14.1 Pending registration queue
instruments and caveats affecting a parcel of land to which a land
identification number has been assigned under section 51.
(2) The Registrar shall establish and maintain a pending
registration queue.
(3) The Registrar shall ensure that instruments and caveats are
entered in the pending registration queue in an order acceptable to
the Registrar.
(4) Instruments and caveats in the pending registration queue must
be examined and registered in accordance with section 14(2) in the
order in which they are entered in the pending registration queue.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the regulations may provide
that instruments and caveats in the pending registration queue may
be examined and registered in an order other than the order in
which they are entered in the pending registration queue.
(6) If an instrument or caveat in the pending registration queue is
found to be incomplete, not in the proper form or not fit for
registration, the Registrar may
(a) return the instrument or caveat for correction, in which c ase
the instrument or caveat shall,
(i) if it is returned to the Registrar within the time
prescribed by the regulations, retain its place in the
pending registration queue, or
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(ii) if it is not returned to t he Registrar within the time
prescribed by the regulations, be removed from the
pending registration queue,
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(b) reject the instrument or c aveat if, in the Registrar's opinion,
it was submitted in bad faith or its defects are such that they
cannot reasonably be corrected, in which case the
instrument or caveat shall be removed from the pending
registration queue.
(7) Where, under a court order or enactment, an instrument or
caveat must be registered within a specific period of time, the
requirements of the court order or enactment with respect to the
timing of registration are deemed to have been satisfied when the
instrument or caveat is entered in the pending registration queue,
unless the instrument or caveat is later removed from the pending
registration queue under subsection (6)(a)(ii) or (b).
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