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Land Transfer Act 2017

Miscellaneous applications and other matters - Applications to bring land under Act

173: Notice of application

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"Telling people about an application to bring land under the Land Transfer Act"

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When you apply to bring land under the Land Transfer Act 2017, the Registrar checks if you are entitled to do so. If it seems like you might be, the Registrar gives notice of your application in several ways. You get public notice, and the Registrar also tells people who own or have an interest in the land, people who live on the land, and people who own or live on nearby land. The notice says how long people have to object to the land being brought under the Act, and it includes other important information. The Registrar can give more notice if they think the first notice was not effective or if they want to remind people about the application. The Registrar can also give people more time to object. The notice might tell you about lodging a caveat under section 174 to prevent the land being brought under the Act. The Registrar decides how to give notice and who to tell, and they can repeat the notice if needed. They want to make sure people know about the application and have a chance to respond.

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Applications to bring land under Act

173Notice of application

  1. If it appears to the Registrar that an applicant may be entitled to have the relevant land brought under this Act, the Registrar must give notice of the application as follows:

  2. public notice; and
    1. notice to every person who it appears to the Registrar has or may have an estate or interest in the land; and
      1. notice to every person, other than the applicant, who is an occupier of the land or an owner or occupier of adjoining land; and
        1. notice in any other way and to any other persons the Registrar thinks fit.

          1. A notice under subsection (1) must—

          2. specify the prescribed period within which a caveat may be lodged under section 174 to prevent the land being brought under this Act; and
            1. contain the prescribed information.

              1. If the Registrar considers that giving notice under subsection (1) has not been effective or that it is desirable to give further notice of the application, the Registrar may—

              2. give notice again under that subsection; and
                1. specify in the notice a further period within which a caveat may be lodged to prevent the land being brought under this Act.

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