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Land Title Act 2000
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144 Cancelling caveat
(1) The Registrar-General may cancel a caveat if a request to cancel
the caveat is lodged and the Registrar-General is satisfied that:
(a) the interest claimed by the caveator has ceased or the claim
to it has been abandoned or withdrawn;
(b) the claim of the caveator has been settled by agreement or
otherwise satisfied; or
(c) the nature of the interest claimed does not entitle the caveator
to prevent registration of an instrument that has been lodged.
(2) The Registrar-General must notify the caveator of the Registrar-
General's intention to cancel the caveat at least 7 days before
cancelling it.
(3) If an instrument that has been lodged will on being registered give
full effect to an interest claimed in a caveat, the Registrar-General
may remove the caveat immediately before registering the