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84JRecording of transfers
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84J Recording of transfers
(a) a transfer of ownership of a water share under section 33S occurs; or
(b) a limited term transfer occurs—
a person may lodge with the Registrar a document for the recording of the transfer to be made in the water register in respect of that share.
(2) A document lodged under subsection (1) must be in the appropriate approved form.
S. 84J(3) amended by No. 32/2010 s. 57.
(3) The Registrar must not record a transfer of ownership of a water share under section 33S or a limited term transfer unless the Registrar is satisfied that, at the time the transfer was lodged for recording, the Minister has approved the transfer.
(4) If a recording is made of a limited term transfer and the rights under that limited term transfer are transferred back to the owner of the water share or surrendered before the expiry of the limited term, the water share ceases to be subject to the limited term transfer.
S. 84JA inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 50.
84JA Recording of surrender of limited term transfer
(1) If the holder of a limited term transfer surrenders the limited term transfer, that person may lodge with the Registrar a document for a recording of the surrender to be made in the water register in respect of the water share that is the subject of the limited term transfer.
S. 84K inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 57, substituted by No. 32/2010 s. 58.