Lapse of caveat where dealing or delimitation plan is subsequently lodged for recording
74I Lapse of caveat where dealing or delimitation plan is subsequently lodged for recording
Whenever—
a dealing or delimitation plan is lodged with the Registrar-General for recording or registration, and
the recording of the dealing or, as the case may be, the registration of the plan is prohibited by a caveat that has been lodged under section 74F,
the Registrar-General shall, on an application being made in the approved form by the registered proprietor, by a judgment creditor under any writ that cannot be recorded because of the caveat or by any person who is or claims to be entitled to an estate or interest in the land to which the dealing or plan relates, prepare for service on the caveator a notice to the effect that the dealing or plan has been lodged for recording or registration and that, unless, before the expiry of 21 days after the date of service of the notice, the caveator has—
obtained from the Supreme Court an order extending the operation of the caveat for such further period as is specified in the order or until the further order of that Court, and
lodged with the Registrar-General the order or an office copy of the order,
the caveat will (subject to evidence of due service of the notice on the caveator) lapse in accordance with subsection (5) and the dealing or plan will be recorded or registered.
Whenever a possessory application has been made to the Registrar-General and a caveat prohibiting the granting of such an application has, either before or after the making of the possessory application, been lodged under section 74F, the Registrar-General shall, on an application being made in the approved form by the possessory applicant, prepare for service on the caveator a notice to the effect that the possessory application has been made and that, unless, before the expiry of 21 days after the date on which the notice is served, the caveator has—
obtained from the Supreme Court an order extending the operation of the caveat for such further period as is specified in the order or until the further order of that Court, and
lodged with the Registrar-General the order or an office copy of the order,
the caveat will (subject to evidence of due service of the notice on the caveator) lapse in accordance with subsection (5) and the possessory application may be granted.
The applicant must, within 4 weeks after the issue of the notice, lodge with the Registrar-General, in the form of a statutory declaration or such other form as the Registrar-General may accept, evidence of the due service of the notice on the caveator.
If the applicant does not comply with subsection (3), the Registrar-General—
may refuse to take any further action in connection with the notice prepared under subsection (1) or (2) (as relevant), or
may serve on the applicant a notice allowing a further 4 weeks from the date of issue of that notice for lodgment of the evidence and, if the evidence is not lodged within the further period, may refuse to take any further action in connection with the notice prepared under subsection (1) or (2) (as relevant).
If—
the evidence required by subsection (3) is lodged within the time permitted by this section, and
the caveator has not lodged with the Registrar-General the order or office copy of the order referred to in subsection (1) or (2) (as the case may require) in accordance with the relevant subsection,
the Registrar-General is to make a recording in the Register to the effect that the caveat has, to the extent that it would prohibit the recording of the dealing or the registration of the delimitation plan, or the granting of the possessory application, lapsed, and the caveat so lapses on the making of that recording.
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