10Transfers of land may be registered

10 Transfers of land may be registered

(1) This section applies if: (a) any right, title or interest in particular land vests in the Commonwealth under section 7; and (b) there is lodged with a land registration official a certificate that: (i) is signed by the Minister; and (ii) identifies the land; and (iii) states that the right, title or interest has become vested in the Commonwealth under section 7. (2) The land registration official may: (a) register the matter in a way that is the same as, or similar to, the way in which dealings in land of that kind are registered; and (b) deal with, and give effect to, the certificate. (3) A document that appears to be a certificate under subsection (1) is to be taken to be such a certificate, and to have been properly given, unless the contrary is established.