18Registration of land transfers

18 Registration of land transfers

(1) This section applies if: (a) any right, title or interest in particular land vests in the successor body or the Commonwealth under this Division; and (b) there is lodged with a land registration official a certificate that: (i) is signed by the Minister; and (ii) identifies the land, whether by reference to a map or otherwise; and (iii) states that the right, title or interest has become vested in the successor body or the Commonwealth under this Division. (2) The land registration official may: (a) register the matter in a way that is the same as, or similar to, the way in which dealings in land of that kind are registered; and (b) deal with, and give effect to, the certificate. (3) The Lands Acquisition Act 1989 does not apply in relation to anything done under this section. (4) In this section:

land registration official, in relation to land, means the Registrar of Titles or other proper officer of the State or Territory in which the land is situated.