QLDIn ForceAct
Property Law Act 2023
sec.53Execution by partnership or unincorporated association
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.53
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Property Law Act 2023.
### sec.53 Execution by partnership or unincorporated association
An individual may execute a document that is to have effect as a deed on behalf of a partnership or unincorporated association by signing the document.
An individual may sign a document under subsection (1) whether or not in the presence of a witness.
If an individual signs a document under subsection (1) , the individual must sign the document in a way that indicates the person is executing the document on behalf of the partnership or unincorporated association.
A reference in subsection (1) to a document includes a document containing a power of attorney for the partnership or unincorporated association.
This section does not limit or otherwise affect another law or document that requires or permits a document executed on behalf of a partnership or unincorporated association to be executed in a particular way.
This section does not affect a document that requires or permits a document executed on behalf of a partnership to be executed by a stated number of partners.
(sec.53-ssec.1) An individual may execute a document that is to have effect as a deed on behalf of a partnership or unincorporated association by signing the document.
(sec.53-ssec.2) An individual may sign a document under subsection (1) whether or not in the presence of a witness.
(sec.53-ssec.3) If an individual signs a document under subsection (1) , the individual must sign the document in a way that indicates the person is executing the document on behalf of the partnership or unincorporated association.
(sec.53-ssec.4) A reference in subsection (1) to a document includes a document containing a power of attorney for the partnership or unincorporated association.
(sec.53-ssec.5) This section does not limit or otherwise affect another law or document that requires or permits a document executed on behalf of a partnership or unincorporated association to be executed in a particular way. This section does not affect a document that requires or permits a document executed on behalf of a partnership to be executed by a stated number of partners.