Record of dealings
10C Record of dealings
S. 10C(1) amended by Nos 19/2019 s. 7(1), 9/2023 s. 15(1).
If the Secretary acquires any land on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of this Act, any recordings in the Register by the Registrar of Titles of the acquisition must be in the name of the "Secretary to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing" as registered proprietor.
S. 10C(2) amended by Nos 19/2019 s. 7(2), 9/2023 s. 15(2).
If the Secretary, on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of this Act, disposes of or otherwise deals with any land held in the name of "Secretary to the Department of Human Services", "Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services" or "Secretary to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing", any recording in the Register by the Registrar of Titles must be made in the name of "Secretary to the Department of Human Services", "Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services" or "Secretary to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing".
S. 10C(3) amended by Nos 19/2019 s. 7(1), 9/2023 s. 15(3).
If the Secretary, on behalf of the Crown, lodges with the Registrar of Titles any dealing in relation to any land for the purposes of this Act, the Registrar must make any recording in relation to that dealing in the name of "Secretary to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing".
To avoid doubt, land acquired in fee simple by the Secretary on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of this Act is Crown land.
Despite subsection (4) and anything to the contrary in the Land Act 1958 or the Transfer of Land Act 1958, if land acquired by the Secretary on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of this Act—
is under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, it remains under the operation of that Act; and
is not under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, it may be brought under the operation of that Act.
S. 10D inserted by No. 29/2010 s. 9.
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