Section 89D — Land Transfer Act 1952: Issue of title to access strip
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89D Issue of title to access strip (1) Notwithstanding anything in any other Act, where the Registrar is satisfied, in respect of any application lodged under this Part of this Act, that— (a) The provisions of this Part of this Act have been duly complied with; and (b) All notices required to be given have been given; and (c) All times required to expire have expired; and (d) Every caveat lodged has lapsed as provided in this Act or been withdrawn; and (e) No sufficient reason to the contrary otherwise appears,— the Registrar shall issue to the applicant, or, as the case may be, to the applicants as tenants in common in the appropriate shares (subject to the provisions of section 89E of this Act), a certificate of title in Form 2 in Schedule 1 to this Act for an estate in fee simple in the access strip to which the application relates, subject to any outstanding interests to which it remains subject. (2) Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section, the Registrar may, in his discretion, refuse the application if the access strip is not being used solely for the purpose of providing access to a road or street from the allotments of the subdivision in respect of which the application is made. Part 4A (comprising sections 89A to 89E) was inserted, as from 7 October 1966, by section 2 Land Transfer Amendment Act 1966 (1966 No 37).
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