257Interests in land

257 Interests in land (1) This section applies if property of a transferring agency vests in a receiving agency under section 253 or 254. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of this Part and despite anything to the contrary in any other Act or law, if immediately before the effective date of the relevant Order, a transferring agency is, in relation to the property, the registered proprietor of an interest in land under the **Transfer of Land Act 1958**, then on and after that date— (a) the receiving agency is taken to be the registered proprietor of that interest in land; and (b) the receiving agency has the same rights and remedies in respect of that interest as the transferring agency had. (3) The Registrar of Titles, on being requested to do so and on delivery of any relevant certificate of title or instrument, must make any amendments in the Register that are necessary because of the operation of this Part. S. 258 inserted by No. 52/2004 s. 51.