Land Victoria Legal Legal is responsible for providing advice and determinations on legal matters across Land Victoria. Key activities include: Complex transaction legal advice General correspondence advice General litigation advice VGV litigation advice OSGV disciplinary hearing cases General legal advice on Land Victoria projects Legal advice on internal contractual matters Land Victoria Policy Policy is primarily responsible for the preparation and review of formal advice to the Registrar of Titles to assist him in meeting his statutory responsibilities. Key activities include: Ministerial briefs and correspondence FOI requests Land Victoria Business Support is responsible for providing day-to-day administrative support to other Business Support Land Victoria branches. Key activities include: Communications Finance Strategy Budgeting Source: Land Victoria A brief description of the branches and their purpose is provided below, noting that more detail is provided for Land Registration Services as it forms the main cost of delivering services under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 and the Subdivision Act 1988. Land Registration Services The Land Registration Services branch of Land Victoria has five business as discussed below. Registrations The Registrations unit performs a number of statutory registration functions under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 and other legislation. This includes a wide range of land and water registration activities. The vast majority of this activity is in the registration and discharge of mortgages (28 per cent and 29 per cent respectively) and the transfer of land (26 per cent). It should be noted that, although the Registrations unit is responsible for statutory activities outside of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, the Transfer of Land (Fees) Regulations enables fees to be set to recover the costs of these activities. The full list of activities performed by the registrations unit is reflected in the fee schedule included in Appendix D.
Land Victoria Legal Legal is responsible for providing advice and determinations on legal matters across Land Victoria. Key activities include: Complex transaction legal advice General correspondence advice General litigation advice VGV litigation advice OSGV disciplinary hearing cases General legal advice on Land Victoria projects Legal advice on internal contractual matters Land Victoria Policy Policy is primarily responsible for the preparation and review of formal advice to the Registrar of Titles to assist him in meeting his statutory responsibilities. Key activities include: Ministerial briefs and correspondence FOI requests Land Victoria Business Support Business Support is responsible for providing day-to-day administrative support to other Land Victoria branches. Key activities include: Communications Finance Strategy Budgeting Source: Land Victoria A brief description of the branches and their purpose is provided below, noting that more detail is provided for Land Registration Services as it forms the main cost of delivering services under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 and the Subdivision Act 1988. Land Registration Services The Land Registration Services branch of Land Victoria has five business as discussed below. Registrations The Registrations unit performs a number of statutory registration functions under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 and other legislation. This includes a wide range of land and water registration activities. The vast majority of this activity is in the registration and discharge of mortgages (28 per cent and 29 per cent respectively) and the transfer of land (26 per cent). It should be noted that, although the Registrations unit is responsible for statutory activities outside of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, the Transfer of Land (Fees) Regulations enables fees to be set to recover the costs of these activities. The full list of activities performed by the registrations unit is reflected in the fee schedule included in Appendix D.
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