TOWN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1928 - SECT 21

This legislation has been repealed.

TOWN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 1928 - SECT 21

21 .         Certain transfers, etc., to be subject to approval

        (1)         A transfer, conveyance, lease or mortgage of any land shall not be received or registered in the Department within the meaning of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 or Registry of Deeds unless —

            (a)         it has been first approved in writing by the Commission; or

            (b)         the land comprises the whole of one or more lots, or the land comprises part of a lot included in a plan of subdivision that has been approved by the Commission; or

            (c)         in the case of a lease, it does not contain or purport to contain an option to purchase land other than the whole of one or more lots and —

                  (i)         the term is not more than 10 years (including any option to renew or extend the term);

                  (ii)         paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 20 does not apply to the lease by virtue of paragraph (d) of that subsection; or

                  (iii)         the lease is a lease which may be entered into without the approval of the Commission by virtue of section 20(1a).

        (2)         The Registrar of Titles shall not receive any application from the registered proprietor of any land to create and register in the name of such registered proprietor a certificate of title for a portion of land, not being the whole of one or more lots unless such application has been approved by the Commission.

        [Section 21 amended by No. 16 of 1943 s. 2; No. 79 of 1953 s. 7; No. 79 of 1957 s. 3; No. 61 of 1958 s. 7; No. 31 of 1969 s. 4; No. 120 of 1982 s. 13; No. 92 of 1985 s. 10; No. 26 of 1986 s. 7; No. 81 of 1996 s. 153(1) and (2).]