31Record of dealings by Registrar of Titles

31 Record of dealings by Registrar of Titles

(1) If the Secretary acquires any land on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of this Act, any recordings in the Register by the Registrar of Titles of the acquisition must be in the name of "Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety" as the registered proprietor.

(2) If the Secretary, on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of this Act, disposes of or otherwise deals with any land held in the name of "Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety", any recording in the Register by the Registrar of Titles must be made in the name of "Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety".

(3) If the Secretary, on behalf of the Crown, lodges with the Registrar of Titles any dealing in relation to any land for the purposes of this Act, the Registrar must make any recording in relation to that dealing in the name of "Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety".

(4) To avoid doubt, land acquired in fee simple by the Secretary on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of this Act is Crown land.

(5) Despite subsection (4) and anything to the contrary in the Land Act 1958 or the Transfer of Land Act 1958, if land acquired by the Secretary on behalf of the Crown for the purposes of this Act—

(a) is under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, it remains under the operation of that Act; and

(b) is not under the operation of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, it may be brought under the operation of that Act.