Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND TITLE ACT 1994 - SECT 23

23 Notice to witness

(1) The registrar may, by written notice given to a person, require the person to attend the inquiry at a specified time and place as a witness to give evidence or produce specified documents or things.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , any of the following persons may be required to attend the inquiry—

(a) a person who may have helped another person act fraudulently or wrongfully in a way mentioned in section 19 (b) ;

(b) a person who is a party to a transaction that may have resulted in a fraud affecting the land registry;

(c) a person who may have contributed directly or indirectly to a fraud affecting the land registry.

(3) A person required to appear as a witness before the inquiry is entitled to the reasonable witness fees decided by the registrar.