A plain English explanation of this ACT planning and property term.
Instrument includes a transfer, a lease, a land sublease, a building sublease, an endorsement on a lease under section 86, a memorandum of surrender of a lease, a memorandum of mortgage, a memorandum of encumbrance, a memorandum of provisions, a memorandum of easement, and any other document that is required or permitted by a Territory or Commonwealth law to be lodged with the registrar?general for registration under this Act, but does not include a caveat, a grant or a Crown lease.
A legal document used to record, transfer, change or otherwise deal with an interest in land, which can be lodged with the ACT Registrar-General for registration.It can include documents such as transfers, leases, subleases, mortgages, easements and documents surrendering a lease. The definition specifically excludes a caveat, grant or Crown lease.