33AAssumption as to authority

33A Assumption as to authority

33A Assumption as to authority

The Registrar-General may assume, and is deemed always to have been entitled to assume, that a person who lodges with the Registrar-General any dealing or other document has authority from all persons claiming under, or having an interest in, the dealing or other document to—

(a) lodge it with the Registrar-General, and

(b) uplift it and have it corrected and amended before it is registered or recorded, and

(c) withdraw it from registration or recording, and

(d) substitute it with another dealing or document to the same effect, and

(e) receive requisitions, communications and notices about it, and

(f) take any other administrative steps required to ensure it is in registrable or recordable form.

s 33A: Ins 1970 No 23, sec 10 (c). Am 1979 No 26, Sch 1 (6); 1979 No 164, Sch 10 (4); 1980 No 193, Sch 1 (5); 1986 No 71, Sch 1 (6); 2016 No 46, Sch 4.4 [21]. Subst 2021 No 10, Sch 1.1[20].