56Registration of debt recovery order as charge on land

#### 56 Registration of debt recovery order as charge on land 56 Registration of debt recovery order as charge on land > > (1) The Chief Commissioner may apply to the Registrar-General for registration of a debt recovery order in relation to any land owned by the debtor (including any land owned jointly with another person). > > > (2) An application may not be made under this section unless the amount payable under the order (or the total amount payable under the orders) to which the application relates exceeds $1,000 or such other amount as is prescribed by the regulations. > > > (3) An application under this section must define the land to which it relates. > > > (4) The Registrar-General must, on application under this section and lodgment of a copy of the debt recovery order, register the order in relation to the land in such manner as the Registrar-General thinks fit. > > > (5) There is created by force of this section, on the registration of the order, a charge on the land in relation to which the order is registered to secure the payment to the Chief Commissioner of the amount payable under the order. > > > (6) Such a charge ceases to have effect in relation to the land— > > > > > (a) when the Registrar-General registers the cancellation of the charge on the application of the Chief Commissioner, or > > > > > (b) on the sale or other disposition of the property with the consent of the Chief Commissioner, or > > > > > (c) on the sale of the land to a purchaser in good faith for value who, at the time of the sale, has no notice of the charge, > > > > whichever first occurs. > > > (7) Such a charge is subject to every charge or encumbrance to which the land was subject immediately before the order was registered and, in the case of land under the provisions of the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025), is subject to every prior mortgage, lease or other interest recorded in the Register kept under that Act. > > > (8) Such a charge is not affected by any change of ownership of the land, except as provided by subsection (6). > > > (9) A person who purchases or otherwise acquires land after the registration of the charge is, for the purposes of subsection (6), taken to have notice of the charge if— > > > > > (a) the provisions of any law of the State provide for the registration of title to, or charges over, land of the kind to which the charge applies, and > > > > > (b) the charge is registered in accordance with that law. > > > (10) If such a charge relates to land under the provisions of the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025), the charge has no effect until it is registered under that Act.