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Land Title Act 2000
112Extinguishment of covenants or covenants in gross
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112 Extinguishment of covenants or covenants in gross
(1) A registered covenant or covenant in gross may be extinguished by
registering an instrument of extinguishment of the covenant or
(2) The instrument of extinguishment of covenant may be signed by:
(a) the registered owners of the lots burdened and benefited by
the covenant; or
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(b) only the registered owner of the lot benefited by the covenant.
(3) The instrument of extinguishment of a covenant in gross may be
signed by only the person in whose favour the covenant in gross is
(4) Subject to this section, a registered covenant may be extinguished
only if all registered mortgagees and lessees of the lot benefited by
the covenant consent to the extinguishment.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to a lessee who does not receive a
benefit from the covenant.
(6) A registered covenant may be extinguished in accordance with
section 174 and Division 5 of Part 9 of the Law of Property
Act 2000.
(7) The Registrar-General must:
(a) on the application of a person who has a registered interest in
land that has been subject to a registered covenant for more
than 5 years; and
(b) on payment of the prescribed fee,
give written notice to the person entitled to the benefit of the
registered covenant.
(7A) The notice is to state that on the expiration of the period, of not less
than 28 days as specified in the notice, the Registrar-General will
remove the registered covenant from the register unless within the
period the person entitled to the benefit of the covenant gives to the
Registrar-General a notice in the approved form accompanied by
the prescribed fee.
(8) If the person does not give notice in accordance with
subsection (7A), the Registrar-General may remove the registered
covenant from the register.