(1)  Where an application under section 11 is based on a claim by possession under a statute of limitations (other than a claim against the Crown), the applicant is to –

(a) post on the land, or at such place as the Recorder directs, and keep so posted for not less than 30 days before the granting of the application; and

(b) publish, not less than 30 days before the granting of the application, in at least one newspaper that is published, and circulating generally, in Tasmania and that is available in the locality in which the relevant land is situated –

a notice of the application in such form as the Recorder directs.

(2)  The Recorder may refuse to bring land under this Act in a case to which subsection (1) applies until it has been proved to the Recorder’s satisfaction that the requirements of that subsection have been complied with.

(3)  A notice under this section shall specify a time (being not less than 30 days) after the expiration of which the Recorder may, unless a caveat is lodged forbidding it, bring the land under this Act.