20Recorder may refuse to accept dealings or applications in certain cases

20 Recorder may refuse to accept dealings or applications in certain cases

(1)  The Recorder may refuse to accept a dealing or application for lodgment that –

(a) does not comply in all respects with the requirements of the Act; or

(b) does not comply with the requirements within another Act that apply to the dealing or application, or transaction to which the dealing or application relates; or

(c) appears to the Recorder to form part of a transaction that is the result of, or would result in, fraud or improper dealing; or

(d) requires a recording to be made on a certificate of title or duplicate registered dealing that is not immediately available to the Recorder for that purpose; or

(e) is not accompanied by writing that is required by law, or is reasonably required by the Recorder, to be lodged with that dealing; or

(f) defines land by reference to a sealed plan that has not taken effect in accordance with Division 4 of Part 3 , or section 112 of the Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 ; or

(g) refers to a lot on an unregistered strata plan.

(2)  Subregulation (1)(d) and (e) do not apply where a dealing or application is accompanied by –

(a) an application to the Recorder under section 35 of the Act in respect of a certificate of title or duplicate registered dealing that has been lost, mislaid or destroyed; or

(b) a request for the Recorder to use the Recorder’s discretion under section 160(5) of the Act to dispense with –

(i) the production of the certificate of title referred to in paragraph (a) ; or

(ii) the production of the duplicate registered dealing referred to in ; or