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Land Title Act 2000
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90 Removing statutory charge
(1) A person who has a registered interest in land that has been
subject to a registered statutory charge for more than 5 years may
apply to the Registrar-General to have the statutory charge
removed.
(2) The application is to be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
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(3) On receiving the application, the Registrar-General is to give written
notice of the application to the person entitled to the benefit of the
charge.
(4) The notice is to specify that if the person does not give the
Registrar-General notice within the period specified in the notice,
the Registrar-General will remove the statutory charge from the
(5) The period specified in the notice cannot be less than 30 days.
(6) If the person gives the Registrar-General notice in the appropriate
form and pays the prescribed fee within the time specified in the
notice, the Registrar-General must not remove the statutory charge
from the land register.
(7) If the person does not give the Registrar-General notice within the
time specified in the notice, the Registrar-General must remove the
statutory charge from the land register.