Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Registrar may,
upon the delivery to him of a duplicate Crown grant or duplicate certificate
of title, issue a new duplicate certificate of title in the place of the
existing duplicate Crown grant or duplicate certificate of title, which shall
thereupon be cancelled.
(2) Where the
Registrar is of opinion that, because of the condition of dilapidation of a
duplicate certificate of title or Crown grant lodged with him for any purpose,
it should be replaced by a new duplicate certificate of title, he
may —
(a)
require the proprietor of the land the subject of the certificate of title or
Crown grant to apply for a new duplicate certificate of title;
(b)
retain the Crown grant or certificate of title so dilapidated until the
proprietor applies for a new duplicate certificate of title.
[Section 71B inserted by No. 17 of 1950
s. 17; amended by No. 81 of 1996 s. 45.]