164 Assurance Fees Registration, levies and fees
shall not perform any duty to be performed by the Registrar under
this or any other Act until the Registrar has received
(a) the levy, if any, payable under section 64.1 or 102.1, and
(b) the fees, if any, prescribed by the regulations as payable
under this clause
(i) for the performance of that duty, and
(ii) as assurance fees.
(2) The value of land for the purpose of this Act may be
ascertained by the oath or affirmation of the transferee of the land
or an agent of the transferee where the oath or affirmation is
acceptable to the Registrar.
(3) The oaths or affirmations may be in the prescribed form, and
are necessary in all cases when a new certificate of title is required
to be issued, whether or not any fees are payable under subsection
(1)(b) or any levies are payable under section 64.1 or 102.1 in
respect of the land.
(4) If for any reason the valuation of land given to the Registrar is
unsatisfactory to the Registrar, the Registrar may cause a valuation
to be made by an inspector and the inspector's valuation shall be
taken to be the value of the land.
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(5) The costs of any such valuation are to be borne by the person
or persons, and either altogether or in part, whom the Registrar
directs.
(6) If the Registrar considers it appropriate to do so, the Registrar
may enter into an agreement with any person whereby any fees
payable under subsection (1)(b) and any levies payable under
section 64.1 or 102.1 will be charged to the credit of that person on
a continuing basis and on the conditions the Registrar considers
necessary and in that case the amounts so charged are deemed to
have been paid in accordance with subsection (1)(b) or section 64.1
or 102.1, as applicable.
(7) If any amount charged to the credit of a person under
subsection (6) is not paid within 15 days, or some other period that
the Registrar may require, of a request for payment by the
Registrar, no further amounts may be charged to the account of that
person until all amounts owing are paid in full.
(8) The Registrar may terminate an agreement under subsection
(6) with any person on 7 days' notice in writing sent by registered
mail to the person at the person's last address known to the
Registrar.
RSA 2000 cL-4 s164;2024 c4 s5