This week the
NSW Government announced a new digital system for survey plans. NSW Land Registry Services is committed to delivering infrastructure to support this pivotal stage of the Digital Survey Plans reform for industry.
The NSW Government’s digital mandate will benefit the wider property ecosystem with manual, paper lodgments phased out as NSW moves to 100% electronic plan lodgment within a new digital system.
NSW LRS are working on the latest instalment of NSW LRS Connect which will streamline the plan lodgment process for customers. This will go live in early 2023 following a controlled test launch with specific surveying firms in late 2022. NSW LRS Connect will be open to other industry stakeholders such as legal practitioners and conveyancers in 2023.
To support the industry in adopting changes, there will be a 12-month transition period from the full launch of NSW LRS Connect in 2023, for any remaining paper lodgments to be provided to the NSW LRS Lodgment Office.
At the end of this transition period, all plans are required to be digitally prepared and lodged through NSW LRS Connect. A Registered Surveyor will be required to create a plan workspace within NSW LRS Connect so they or another linked Plan Workspace Contributor can complete the lodgment online through NSW LRS Connect.
The initial 12-month transition period will allow three plan lodgment options with NSW LRS:
Online:
- Admin and Section 88B Instrument (if required) are created using the Online Digital Form Builder. Survey Certificates endorsed within NSW LRS Connect and all other documents are uploaded and lodged online via NSW LRS Connect.
- This will be the only option for new plans once the mandate takes full effect
Partial Online:
- Admin and Section 88B Instrument (if required) are created offline and the Survey Certificate is also completed offline. Forms and all other documents are then uploaded and lodged online via NSW LRS Connect.
- Once the 12-month transition period is completed, this will only be an option for plans signed by the Registered Surveyor before the end of the transition.
Offline:
- All documents are created manually and provided to the NSW LRS Lodgment Office in paper form. Note, this option is only available until the end of the initial 12-month transition period.
There will be a six-month window for industry to provide feedback on necessary enhancements to be implemented prior to the mandate taking effect.
Registered Surveyors can start using digital forms by signing up to the initial release of NSW LRS Connect
here.
For more information about the government mandates and updates on NSW LRS Connect please visit our
website and the
Office of the Registrar General.
Customer enquiries
For specific queries about NSW LRS Connect please contact the team at
connect@nswlrs.com.au
Getting in touch with NSW Land Registry Services is easy. Call us on (02) 8776 3575,
contact us online or visit
www.nswlrs.com.au