Real Property Act 1900

A primary applicant may, with the consent of any person in whose name the primary applicant has directed that a folio of the Register be created, withdraw the primary application before that folio is created and, where such an application is so withdrawn the Registrar-General, when requested in writing, shall return to the primary applicant, or to the person appearing to the Registrar-General entitled, all documents lodged in support of the application.

If it appears to the Registrar-General—

that a primary applicant has not complied with the requirements of this Act relating to primary applications,

that the evidence adduced by a primary applicant in support of the primary application is deficient in any material particular, or

that a primary applicant has not proceeded with the primary application within a reasonable time, having regard to the circumstances of the case,