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Land Title Act 2000
193Compensation for loss or damage
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193 Compensation for loss or damage
(1) This section applies if a person suffers loss or damage because of:
(a) the incorrect creation of an indefeasible title in the name of
another person;
(b) incorrect registration;
(c) an error in an indefeasible title or in the land register;
(d) reliance on the incorrect state of the land register;
(e) loss, destruction or improper use of a document deposited or
lodged at the Land Titles Office or held by the Land Titles
Office for safe custody;
(f) omission, mistake, breach of duty, negligence or misfeasance
of or by the Registrar-General or a member of the staff of the
Land Titles Office; or
(g) the exercise by the Registrar-General of a power in relation to
an application or dealing of which the person had no
connection.
(2) The person is entitled to compensation from the Territory for the
loss or damage.
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(3) Despite anything in subsection (1) or (2), the person is not entitled
to compensation under this section for loss or damage caused by
the incorrectness of a register kept by the Registrar-General if the
Registrar-General may correct the register under section 17.
(4) Subsection (3) does not limit the person's rights to compensation
otherwise than under subsections (1) and (2).