99Transmission on death to personal representative

99 Transmission on death to personal representative

(1)  [Section 99 Subsection (1) amended by No. 7 of 2023, s. 11, Applied:13 Jun 2023] *[Section 99 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 1996, s. 19 ]*Where registered land devolved under the Deceased Persons' Estates Act 1874 or devolves under the Administration and Probate Act 1935 on the personal representative of a deceased registered proprietor, the Recorder shall, on the lodgement of –

(a) an application by the personal representative in an approved form to be registered proprietor of the land; and

(b) [Section 99 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 83, Applied:01 Jan 2022] the probate, letters of administration, or other authority constituting the applicant as personal representative of the deceased registered proprietor –

make such recording on the relevant folio of the Register or registered dealing as may be necessary to register the personal representative as proprietor of the land.

(2)  A recording made under subsection (1) may include a statement that the person named in the recording is registered proprietor as personal representative of the deceased proprietor.