Documents of title submitted with application
42 Documents of title submitted with application
Subject to subsection (2), if the Registrar‑General issues a certificate bringing land under the provisions of this Act, every document of title surrendered by the applicant in support of the application must be retained by the Registrar‑General and endorsed with a memorandum stating that the land has been brought under the provisions of this Act.
If a document of title surrendered to the Registrar‑General in support of an application relates to or includes property, whether real or personal, other than the land included in the certificate, the Registrar‑General must, after the document has been endorsed under subsection (1), return the document to the applicant.
A document of title retained by the Registrar‑General under this section may not be produced to any person unless—
the document is produced in accordance with—
the written authority of the applicant or another person claiming through or under the applicant; or
an order of the Court; or
the
Registrar‑General has authorised production of the document; or
the document has been held by the Registrar‑General for more than
80 years.
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