South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts51B—Registration of title electronically etc
Where the Registrar-General is required by this or any other Act or any other
law to register title to land or record any other information relating to
land, the Registrar-General may register the title or record the information
by an electronic, electromagnetic, optical or photographic process and, in
that case, the provisions of this Act (excluding Division 1) and any other
relevant Act will be construed so as to apply to, and in relation to, the
registration of title or recording of information by that process and in
particular—
(a) the
term "Register Book" will be taken to include the records maintained by the
Registrar-General pursuant to this section relating to the land;
(b) the
term "certificate" or "certificate of title will be taken to mean—
(i)
the records maintained by the Registrar-General pursuant
to this section relating to the land; or
(ii)
the certificate of title issued under the seal of the
Registrar-General in respect of the land; or
(iii)
both of those meanings,
as the context requires;
(c) the
term "original certificate" or "original certificate of title will be taken to
mean the records maintained by the Registrar-General pursuant to this section
relating to the land;
(d) the
term "duplicate certificate" or "duplicate certificate of title will be taken
to mean the certificate of title issued under the seal of the
Registrar-General in respect of the land;
(e) a
requirement that a record relating to the land be made—
(i)
by entry or endorsement of a memorial or memorandum in
the Register Book or on the certificate or other instrument of title for the
land; or
(ii)
by any other entry or endorsement or by notation in the
Register Book or on the certificate or other instrument of title for the land,
will be satisfied if the Registrar-General makes the record by an electronic,
electromagnetic, optical or photographic process;
(f) a
requirement that—
(i)
a memorial or memorandum be entered or endorsed on the
duplicate certificate of title; or
(ii)
any other entry or endorsement or notation be made on the
duplicate certificate of title,
will be taken to be a requirement that the Registrar-General must, if in the
Registrar-General's opinion it is necessary or desirable, cancel the
certificate of title currently issued in respect of the land and issue a new
certificate of title including an appropriate endorsement.