(1) The order for payment of compensation may be registered in the land
registry in such manner as the registrar determines and shall, except so far
as the court otherwise directs, upon registration operate as a charge upon the
land of the encroaching owner, and shall have priority to any charge created
by the encroaching owner or the encroaching owner’s predecessor in title.
(2) In this section, the land of the encroaching owner means the parcel of
land contiguous to the boundary beyond which the encroachment extends, or such
part of the land as the court may specify in the order.