Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AIRPORTS (TRANSITIONAL) ACT 1996 No. 36 of 1996 - SECT 16

(1) This section applies if:

   (a)  any right, title and interest in particular land vests in the
        Commonwealth under this Part; and

   (b)  there is lodged with a land registration official a certificate that:

        (i)    is signed by an authorised person; and

        (ii)   identifies the land, whether by reference to a map or
               otherwise; and

        (iii)  states that the right, title and interest has become vested in
               the Commonwealth under this Part. Note: Authorised person is
               defined by subsection (4).

(2) The land registration official may:

   (a)  register the matter in a way that is the same as, or similar to, the
        way in which dealings in land of that kind are registered; and

   (b)  deal with, and give effect to, the certificate.

(3) A document that appears to be a certificate under subsection (1) is taken
to be such a certificate, and to have been properly given, unless the contrary
is established.

(4) In this section:
authorised person means:

   (a)  the Minister for Finance; or

   (b)  a person authorised by the Minister for Finance, in writing, for the
        purposes of this section.