53Vesting of title in certain cases

1. A notice in the Gazette of the appointment of a local authority to have the control and management of a cemetery, pursuant to subsection (3) of section 23, shall have the effect of vesting the land comprising the cemetery in the corporation of that local authority for cemetery purposes, and on the production of a copy of such notice the Registrar-General of Land shall register the same under the Land Transfer Act 2017 and, if the case so requires, shall issue a record of title under that Act in the name of the corporation for the land so vested.

2. A notice in the Gazette vesting in any individual, body corporate, or local authority the control and management of a closed cemetery or closed burial ground, pursuant to section 43 or section 44, shall, unless it is otherwise provided therein, have the effect of vesting the land comprising the closed cemetery or closed burial ground in that individual or body corporate, or, in the case of a local authority, in the corporation of that local authority, as a closed cemetery or closed burial ground subject to the provisions of this Act, and on the production of a copy of such notice the Registrar-General of Land shall register the same under the Land Transfer Act 2017 and, if the case so requires, shall issue a record of title under that Act in the name of the individual, body corporate, or corporation for the land so vested.

3. In this section the word land has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Land Transfer Act 2017.

4. For the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of this section the Registrar-General of Land may require the deposit of such plans as may be necessary.