180Order of registration of instruments

180 Order of registration of instruments (1) Instruments affecting a lot, including instruments affecting or creating an interest in the lot, must be registered in the order in which they are lodged. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 157. (3) Despite subsection (1), if an instrument (instrument 2) affecting a lot is lodged after another instrument (instrument 1) affecting the lot, instrument 2 may be registered before instrument 1 if the registration of instrument 2 cannot affect any interest that a person might claim under instrument 1.