Lands Titles Office

In reply to the Hon. J.A. DARLEY (27 July 2016).

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety): The Attorney-General has advised:

The Lands Titles Office has advised that in the initial months of the ‘Conversion Project’ in early 1990, there was an error rate of 2-3%. These errors were analysed and rectified at that time. Twelve months into the project, the error rate was recorded at less than 1%. It is worth noting that 99.5% of all the Register was converted to an electronic file in the year 2000 and the error rate now remains considerably lower than 1%.

Errors cannot be known until they are discovered (this usually occurs when the owner wishes to deal with the land) - appropriate action is taken at this time. Irrespective of when an error may become evident, at all times the source Certificate of Title resides in the custodianship of the State and remains there indefinitely.