(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 commission or the commissioner of the
police service, 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 commission or the
commissioner of the police service may lodge, and the registrar of titles must
register, a caveat over the property under that Act.
(6) As soon as
practicable after the restraining order stops having effect in relation to the
property—
(a) the commission or the commissioner of the police service 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 commission or the commissioner of the
police service 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 commission or the commissioner of the police
service must withdraw the caveat.
