New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1989 - SECT 24

24 Charges on land

(1) Any money lent under this Act together with all interest on that money and any costs of recovery of that money is a charge in favour of the Authority over any estate or interest in land of the person to whom the money is lent.

(2) The charge has no effect unless:

(a) in the case of an estate or interest in land under the Real Property Act 1900 -the Authority lodges with the Registrar-General a caveat against any dealings not consistent with the charge, or

(b) in the case of an estate or interest in any other land-the Authority registers the charge in the register of causes, writs and orders affecting land kept in the office of the Registrar-General.