Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) land becomes land of 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 land has become land of the Commonwealth under this Part.
(2) The land registration official may:
(a) register the matter in the same 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:
"land registration official" means the Registrar of Titles or other proper officer of the State or Territory in which the land is situated.