Registration of transfers of land

Current

(1)

This item applies if:

(a)

any right, title or interest in particular land vests in the Commonwealth under item 3; and

(b)

there is lodged with a land registration official a certificate that:

(i)

is signed by the Minister; and

(ii)

identifies the land; and

(iii)

states that the right, title or interest has become vested in the Commonwealth under item 3.

(2)

The land registration official may:

(a)

register the matter in a way that is the same as, or similar to, the way in which dealings in land of that kind are registered; and

(b)

deal with, and give effect to, the certificate.

(3)

A document that appears to be a certificate under subitem (1) is to be taken to be such a certificate, and to have been properly given, unless the contrary is established.

(4)

In this item:

land registration official, in relation to land, means the Registrar of Titles or other proper officer of the State or Territory in which the land is situated.

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