AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

REAL PROPERTY ORDINANCE 1956.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM.

No. 16 of 1956

	The purpose of this Ordinance is threefold:-
(i)	To make better provision for bringing under the Ordinance land which is still under the provisions of the Real Property Act, 1900 of New South Wales.
(ii)	To make provision for variations of mortgages.
(iii)	To alter the scale of fees payable to the Registrar of Titles.  Whilst the fees, generally, have been increased, the assurance fee has been abolished, and the scale has been considerably simplified.