(1) The Registrar-General may receive and register any instrument whatever,
whether affecting or relating to land or not, unless the instrument is
registrable under the Real Property Act 1900 and relates only to land under
that Act.
(2) Except as provided by this Act or any other Act, registration
of an instrument under this Division has effect for the purposes of record
only.
if the instrument is
not accompanied by a certificate that is in an approved form setting out
particulars of or relating to the instrument and that is signed as prescribed.
(4) A person who signs such a certificate knowing that it is false or
misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
: Maximum
penalty--10 penalty units.
(5) Liability for, or recovery of, a penalty under
this section does not preclude the recovery of damages in an action based on a
false or misleading certificate signed for the purposes of this section.
(6)
The Registrar-General is not required to be satisfied as to the accuracy of a
certificate provided under this section, except to the extent of ensuring that
it appears on its face to comply with the requirements of this section.
(7)
Proceedings for an offence under this section are to be taken before the Local
Court.
(9) The Registrar-General may refuse to register in
the General Register of Deeds an instrument that purports to create a
prescribed power of attorney for the purposes of the Powers of Attorney Act
2003 if the Registrar-General is not satisfied that the instrument creates a
prescribed power of attorney for the purposes of that Act.
