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Public Trustee Act 1978
sec.124Searches
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### sec.124 Searches
The registrar-general and the department within which the Land Act 1994 is administered and every officer of the court and every registrar of titles and other officer having the charge of records which are available for search by the public shall permit the public trustee and any person authorised by the public trustee in that behalf, free of charge, to make searches of and to make copies of or extracts from any documents of title, or records in the department, registry or office relating to any property or matter in which the public trustee is or may be interested.
In this section—
registrar-general means the registrar under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 .
s 124 amd 1994 No. 24 s 3 (1) sch ; 2002 No. 34 s 49 ; 2003 No. 31 s 59 sch 1 ; 2013 No. 10 s 193 sch 1 ; 2023 No. 17 s 182 (1) sch 3 pt 1
(sec.124-ssec.1) The registrar-general and the department within which the Land Act 1994 is administered and every officer of the court and every registrar of titles and other officer having the charge of records which are available for search by the public shall permit the public trustee and any person authorised by the public trustee in that behalf, free of charge, to make searches of and to make copies of or extracts from any documents of title, or records in the department, registry or office relating to any property or matter in which the public trustee is or may be interested.
(sec.124-ssec.2) In this section— registrar-general means the registrar under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2023 .