9Registration of abandoned land notices

9 Registration of abandoned land notices

[Section 9 Subsection (8) amended by No. 46 of 1991, s. 4 and Sched. 3 ]

(1)  *[Section 9 Subsection (1) amended by No. 46 of 1991, s. 4 and Sched. 3 ]*The Minister may cause an abandoned land notice to be registered in accordance with this section in respect of any land to which it relates –

(a) within 6 months of the date referred to in section 7 (1) ; or

(b) within 30 days of the disposal of all the objections to the registration of the notice.

(2)  For the purposes of this section an objection shall be deemed to be disposed of when a certificate has been issued by the Recorder under section 7 in respect of the objection and no proceedings or further proceedings may be taken under section 8 in respect of that certificate.

(3)  No abandoned land notice shall be registered in respect of any land unless, as a consequence of its registration, there will be vested in the Crown a fee simple estate in that land.

(4)  *[Section 9 Subsection (4) amended by No. 19 of 1980, s. 171 and Sched. 1 ]*The registration of an abandoned land notice in respect of any land is effected –

(a) if the land is land under the Land Titles Act 1980 , by causing the relevant documents to be lodged in the office of the Recorder; or

(b) if the land is not land under that Act, by causing those documents to be registered under the Registration of Deeds Act 1935 in like manner as a judgment may be so registered.

(5)  In relation to an abandoned land notice the relevant documents are –

(a) a certified copy of the notice;

(b) the certificates (if any) issued by the Recorder under section 7 (6) in respect of the notice; and

(c) the certificate issued by the Director under section 7 (7) in respect of the notice.