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Real Property Act 1900
81JRegistrar-General may extinguish a restrictive covenant without receiving an application
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#### 81J Registrar-General may extinguish a restrictive covenant without receiving an application
81J Registrar-General may extinguish a restrictive covenant without receiving an application
> > (1) The Registrar-General may extinguish a restrictive covenant without receiving an application if the Registrar-General is satisfied that—
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> > > (a) the restrictive covenant is expressed to be limited in operation, and the time of its operation has expired, or
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> > > (b) the separate parcels of land that were respectively burdened and benefited by the restrictive covenant have been consolidated into a single parcel, or
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> > > (c) the restrictive covenant is personal to the covenantee or that the covenantee owned no neighbouring land in connection with which the benefits of the covenant can be enjoyed, or
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> > > (d) there is no express annexation of the benefit of the covenant to ascertainable land and the relevant covenant was created before 1 July 1920, or
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> > > (e) the restrictive covenant has no practical value or no practical application.
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> > (2) This section does not apply if the Registrar-General has received an application under this Part to extinguish the relevant restrictive covenant and has not rejected the application under Division 2 or 3.
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> **s 81J:** Ins 1998 No 31, Sch 1 \[21\].