Section 3 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Land Registration Districts

3 Land Registration Districts (1) The land registration districts existing at the commencement of the Land Transfer (Automation) Amendment Act 1998 continue until altered under subsection (2) . (2) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council,— (a) Alter the boundaries of any district: (b) Amalgamate any 2 or more districts: (c) Create new districts: (d) Assign a name to any district: (e) Abolish all districts. (3) The making of an Order in Council under subsection (2) does not require any register, computer register within the meaning of the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 , provisional register, books, or indexes to be altered or amalgamated, but the Registrar may do so if appropriate. Section 3 was substituted, as from 1 February 1999, by section 33 Land Transfer (Automation) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 123). Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 June 2002, by section 65(1) Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11), by substituting the words “ Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 ” for the words “ Land Transfer (Automation) Amendment Act 1998 ” .