27ACertain Crown land may be brought under this Act

27A Certain Crown land may be brought under this Act

[Section 27A Inserted by No. 98 of 1986, s. 4 ]

(1)  This section does not apply to, or in relation to, any land in respect of which an application under section 11 has been made.

(2)  The Recorder may, on the application of the Director-General of Lands, bring under this Act any land of the Crown by creating a folio of the Register for the land.

(3)  Where land is brought under this Act pursuant to subsection (2)  –

(a) the Crown shall be registered as the proprietor of the land for an estate in fee simple;

(b) the land remains subject to any limitation, exception, reservation, condition, or restriction to which it was subject immediately before it was so brought under this Act; and

(c) [Section 27A Subsection (3) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 36, Applied:01 Jan 2022] the Recorder may record on the folio created under that subsection such particulars as the Recorder considers appropriate relating to any matter affecting the land in force under the Crown Lands Act 1976 or any other Act.

(4)  [Section 27A Subsection (4) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 36, Applied:01 Jan 2022] The Recorder may at any time cancel or amend in such manner as the Recorder considers appropriate an endorsement made on a folio under subsection (3) (c) .

(5)  Where particulars of a lease are recorded in the folio of the Register under subsection (3) (c) , the Recorder may –

(a) create a folio of the Register for the lease; and

(b) record in that folio as the registered proprietor of the lease the name of a person who, in the opinion of the Recorder, is so entitled.

(6)  In an application made under , the Director-General of Lands may –