Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LANDS ACQUISITION ACT 1989 No. 15 of 1989 - SECT 138

138. (1) Notice shall be taken of the signature, on an instrument relating to
land or an interest in land, of the Attorney-General or of a delegate of the
Attorney-General, if the signature purports to be witnessed by an officer of
the Attorney-General's Department.

(2) The Registrar-General, Registrar of Titles or other appropriate officer of
the State or Territory in which the land referred to in the instrument is
situated may register such an instrument so signed and attested without
further proof of the signature of the Attorney-General, delegate or witness,
and notwithstanding that the signature is not attested in accordance with the
law of the State or Territory.