(1) Despite section 66, if property specified in the * forfeiture order
is * registrable property:
- (a)
- that property vests in equity in the
Commonwealth but does not vest in the Commonwealth at law until the applicable
registration requirements have been complied with; and
- (b)
- the * DPP has power, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to do anything
necessary or convenient to give notice of, or otherwise protect, the
Commonwealth's equitable interest in that property; and
- (c)
- the Commonwealth is entitled to be registered as the owner of that
property; and
- (d)
- the * Official Trustee has power, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to do, or
authorise the doing of, anything necessary or convenient to obtain the
registration of the Commonwealth as the owner.
(2) Any action by the * DPP under paragraph (1)(b) is not a dealing for
the purposes of subsection 69(1).
(3) The * Official Trustee's powers under paragraph (1)(d) include
executing any instrument required to be executed by a person transferring an *
interest in property of that kind.