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REAL PROPERTY ACT 1886 - SECT 255

255—Confused boundaries

        (1)         A plan of the boundaries of land within a Confused Boundary Area that is lodged in the Lands Titles Registration Office under section 51(2) of the Survey Act 1992 must be accompanied by an application in a form approved by the Registrar-General.

        (2)         The Registrar-General must, on the lodging of a plan referred to in subsection (1), examine the plan as if it were a plan lodged under this Act.

        (3)         The Registrar-General may deposit a plan in the Lands Titles Registration Office pursuant to section 51 of the Survey Act 1992 without the consent of a person who appears from the Register Book to have or to claim an estate or interest in land affected by the plan.

        (4)         On the deposit of a plan referred to in subsection (3)—

            (a)         the boundaries of land affected by the plan are by force of this subsection altered to the extent necessary to give effect to the plan; and

            (b)         the Registrar-General may amend the certificate of title, or may issue a new certificate of title, without the production of any other instrument and without the consent of a person who appears to have or to claim an estate or interest in the land, and may amend any other relevant instrument or record.

        (6)         An amendment made to a certificate of title under this section will be taken to have been made prior to the registration or recording of any instrument registered or recorded on the certificate.



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