(1) All laws statutes
Acts Ordinances rules regulations and practice whatsoever so far as
inconsistent with this Act shall not apply or be deemed to apply to land
whether Crown, freehold or leasehold which shall be under the operation of
this Act.
(2A) If a provision of
this Act is inconsistent with a provision of the
Electronic Conveyancing Act 2014 , the provision of that Act prevails to the
extent of the inconsistency.
(2) This Act does not
—
(a)
apply to the registration of rights over land in respect of minerals,
petroleum, geothermal energy or geothermal energy resources; or
(b)
prevent or otherwise affect the system of registration under other Acts of
mining, petroleum or geothermal energy rights in respect of land whether
Crown, freehold or leasehold.
(3) In subsection (2)
—
geothermal energy and geothermal energy resources
have the same meanings as they have in the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy
Resources Act 1967 ;
mining, petroleum or geothermal energy rights has
the same meaning as it has in the Land Administration Act 1997 .
(4) If a provision of
this Act is inconsistent with a provision of the Strata Titles Act 1985 that
relates to strata leases, the provision of that Act prevails to the extent of
the inconsistency.
[Section 3 amended: No. 31 of 1997 s. 88; No. 28
of 2003 s. 129(2); No. 35 of 2007 s. 106; No. 2 of 2014 s. 62; No. 30 of 2018
s. 194.]