(1) Subject to
subsection (3), every Crown lease issued after the commencement of the
Transfer of Land Act Amendment Act 1909 , shall be issued in duplicate under
seal and forwarded by the Minister for Lands direct to the Registrar for
registration under section 53.
(2) The Registrar
shall —
(a)
enter in a journal particulars of the lease, and mark on each part thereof the
number appearing in such journal, and sign his name to each part; and
(b)
retain one part (to be called the original), and deliver the other part (to be
called the duplicate) to the lessee or, in the case of a mortgage, to the
mortgagee; and
(c)
register the original in the Register of Leases.
(3) No Crown lease
shall be issued after the commencement of the Acts Amendment (Land
Administration) Act 1997 .
[Section 81A inserted: No. 54 of 1909 s. 3 (as
amended: No. 17 of 1950 s. 75); amended: No. 81 of 1996 s. 52; No. 31 of 1997
s. 103.]