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PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 187 Charge on land

PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 187

Charge on land

187 Charge on land

(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.