Acquisition procedures
151 Acquisition procedures
This section sets out the procedures that a local government must follow when acquiring land for overdue rates or charges.
The local government must—
discharge the overdue rates or charges payable for the land; and
give the registrar of titles a request, in the appropriate form, to record the local government as the registered owner of the land.
After receiving the request, the registrar of titles must record the local government as the registered owner of the land free of all encumbrances other than any State encumbrances.
The registrar of titles—
may record the local government as the registered owner of the land even if the request is not accompanied by the instrument of title for the land; and
need not inquire whether the local government has complied with this subdivision; and
is not affected by actual or constructive notice of any failure by the local government to comply with this subdivision.
When the registrar of titles has recorded the local government as the registered owner of the land, the local government must remove the reference to the land from the land record.
In this section—
appropriate form see the Land Title Act, schedule 2.
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