Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) As soon as practicable, and, in any event, within 28 days, after the publication in the Gazette of a copy of a declaration under subsection 41(1) or of a notice varying such a declaration, the Secretary of the Department shall cause to be lodged with the Registrar - General, Registrar of Titles or other proper officer of the State or Territory in which the relevant land is situated a memorandum setting out particulars of the declaration, or of the variation, as the case may be.
(2) The officer with whom memorandum is lodged may:
(a) deal with and give effect to the declaration as if it were a grant, conveyance, or transfer of the acquired interest to the acquiring authority duly executed under the law in force in the State or Territory; and
(b) make such entries in the records kept by the officer as are necessary having regard to the effect of subsection 41(4).