Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A certificate of
title, in the case of a paper title, is registered when —
(a) it
has been allocated a reference number distinguishing it from all other
certificates of title; and
(b) it
has been sealed.
(1a) A certificate of
title, in the case of a digital title, is registered when —
(a) it
has been allocated a reference number distinguishing it from all other
certificates of title; and
(b) it
has been incorporated into the Registrar’s digital database as a
certificate of title.
(2) An instrument
purporting to affect any land for which a certificate of title has been
registered is registered when —
(a) a
memorandum referred to in section 56 in relation to the original
instrument has been entered in the Register on the certificate; and
(b) the
original instrument has been sealed.
(3) The Registrar may
require a person who presents a lease for registration to also lodge a
duplicate of the lease.
(4) The person named
in —
(a) a
certificate of title referred to in subsection (1); or
(b) an
instrument referred to in subsection (2),
as the proprietor or
as having an estate or interest or power in relation to the land that is the
subject of the certificate or the instrument shall be deemed to be the
registered proprietor of the land or to have the estate or interest or power
in relation to the land, as the case may be.
[Section 52 inserted by No. 81 of 1996
s. 26; amended by No. 6 of 2003 s. 18.]