(1) Subject to this
section, any person may have access to the Register Book, and to all
instruments lodged or deposited in the Lands Titles Registration Office, for
the purpose of inspection during the hours, and on the days, appointed for
search.
(1a) If an instrument
is lodged electronically, the Registrar-General may determine that only the
instrument as registered is to be accessed.
(2) If, on the
application of a person whose particulars are, or are to be, contained in the
Register Book or in any instruments lodged or deposited in the Lands Titles
Registration Office, the Registrar-General is satisfied that access under this
section to any such particulars would be likely to place at risk the personal
safety of the person, a member of the person's family or any other person, the
Registrar-General may take such measures as he or she thinks fit to prevent or
to restrict access to those particulars.
(3) An application
under subsection (2) must be in the appropriate form and must contain
such particulars, and be supported by such evidence, as the Registrar-General
may require.
(4) The
Registrar-General may take such measures as he or she thinks fit to prevent or
restrict access to any particulars the subject of an application under
subsection (2) while the application is being determined.
(5) Nothing prevents
the Registrar-General varying or revoking any measures taken under
subsection (2) or (4) if he or she thinks fit.