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Conveyancing Act 1919
196AAPower of Registrar-General to serve notice of proposed action
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#### 196AA Power of Registrar-General to serve notice of proposed action
196AA Power of Registrar-General to serve notice of proposed action
> > (1) The Registrar-General may, before taking any action under this Division involving—
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> > > (a) the registration or recording of a plan (including a plan on which any easement, profit à prendre, restriction or positive covenant is indicated in accordance with section 88B(2)), or
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> > > (b) the amendment of any such plan,
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> > give notice of the proposed action to any person that the Registrar-General considers should be notified of it.
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> > (2) If the Registrar-General gives notice under this section, the Registrar-General—
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> > > (a) may refuse to take the action until after the expiration of a period specified in the notice, and
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> > > (b) may proceed to take the action at or after the expiration of the period so specified unless the Registrar-General is first served with, or with written notice of, an order of the Supreme Court restraining the Registrar-General from so doing.
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> > (3) If a person given notice under this section does not within the time limited by the notice serve on the Registrar-General or give the Registrar-General written notice of an order of the Supreme Court restraining the Registrar-General from taking the action, no action by that person or by any person claiming through or under that person may be instituted against the Registrar-General in respect of the taking of the action specified in the notice.
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> > (4) No action may be instituted against the Registrar-General for failure to give a notice under this section.
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> **s 196AA:** Ins 1979 No 171, Sch 2 (7). Rep 1986 No 150, Sch 1. Ins 1997 No 95, Sch 2 \[3\].