170Regulations

170 Regulations

[Section 170 Substituted by No. 21 of 1996, s. 17 ]

(1)  The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Without limiting subsection (1) , the regulations may –

(a) [Section 170 Subsection (2) amended by No. 7 of 2023, s. 17, Applied:13 Jun 2023] prescribe the manner in which dealings are to be lodged for registration and the circumstances in which the Recorder may refuse to accept dealings for lodgement; and

(b) [Section 170 Subsection (2) amended by No. 66 of 2007, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2008] provide for the conduct of official searches of the Register, including provision for compensation from the assurance fund for a person suffering loss or damage arising from an error in an official search and exonerating a legal practitioner or other person in respect of loss that may arise from an error in an official search; and

(c) [Section 170 Subsection (2) amended by No. 36 of 2012, s. 56, Applied:13 Nov 2012] require any approved form or other form approved by the Recorder to be in the form of, or to have the same effect as, a statutory declaration; and

(d) require the substantiation by statutory declaration of all or any information given in an approved form which is not in the form of a statutory declaration; and

(e) provide for the meaning to be attached to a provision specified in a particular form in a dealing; and

(f) [Section 170 Subsection (2) amended by No. 98 of 2001, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2002] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(g) [Section 170 Subsection (2) amended by No. 98 of 2001, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2002] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(h) [Section 170 Subsection (2) amended by No. 98 of 2001, s. 11, Applied:01 Jan 2002] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .