Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AIRPORTS (TRANSITIONAL) ACT 1996 - SECT 16

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  any right, title and interest in particular land vests in the Commonwealth under this Part; and

                     (b)  there is lodged with a land registration official a certificate that:

                              (i)  is signed by an authorised person; and

                             (ii)  identifies the land, whether by reference to a map or otherwise; and

                            (iii)  states that the right, title and interest has become vested in the Commonwealth under this Part.

Note:           Authorised person is defined by subsection (4).

             (2)  The land registration official may:

                     (a)  register the matter in a way that is the same as, or similar to, the way in which dealings in land of that kind are registered; and

                     (b)  deal with, and give effect to, the certificate.

             (3)  A document that appears to be a certificate under subsection (1) is taken to be such a certificate, and to have been properly given, unless the contrary is established.

             (4)  In this section:

"authorised person" means:

                     (a)  the Minister for Finance; or

                     (b)  a person authorised by the Minister for Finance, in writing, for the purposes of this section.