12APower of Registrar-General to serve notice of proposed action

#### 12A Power of Registrar-General to serve notice of proposed action 12A Power of Registrar-General to serve notice of proposed action > > (1) The Registrar-General may, before taking any action that alters the Register, give notice of the proposed action to any person that the Registrar-General considers should be notified of it. > > > (2) Where the Registrar-General has given notice pursuant to the powers conferred upon the Registrar-General by subsection (1), the Registrar-General may refuse to take the action until after the expiration of a period specified in the notice and the Registrar-General may proceed to take the action at or after the expiration of the period so specified unless the Registrar-General is first served with, or with written notice of, an order of the Supreme Court restraining the Registrar-General from so doing. > > > (3) Where a person given notice under subsection (1) does not within the time limited by the notice serve upon the Registrar-General or give the Registrar-General written notice of an order made by the Supreme Court restraining the Registrar-General from taking the action, no action by that person or by any person claiming through or under that person shall lie against the Registrar-General in respect of the taking of the action specified in the notice. > > > (4) No action shall lie against the Registrar-General for failure to give a notice under subsection (1). > > **s 12A:** Ins 1970 No 23, sec 4 (b). Am 1979 No 164, Sch 3 (2); 1996 No 87, Sch 1 \[4\]–\[8\].