64Satisfaction of covenants to produce deeds

64 Satisfaction of covenants to produce deeds

64 Satisfaction of covenants to produce deeds

(1) A covenant or undertaking expressed or implied whether entered into before or after the commencement of this Act to produce any document relating to land, shall be satisfied by a deposit of the document permanently with the Registrar-General, who shall give a receipt for and keep a list of all documents so deposited, and shall, on payment of the prescribed fees, permit any person to search therein and to inspect and obtain copies of every such deed.

(2) Where the Registrar-General has—

(a) pursuant to section 17(2) of the Real Property Act 1900, or pursuant to section 31A(2) of that Act, created a folio or folios of the Register, or

(b) pursuant to section 28MF of that Act, cancelled the caution or cautions recorded in any folio or folios of the Register,

for the whole of the land affected by a document deposited pursuant to subsection (1) or deposited before the commencement of the Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1972, pursuant to section 53(2)(e) the Registrar-General may, notwithstanding subsection (1) but subject to the State Records Act 1998, destroy that document.

s 64: Am 1972 No 17, sec 6 (d); 1976 No 84, Sch 5 (4); 1979 No 171, Sch 1 (1) (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16); 1984 No 20, Sch 2 (8); 2007 No 82, Sch 1.2 [2]; 2016 No 46, Sch 4.2 [6] [7]; 2018 No 75, Sch 1 [7].