Under section 226 of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Registrar General of Land cannot issue titles for land on a survey plan unless one of the exceptions in section 226(1)(a)–(e) applies.
“Survey plan” is defined in section 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991 and includes:
- a cadastral survey dataset of a subdivision suitable for deposit under the Land Transfer Act 2017 (LTA)
- a cadastral survey dataset for certain non-LTA Crown subdivisions
- a unit plan, and
- a cadastral survey dataset for a cross or company lease.
A certificate under section 226(1)(e) should only accompany an appropriate subdivision plan within this definition.
Plans not capable of deposit, such as most SO plans (other than non-LTA Crown subdivisions) or deposited plans prepared for limited purposes only (such as CT diagram purposes), will generally not be suitable to support the issue of title under section 226.
If you are unsure if a plan is suitable to support the issue of title under section 226, create a Titles Information Request via Landonline.