157 Forms

• 157 (1) If an application is made in the appropriate approved form, the form must appear on the first page at least 1 1/2 inches from the top of the instrument tendered for registration unless the registrar allows the form to appear elsewhere, and must be signed by the applicant or the applicant’s solicitor or authorized agent.
• (2) If no instrument is required to be produced in support of an application under section 154 or 155, the approved form may be included in a letter or other document satisfactory to the registrar.
• (3) The signature of a person to the form implies a statement by the signatory that the applicant

• (a) is applying for registration under this Act,
• (b) is entitled to be registered, as applicable,
  • (i) as the owner in fee simple of the land described, or
  • (ii) as the owner of the charge specified over the land described, and
• (c) claims registration accordingly.

• (4) A signatory to the form, unless the signatory is the applicant, must state whether the signatory is acting as solicitor or the authorized agent for the applicant, and if the signatory fails to so state, the signatory is deemed to state that the signatory is the duly authorized agent for the applicant.
• (5) Unless otherwise stated in the form, the address of the person entitled to be registered as owner is deemed to be that shown in the instrument.
• (6) If a signatory to the form is an agent, the signatory’s signature to the application is deemed to state that the signatory is the duly authorized agent for the applicant and has reached 19 years of age.

1979-219-154; 1987-15-31, effective March 23, 1987 (B.C. Reg. 323/87); 2004-66-91, effective January 20, 2005 (B.C. Reg. 16/2005); 2018-37-17, effective November 15, 2019 (B.C. Reg. 171/2019); 2023-10-463.