Real Property Act 1900
74ILapse of caveat where dealing or delimitation plan is subsequently lodged for recording
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74I Lapse of caveat where dealing or delimitation plan is subsequently lodged for recording
74I Lapse of caveat where dealing or delimitation plan is subsequently lodged for recording
(1) Whenever—
(a) a dealing or delimitation plan is lodged with the Registrar-General for recording or registration, and
(b) the recording of the dealing or, as the case may be, the registration of the plan is prohibited by a caveat that has been lodged under section 74F,
the Registrar-General shall, on an application being made in the approved form by the registered proprietor, by a judgment creditor under any writ that cannot be recorded because of the caveat or by any person who is or claims to be entitled to an estate or interest in the land to which the dealing or plan relates, prepare for service on the caveator a notice to the effect that the dealing or plan has been lodged for recording or registration and that, unless, before the expiry of 21 days after the date of service of the notice, the caveator has—
(c) obtained from the Supreme Court an order extending the operation of the caveat for such further period as is specified in the order or until the further order of that Court, and
(d) lodged with the Registrar-General the order or an office copy of the order,
the caveat will (subject to evidence of due service of the notice on the caveator) lapse in accordance with subsection (5) and the dealing or plan will be recorded or registered.
(2) Whenever a possessory application has been made to the Registrar-General and a caveat prohibiting the granting of such an application has, either before or after the making of the possessory application, been lodged under section 74F, the Registrar-General shall, on an application being made in the approved form by the possessory applicant, prepare for service on the caveator a notice to the effect that the possessory application has been made and that, unless, before the expiry of 21 days after the date on which the notice is served, the caveator has—
(a) obtained from the Supreme Court an order extending the operation of the caveat for such further period as is specified in the order or until the further order of that Court, and
(b) lodged with the Registrar-General the order or an office copy of the order,
the caveat will (subject to evidence of due service of the notice on the caveator) lapse in accordance with subsection (5) and the possessory application may be granted.