Land Titles Act 1925

On registering an interest bringing land under this Act, the registrar‑general shall cancel every document of title deposited by the applicant when making his or her application, and in the case of a leasehold shall endorse upon the lease so deposited a memorandum stating that the lease has been brought under this Act, and shall certify the memorandum by his or her signature and seal, and shall, in the case of a Crown lease, file the lease in his or her office, and, in other cases, return the lease to the applicant, and shall file in his or her office the certified copy of such lease directed by section 20 to be furnished by the applicant.

If any such document relates to or includes any property, whether personal or real, other than the land included in the register, the registrar-general shall endorse thereon a memorandum cancelling the document in so far only as relates to the land included in the register, and shall return the document to the applicant.

The registrar-general shall retain in his or her office all documents so cancelled, except such documents as he or she is by this section directed to return to the applicant, and no person shall be entitled to the production of any such document so cancelled except upon the written order of the applicant or of some person claiming through or under him or her or upon the order of the judge of the court.