(1) A person who has a
document evidencing an interest in Crown land granted, disposed of or entered
into under the repealed Act, or under another written law before the repeal of
the repealed Act, may, within the transitional period, lodge —
(a) that
document; or
(b) a
caveat in respect of that interest,
with the Registrar for
registration or recording.
(2) An interest
—
(a) to
which subsection (1) applies; and
(b) in
respect of which a document or caveat is not registered or recorded within the
transitional period,
is void as against
—
(c) an
interest which has been so registered; or
(d) a
caveat which has been so recorded; or
(e) an
interest which has been registered or a caveat which has been recorded —
(i)
after the repeal of the repealed Act; and
(ii)
before a document or caveat is registered or recorded in
respect of the first-mentioned interest,
in relation to the
same parcel of Crown land to the extent of any inconsistency between the
first-mentioned interest and an interest or caveat referred to in paragraph
(c), (d) or (e).
(3) Nothing in this
section prevents the registration of an interest, or the recording of a
caveat, referred to in subsection (1) after the expiry of the transitional
period.
[Section 81ZC inserted: No. 31 of 1997 s. 104(1).]