23Withdrawal of primary application

23 Withdrawal of primary application

23 Withdrawal of primary application

(1) A primary applicant may, with the consent of any person in whose name the primary applicant has directed that a folio of the Register be created, withdraw the primary application before that folio is created and, where such an application is so withdrawn the Registrar-General, when requested in writing, shall return to the primary applicant, or to the person appearing to the Registrar-General entitled, all documents lodged in support of the application.

(2) If it appears to the Registrar-General—

(a) that a primary applicant has not complied with the requirements of this Act relating to primary applications,

(b) that the evidence adduced by a primary applicant in support of the primary application is deficient in any material particular, or

(c) that a primary applicant has not proceeded with the primary application within a reasonable time, having regard to the circumstances of the case,

the Registrar-General may reject the primary application.

s 23: Subst 1970 No 23, sec 6 (j). Am 1979 No 164, Sch 5 (3).