Fines Reform Act 2014

The Director may apply to the Registrar of Titles for the recording of a land charge by lodging an application—

describing the land to be charged; and

stating the outstanding amount of any registered fine to which the charge relates.

On an application being lodged under subsection (1), subject to the Transfer of Land Act 1958, the Registrar of Titles must record the land charge in the Register kept under that Act.

On the recording under subsection (2) being made, the outstanding amount of any registered fine is a charge on the land held by the person in respect of whom the land charge was made until—

that amount is recovered and the land charge is removed; or

in the case of a natural person, the person in respect of whom the land charge was made dies; or

in the case of a body corporate, the person in respect of whom the land charge was made becomes a deregistered body corporate; or

the land charge is otherwise removed.

A land charge may be recorded under this section in the Register kept under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 without submission to the Registrar of Titles of any relevant certificate of title.