16Transfers of FAC land may be registered

16 Transfers of FAC land may be registered

(1) This section applies if: (a) any right, title and interest in particular land vests in the Commonwealth under this Part; and (b) there is lodged with a land registration official a certificate that: (i) is signed by an authorised person; and (ii) identifies the land, whether by reference to a map or otherwise; and (iii) states that the right, title and interest has become vested in the Commonwealth under this Part.

Note: Authorised person is defined by subsection (4).

(2) The land registration official may: (a) register the matter in a way that is the same as, or similar to, the way in which dealings in land of that kind are registered; and (b) deal with, and give effect to, the certificate. (3) A document that appears to be a certificate under subsection (1) is taken to be such a certificate, and to have been properly given, unless the contrary is established. (4) In this section:

authorised person means:

(a) the Finance Minister; or
(b) a person authorised by the Finance Minister, in writing, for the purposes of this section.