57Registering co-owners

57 Registering co-owners (1) In registering an instrument transferring an interest to co-owners, the Registrar-General must also register the co-owners as holding their interests as tenants in common or as joint tenants. (2) Subject to this section, if the instrument does not show whether co-owners are to hold as tenants in common or as joint tenants, the Registrar-General must register the co-owners as tenants in common. (3) If the instrument was lodged before the commencement of this Act and the instrument does not show whether the co-owners are to hold as tenants in common or as joint tenants, the Registrar- General must register the co-owners as joint tenants. (4) If the instrument was lodged before the commencement of this Act, the Registrar-General may register the co-owners as joint tenants if he or she is satisfied that the co-owners intended to hold as joint tenants. Land Title Act 2000 44