Section 207 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Restrictions on issue of ordinary certificate of title

207 Restrictions on issue of ordinary certificate of title (1) The Registrar shall not be bound on an application in that behalf to issue an ordinary certificate of title, or to issue an ordinary certificate of title in lieu of a certificate of title limited as to parcels, or to constitute a certificate of title limited as to parcels an ordinary certificate of title— (a) Unless and until he is satisfied by the deposit of a survey plan, together with such other evidence as he may deem necessary, or by some other means, that no part of the land to which the application relates is held in occupation adverse to the title of the proprietor appearing by the Deeds Register and the instruments of title, or by the certificate of title limited as to parcels, as the case may be, to be entitled thereto: (b) Until he has given to the persons appearing to him to be occupiers or proprietors of adjoining land such notices as he deems necessary of his intention to issue or constitute such an ordinary certificate of title, and until the expiration of the time limited in any such notice. (2) The Registrar shall give such notices as aforesaid in any case in which it appears to him that the land, or part of the land, in respect of which an ordinary certificate of title is proposed to be issued or constituted is included in the title of an adjoining occupier or proprietor as evidenced by the Deeds Register or by a certificate of title limited as to parcels of the land of an adjoining occupier or proprietor. Compare: 1924 No 32 s 24(1), (2)