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Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884
11AProvisions as to attornments by tenants
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### 11A Provisions as to attornments by tenants
> *\[Section 11A Inserted by No. 72 of 1962, s. 3 \]*
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> > (1) Where land is subject to a lease –
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> > > > (a) the conveyance of a reversion in the land expectant on the determination of the lease; or
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> > > > (b) the creation or conveyance of a rent-charge to issue or issuing out of the land –
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> > shall be valid without any attornment of the lessee.
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> > (2) Nothing in [subsection (1)](#GS11A@Gs1@EN) –
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> > > > (a) affects the validity of any payment of rent by the lessee to the person making the conveyance or grant before notice of the conveyance or grant is given to him by the person entitled thereunder; or
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> > > > (b) renders the lessee liable for any breach of covenant to pay rent, on account of his failure to pay rent to the person entitled under the conveyance or grant before such notice is given to the lessee.
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> > (3) An attornment by the lessee in respect of any land to a person claiming to be entitled to the interest in the land of the lessor, if made without the consent of the lessor is void.
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> > (4) [Subsection (3)](#GS11A@Gs3@EN) does not apply to an attornment –
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> > > > (a) made pursuant to a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction;
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> > > > (b) to a mortgagee, by a lessee holding under a lease from the mortgagor where the right of redemption is barred; or
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> > > > (c) to any person rightfully deriving title under the lessor.
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> > (5) An attornment by a lease of land to a stranger claiming title to the lessor's estate is void without the lessor's consent.
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> > (6) Sections 9 and 10 of the Imperial Act referred to either as the fourth year of Queen Anne, Chapter 3, and section 11 of the Imperial Act of the eleventh year of King George the Second, Chapter 19, are repealed so far as they apply to this State.