Section 23 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Notice of application to be gazetted

23 Notice of application to be gazetted If it appears to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the land in respect of which the application is made is held by the applicant for the estate or interest specified in the application, and that all persons interested other than as lessees under a lease for years are parties to the application, the Registrar shall cause notice of the application to be advertised in the Gazette and in one or more newspapers published in the locality, and shall in every such advertisement limit and appoint a time, not less than the prescribed period, within which caveat may be lodged forbidding the bringing of the land under this Act. Compare: 1915 No 35 s 23 Section 23 was amended, as from 1 February 1999, by section 43(1) Land Transfer (Automation) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 123) by omitting the words “ and Examiner ” . Section 23 was amended, as from 1 February 1999, by section 43(1) Land Transfer (Automation) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 123) by substituting the word “ locality ” for the word “ district ” . Section 23 was amended, as from 26 August 2002, by section 65(2) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11) by substituting the words “ the prescribed period ” for the words “ one month from the publication thereof in the Gazette ” . See clause 2 Land Transfer (Computer Registers And Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act Commencement Order 2002 (SR 2002/216).