51Minister may extinguish special easements

51 Minister may extinguish special easements

51 Minister may extinguish special easements

(1) The Minister may, by instrument lodged with the Registrar-General, release a special easement on the application of—

(a) each beneficiary of a special easement, and

(b) for a special easement over land under a lease—each lessee of the land.

(2) On receiving an instrument lodged under this clause, the Registrar-General may record any particulars of the release of the special easement as the Registrar-General considers necessary in any folio of the Register relating to land which, in the Registrar-General’s opinion, is affected by the release of the easement.

(3) No duty is payable under the Duties Act 1997 in respect of an instrument lodged under this clause.

(4) As soon as practicable after a special easement is released under this clause, the Minister must cause notice of that fact to be given to—

(a) each former beneficiary of the easement, and

(b) each lessee of land over which the easement was formerly in force.

(5) To avoid doubt, this clause extends to an easement originally granted under section 35S of the former Western Lands Act 1901.