Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LAND TITLES ACT 1925 - SECT 106

    (1)     Except in the case of a caveat lodged—

        (a)     by a settlor; or

        (b)     by or on behalf of a beneficiary claiming under a will or settlement; or

        (c)     by the registrar-general;

a caveat lodged against a registered proprietor shall, unless the court otherwise orders, lapse 14 days after the date of a notice to the caveator that application has been made for the registration of a document in respect of the land or interest to which the caveat relates.

    (2)     On the registration of the document, in respect of which the notice referred in subsection (1) has been given, the lapsed caveat shall be deemed to be reinstated.

    (3)     Subsection (2) applies even though the lease of land to which the caveat related has been surrendered by the lessee, if a new lease of the land comprised in the surrendered lease is granted to the lessee.

    (4)     In this section:

"court" includes the Family Court of Australia and any other court having jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975

(Cwlth).