generated: '2026-07-26'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://nswlrs.com.au/services/plans/digital-plans,
  https://nswlrs.com.au/about-us/education-hub/lrs-connect-release-schedule,
  https://nswlrs.com.au/current-processing-times, https://status.nswlrs.com.au/ and live probes
description: >-
  How NSW Land Registry Services versions, changes and reports on the systems behind the NSW
  Torrens Title Register. There is no API lifecycle policy because there is no public API
  programme; what exists instead is a regulated lodgment lifecycle with mandated cutover dates, a
  product release schedule for LRS Connect, and a genuinely good status page with a public API.
versioning:
  scheme: uri-path per surface, inherited from the underlying product
  current:
  - surface: NSW LRS status page API
    version: v2
    path: /api/v2
  - surface: HLRV IIIF Image API
    version: '2'
    path: /hlrv/iiif/2
  - surface: ICSM ePlan Cadastral Information File enumerated types
    version: '4.0'
    namespace: urn:xml-gov-au:nsw:icsm:eplan:cif:enumerated-types:4.0
  - surface: NSW Participation Rules (ECNL)
    version: '7'
  docs: null
  policy_url: null
deprecation:
  policy_url: null
  sunset_header: false
  detail: >-
    NSW LRS publishes no deprecation policy and no Sunset or Deprecation header was observed on any
    surface. Change is announced as a regulated mandate with a commencement date rather than as an
    API deprecation.
mandates:
- date: '2025-07-01'
  change: 100% of plans must be lodged online through LRS Connect
  source: >-
    https://nswlrs.com.au/about-us/announcements/changes-to-lodgment-rules-require-100-online-plan-lodgment-from-1-july-2025
- date: '2026-07-01'
  change: >-
    Digital Forms mandate in effect; from this date Deposited and Community plans must include a
    LandXML digital plan file validated against the ICSM ePlan CIF schema
  source: https://nswlrs.com.au/about-us/announcements/the-digital-forms-mandate-is-now-in-effect
- date: '2025-11-10'
  change: eConveyancing technical upgrade to electronic dealing forms
  source: >-
    https://nswlrs.com.au/about-us/announcements/upgrades-to-electronic-dealing-forms-coming-10-november-2025
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
  operational_transparency:
    processing_times: https://nswlrs.com.au/current-processing-times
    detail: >-
      NSW LRS publishes a dated processing-times page — the lodgment dates currently being examined
      for electronic and referred dealings, the registration dates whose document images are being
      loaded, and the oldest unallocated Deposited, Strata and Community plan. On 2026-07-26 it
      reported electronic dealings lodged 22 July 2026, referred dealings lodged 1 July 2026,
      dealing images registered 20 July 2026 and plan images registered 24 July 2026. This is the
      registry's real service-level signal, published in place of an SLA.
status_page: https://status.nswlrs.com.au/
status_api:
  url: https://status.nswlrs.com.au/api/v2
  docs: https://status.nswlrs.com.au/api
  page_id: jcfp2nmyt2j4
  components_reported: 27
  incident_history_feeds:
  - https://status.nswlrs.com.au/history.rss
  - https://status.nswlrs.com.au/history.atom
  subscriptions:
  - email
  - sms
  - webhook
  detail: >-
    The status page is Atlassian Statuspage with the public v2 API enabled and documented. It
    reports on Secure Web Services, VPN, eConveyancing Services, NSW LRS Connect, Secure File
    Transfer, Information Broker Services (including an "API Service" component), ITS Services,
    Document Delivery Services (DeX), RG Directions Website, Secure Upload Portal, DIIMS Services,
    Addressing Services, eCommerce, Portal Access, Cadastral Records Enquiry, HLRV, NOS Enquiry and
    Street Address searches. Fifty incidents were in the public history on 2026-07-26.
release_schedule:
  url: https://nswlrs.com.au/about-us/education-hub/lrs-connect-release-schedule
  detail: >-
    Dated LRS Connect release notes, published as accordions of per-item change rows (component,
    change type, description). Captured in changelog/nsw-land-registry-changelog.yml.
deprecated_operations: []
notes:
- >-
  The two undocumented public surfaces (the HLRV IIIF endpoint and the document search proxy) carry
  no versioning commitment of any kind and could change or close without notice; they are backends
  of a free public viewer, not products.
- >-
  Register access itself is licensed, so the practical lifecycle risk for an integrator is
  contractual (broker licence terms, HLRV terms of use) rather than technical.