37Transactions effecting the subdivision of land

37 Transactions effecting the subdivision of land

37 Transactions effecting the subdivision of land

(1) The Registrar-General—

(a) may refuse to accept a dealing or instrument for registration in the Register, or

(b) may refuse to register a dealing or instrument in the Register, or

(c) may reject a dealing or instrument lodged for registration in the Register,

if the dealing or instrument purports to give effect to a transaction that contravenes section 23F of the Conveyancing Act 1919.

(2) The Registrar-General may refuse to create a folio of the Register for any land if the land does not comprise one or more existing lots in a current plan within the meaning of the Conveyancing Act 1919.

s 37: Am 1956 No 12, sec 2 (c). Rep 1970 No 23, sec 10 (f). Ins 1997 No 152, Sch 4.32 [1]. Am 2021 No 10, Sch 1.1[24].