, as from 1 February 1999, by section 43(1) Land Transfer (Automation) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 123). Subsection (4) was inserted, as from 1 June 2002, by section 65(1) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11).