Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Where a grant or certificate of title under this Act is lost, mislaid or destroyed, the proprietor of the land to which the grant or certificate relates may apply to the registrar-general for the issue of a new grant or certificate.
(2) An application under subsection (1) shall be supported by such evidence as the registrar-general requires.
(3) Subject to subsection (5), if the registrar-general is satisfied that a grant or certificate of title has been lost, mislaid or destroyed, the registrar-general shall issue a new grant or certificate, as the case requires, and shall record in the register that the new grant or certificate has been issued.
(4) A new grant or certificate issued under subsection (3) shall be valid to the same extent as, and available for all purposes for which, the grant or certificate lost, mislaid or destroyed would have been valid or available.
(5) The registrar-general may, at least 14 days before issuing a new grant or certificate and at the expense of the applicant, cause notice of the registrar-general's intention to issue the grant or certificate to be published in a daily newspaper.