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Reforming the NZ Property
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Robbie Muir, Registrar-General of Land, LINZ
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➢ Role of LINZ
➢ Torrens system
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➢ Property system reforms
➢ Land Registry current state
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Role of Land Information NZ
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➢ Government department est. 1996
➢ Responsibilities include:
▪ Land title registration and survey system,
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▪ Crown land management,
▪ Topography and hydrography
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▪ Location information
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➢ Strategic focus on digital transformation of survey and title
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Long history of Torrens system in NZ
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Register of title – legal ownership dependent on registration
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Indefeasibility – title of registered owner is paramount
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State guarantee – underwritten by statutory
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Property system reforms – ‘Landonline’
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➢ Late 1990s digital transformation programme
➢ Reorganized for online service delivery
➢ Integration of survey and title system
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➢ Legislative reforms in 1998 and 2002
➢ Conversion to electronic register
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➢ Online registration introduced
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Enabling regulatory framework:
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➢ Conversion to authoritative digital register
➢ Electronic instruments have legal effect
➢ Lawyer certification regime
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▪ Authority from client
▪ Reasonable steps to verify client
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▪ Supporting evidence the
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➢ Use of online system compulsory
➢ Regulation of lawyers and conveyancers
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Land registry current state:
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➢ land registry and survey services fully online
➢ over 600,000 digital transactions a year
➢ over 3 million online title searches
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➢ 3 operational sites
➢ 87% fully automated – ‘real tim
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➢ replication for back-up and
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➢ low cost registration fees
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➢ International ranking:
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Recent and future developments: 1982
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New Land Transfer Act 2017
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Updating Landonline technology
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A more responsive, customer centric property system
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Focus on digital security and authentication
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Integrating property data acro
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B2B integration with external property systems
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Streamlining regulatory compliance
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