Land Title Act 2000
144Cancelling caveat
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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is satisfied that: (a) the interest claimed by the caveator has ceased or the claim to it has been abandoned or withdrawn; (b) the claim of the caveator has been settled by agreement or otherwise satisfied; or (c) the nature of the interest claimed does not entitle the caveator to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