Section 23FConveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)

Certain transactions to refer to lots shown on current plan

(1) This section applies to the following transactions—
(a) the conveyance or transfer of part of an existing lot,
(b) the lease of part of an existing lot,
(c) the mortgage of part of an existing lot,
(d) the partition of an existing lot.
(2) The Registrar-General may refuse to register a transaction to which this section applies unless—
(a) the land to which the transaction relates is shown on a current plan, and
(b) the boundaries of each part into which the land is divided as a result of the transaction follow the boundaries of an existing lot.
(3) This section does not apply to an agreement with respect to land the subject of—
(a) a proposed plan of subdivision, a proposed plan of consolidation or a proposed plan of identification within the meaning of section 195, or
(b) a proposed strata plan, proposed strata plan of consolidation or proposed strata plan of subdivision within the meaning of the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015,
but the agreement is taken to be conditional on the registration of the proposed plan.

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