9BPayment by Minister protected by "caveat"

9B Payment by Minister protected by "caveat"

[Section 9B Inserted by No. 61 of 1972, s. 2 ]

(1)  *[Section 9B Subsection (1) amended by No. 19 of 1980, s. 171 and Sched. 1 ]*Where the Minister causes money to be paid under section nine A , he shall forthwith –

(a) cause to be lodged with the Recorder of Titles, if the land on which the dwelling-house in respect of which the payment is made is under the Land Titles Act 1980 ; or

(b) cause to be delivered to the Registrar of Deeds, in any other case –

a notification, in the prescribed form, stating that the land is affected by the provisions of this section.

(2)  *[Section 9B Subsection (2) amended by No. 19 of 1980, s. 171 and Sched. 1 ]*A notification lodged with the Recorder of Titles under subsection (1) of this section shall –

(a) operate as a caveat lodged under the Land Titles Act 1980 forbidding the registration of any transfer of the land the subject of the notification without the consent of the Minister as if the Minister were the caveator; and

(b) remain in force (notwithstanding the registration of any transfer with the consent of the Minister given under this section) until it is withdrawn pursuant to subsection (5) of this section.

(3)  [Section 9B Subsection (3) substituted by No. 19 of 1980, s. 171 and Sched. 1 ] Sections 133 (3) (b) and 136 of the Land Titles Act 1980 do not apply to a notification under subsection (1) .

(4)  Where the Registrar of Deeds receives a notification pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, he shall register it and make in his index such entries as he thinks proper to give notice of the notification to a person searching in the Registry of Deeds.

(5)  If, after lodging or registering a notification under of this section payment is received by the Minister as reimbursement in full for the amount or the total of the amounts (as the case requires) together with the interest payable thereon as provided by of section nine C, the Minister shall lodge with the Recorder of Titles or register with the Registrar of Deeds (as the case requires) a notice withdrawing the notification.