237BRecovery of costs of lodging caveat

237B Recovery of costs of lodging caveat

237B Recovery of costs of lodging caveat

(1) A person (including a public authority) who lodges a caveat in respect of land to which a restraining order applies under section 237 may, by notice in writing, require the defendant to pay all or any of the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the person in respect of the lodgment and registration of the caveat (including the costs of withdrawal of the caveat).

(2) The person may recover from the defendant any unpaid amounts specified in the notice as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

s 237B: Ins 2005 No 96, Sch 1 [103].