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LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 21

21 .         Minister may lodge caveats on behalf of State or of persons under disabilities

        (1)         Part V of the TLA does not apply to or in relation to this section.

        (2)         The Minister may lodge with the Registrar, and direct the Registrar to record against the relevant certificate of Crown land title, a caveat on behalf of —

            (a)         the State; or

            (b)         any person who is a minor, is suffering from a mental disorder or mental illness, or is an intellectually handicapped person, within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1962  6 , is absent from the State or is otherwise under a disability,

                to forbid absolutely the registration of —

            (c)         any transfer in fee simple of, or any disposal of an interest in, or other dealing with, Crown land in which the State claims, or that person appears to have a claim to, an interest; or

            (d)         any grant of or entry into, or other dealing with, an interest in Crown land —

                  (i)         in any case in which it appears that an error has been made by misdescription or otherwise in any order or other instrument; or

                  (ii)         for the purpose of preventing any fraud or improper dealing.

        (3)         The Minister may —

            (a)         lodge with the Registrar a caveat on behalf of the State or a person to protect an interest in Crown land and direct the Registrar to endorse a memorandum of the caveat on the Register accordingly; or

            (b)         direct the Registrar to remove, wholly or in part, a caveat lodged under this subsection and amend or delete the relevant memorandum accordingly.

        (4)         The Registrar must comply with a direction given under subsection (2) or (3).



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