Western Australian Current Acts

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 17

17 .         Hazards etc. affecting land, warnings as to on certificates of title etc.

        (1)         When the Minister wishes the certificate of title of land the fee simple of which has been transferred under this Act to be endorsed with a statement warning of hazards or other factors affecting, or likely to affect, the use or enjoyment of that land, the Minister may, with the consent of the holder of that fee simple, lodge with the Registrar a memorial in an approved form containing that statement.

        (2)         When the Minister wishes the certificate of Crown land title of a parcel of Crown land an interest in which has been or is to be granted or entered into under this Act to be endorsed with a statement warning of hazards or other factors affecting, or likely to affect, the use or enjoyment of that parcel, the Minister may lodge with the Registrar a memorial in an approved form containing that statement.

        (3)         On the lodging of a memorial under subsection (1) or (2), the Registrar must —

            (a)         endorse on the relevant certificate of title or certificate of Crown land title; and

            (b)         note on the Register,

                a memorandum of the memorial.

        (4)         The Minister may, at any time after the lodging of a memorial under subsection (1) or (2), request the Registrar to remove —

            (a)         the relevant endorsement from the certificate of title or certificate of Crown land title; and

            (b)         the relevant note from the Register,

                and the Registrar must comply with that request.