Land Titles Act 1980
131Application of Settled Land Act 1884 to land held under this Act
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131 Application of Settled Land Act 1884 to land held under this Act
(1) *[Section 131 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 1996, s. 19 ]*In the application of the Settled Land Act 1884 to settled land held under this Act, the following provisions have effect:
(a) the registered proprietor or the registered proprietors shall be deemed to be the trustee or trustees of the settlement;
(b) [Section 131 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2001, s. 11, Applied:12 Apr 2001] where under the Settled Land Act 1884 any power or authority is conferred upon a tenant for life, then upon the written request of the tenant for life, and upon the performance by the tenant for life of the conditions imposed by that Act upon the exercise of that power or authority by a tenant for life, the registered proprietor or registered proprietors shall exercise that power or authority;
(c) where under the Settled Land Act 1884 an instrument is to be executed by a tenant for life in order to exercise any power or authority conferred on a tenant for life, that instrument shall be executed by the registered proprietor or registered proprietors, and that execution shall have the same operation as the execution of such an instrument by a tenant for life is declared to have under that Act;
(d) [Section 131 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 95, Applied:01 Jan 2022] [Section 131 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 95, Applied:01 Jan 2022] a registered proprietor or registered proprietors executing a power or authority in accordance with the Settled Land Act 1884 upon the written request of the tenant for life, or with the sanction of the Supreme Court if, being the tenant or the tenants for life, the registered proprietor or registered proprietors are the sole trustee or trustees of the settlement, shall not by reason of executing that power or authority incur any personal liability to the registered proprietor’s or registered proprietors’ beneficiaries or to any other person;
(e) the registered proprietor or registered proprietors referred to in shall not, for the purpose of executing any power or authority or complying with any request referred to in that paragraph, be bound to enter into any personal covenant or contract;