(1)  Where any land is sold or otherwise disposed of or is surrendered to the Crown, the purchaser or other person to whom the land is transferred must give notice in writing to the Recorder of Titles of the transaction.

(2)  Where land is compulsorily acquired under the authority, or for the purposes, of an Act, the authority responsible for the acquisition must give notice in writing to the Recorder of Titles of the acquisition of that land.

(3)  A notice under subsection (1) or (2)  –

(a) is to contain such particulars relating to the description of the land, the parties to the transaction and details of the transaction and use of the land as are required for the purposes of this Act, the Land Tax Act 2000 , the Local Government Act 1993 or any other Act prescribed by the regulations; and

(b) is to be included in any dealing lodged with the Recorder of Titles relating to the sale, disposition or acquisition as may be required by the Land Titles Act 1980 .

(4)  Without limiting the preceding provisions of this section, where a person has been aggrieved by a failure to comply with subsection (1) or (2) , the Recorder of Titles must accept for the purposes of this Act a copy of the notice of the transaction or acquisition produced by that person containing all the particulars required to be included in the notice as evidence that the transaction for which the notice is required has been completed.

(5)  A person or authority which is required to give notice under this section must, at the request of –

(a) a person disposing of or surrendering any land for which the notice is required; or

(b) a person whose land for which the notice is required is subject to compulsory acquisition –

provide that person with a copy of the notice required under subsection (1) or (2) .

(6)  Where –

(a) a person who has sold or otherwise disposed of the relevant land or whose land was compulsorily acquired has been aggrieved by a failure to comply with subsection (1) or (2) ; and

(b) the Recorder of Titles has received from that person a copy of the notice required under subsection (1) or (2)  –

the parties to the relevant transaction are to be treated for the purposes of this Act as if that notice had been duly given to the Recorder of Titles.