(1) This section applies if a restraining order applies to property of a
particular kind and a law, whether or not a law of the State, provides for the
registration of title to, an interest in, or a charge over, property of that
kind.
(2) On the application of the DPP, the authority responsible for
administering the law must record the particulars of the relevant restraining
order in the register kept under the law.
(3) Subsection (2) applies even
though a relevant document of title is not produced to a registrar or any
other person.
(4) Unless the contrary is proved, a person who deals with
property affected by a registered restraining order is taken to know of the
restraining order.
(5) If the Land Title Act 1994applies to the property,
the DPP may lodge, and the registrar of titles must register, a caveat over
the property under that Act.
(6) As soon as practicable after the relevant
restraining order stops having effect in relation to the property—
(a) the
DPP must apply for cancellation of the record of the order; and
(b) the
authority responsible for administering the relevant law must take the steps
necessary to cancel the record.
(7) Also, if the DPP lodged a caveat over the
property under subsection (5) , as soon as practicable after the relevant
restraining order stops having effect in relation to the property, the DPP
must withdraw the caveat.
