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What is a plan requisition?

When a plan is lodged for registration at NSW Land Registry Services (NSW LRS), all documents are examined by a plan examiner before it is accepted into the land titles registers. If any errors are found during the examination process, the plan is ‘requisitioned’.
A requisition is a letter sent to the surveyor and/or lodging party that lists the errors found in the plan. The surveyor or lodging party then has two months to rectify any errors and re-lodge the amended plan.
If the errors are not corrected within the requisition timeframe, a plan may be rejected.

What items cause requisitions?

For surveyors, the most common plan errors that lead to requisitions are:

• Not showing the status and origin of reference marks used (an example is at Req 1, below)

• Missing current adjoining information (see Req 2, below)

• Not showing the nature and position of reference marks used (see Req 3, below)

• Plan headings are incomplete or inconsistent on all lodged documents

• Existing easements are not shown on the plan

• Missing comparisons between observed and calculated connections between permanent survey marks

• Reviewing the numbering of permanent survey marks

• Unpaid plan requisition fees

• Missing datum terminals

• Proving common boundary adopted with adjoining parcel(s).

For lodging parties, the most common reasons for requisitions are:

• Certificates of title have not been lodged or produced at NSW LRS

• Plan lodgment fees are unpaid

• The plan and section 88B instrument disagree

• The registered proprietor(s) and/or mortgagee are required to sign the appropriate documents

• Written consent to registration of the plan is required (from a lessee or caveator)

• The plan heading on the section 88B instrument is required on all sheets

• The schedule of lots burdened and benefited on the section 88B instrument needs to be revised

• Registration of a plan or dealing is delayed until all matters pertaining to a related plan or dealing are satisfied

• The section 88B instrument is not properly signed and witnessed.

Note: A fee may be charged by NSW LRS when a requisition letter is sent.
 

The Requisition Review Process

If you have a plan or document that has been requisitioned and you disagree with the decision, the surveyor or lodging party may seek a review of the requisition with NSW LRS by completing the Request for Review of Requisition form.

The completed form is to be submitted via the contact us form within the requisition timeframe and before the registration of the plan.

 

Examples of plan requisitions

Below are examples of items that are regularly requisitioned on Deposited Plans.

Req 1: Show the status and origin of reference marks used (12.4%of all requisitions):

Req 2: Current adjoining information must be shown (7.8% of all requisitions):

Req 3: Showing the nature and position of reference marks used (7.6% of all requisitions):