e-survey Forum

I heard that the term "Certificate of title" is now not really correct and the term "Computer Freehold Register" is the new terminology. However Landonline still refers to "CT references" in a few places (title allocation and comprised in, etc). Can someone please clarify this situation and advise howthe various different terms should be used.

The description of Certificate of Title was changed in 2002 with the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic) Act 2002. The name used for titles before this Act was Certificate of Title. Since the Act, freehold titles are described as Computer Freehold Register(CFR). There are also three other types of computer register descriptions:

- Computer Interest Registers (CIRs) for leasehold land, or for any land of a lesser interest than freehold
- Computer Unit Title Registers (CUTRs) for stratum freehold or leasehold interests in a unit titled development, and
- Composite Computer Registers (CCRs), which are combinations of the other three types of computer register. For example, a cross lease title is a combination of freehold and leasehold computer registers.

An article on the change can be viewed in the archived Torrens Talk newsletter June 2002.

If we are to use this new terminology, shouldn't Landonline use it too?

"Titles" is a generic term for every type if title regardless of whether it is a Computer Interest Register (CIR) title or a hardcopy Certificate of Title prior to Landonline.