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  • 294.22 (1) Except in accordance with this section, no proceeding may be brought against the registrar or a person acting under the registrar’s direction by a person sustaining loss or damages caused, solely or partially, as a result of an omission, mistake or misfeasance of the registrar, or a person acting under the registrar’s direction, in the execution of their respective duties under this Act.
  • (2) A person sustaining loss or damages caused, solely or partially, as a result of an omission, mistake or misfeasance of the registrar, or a person acting under the registrar’s direction, in the execution of their respective duties under this Act, may, subject to section 294.6, proceed in court against the Land Title and Survey Authority as nominal defendant for the purpose of recovering the amount of the loss or damages and costs from the fund.
  • (3) Despite the Limitation Act, an action may not be brought against the Land Title and Survey Authority under this section unless the action is commenced within 3 years after the loss or damage is discovered by the claimant.
  • (4) If the person bringing an action under subsection (1) recovers final judgment against the Land Title and Survey Authority, the registrar of the court must certify to the Land Title and Survey Authority the fact of the judgment and the amount of the damages and costs recovered.
  • (5) The Land Title and Survey Authority must, on receipt of the certificate under subsection (4), pay the amount of the damages and costs, and must charge the amount to the fund.

2004-66-116, effective January 20, 2005 (B.C. Reg. 16/2005); 2005-35-16.

PRACTICE

Subsection 294.22(2), as amended by the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2005, S.B.C. 2005, c. 35, provides access to the assurance fund where a person’s actions contributed to a loss caused, in part, by an error of the registrar. Section 294.6(f) limits the liability of the assurance fund to that portion of the loss caused by the registrar or the registrar’s staff.

CROSS REFERENCES AND OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

See Di Castri, Registration of Title to Land, vol. 1, para. 119, and vol. 3, paras. 987, 988, and 996.

CASE LAW

With respect to the fault of the registrar, see the annotations under s. 298 of the Act.