59AAmendment of Register to reflect successor at law

59A Amendment of Register to reflect successor at law S. 59A(1) amended by No. 42/2017 s. 26(1). (1) Where by operation of law a person or body corporate is established as the successor in law to a person or body corporate that is the registered proprietor of land, the Registrar must make any necessary amendments in the Register— (a) on being requested to do so; and (b) on delivery of a certificate described in subsection (2). S. 59A(2) substituted by No. 42/2017 s. 26(2). (2) A request under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a certificate certifying that the property, rights or liabilities of the former person or body corporate specified in the certificate have been vested in, or become the property, right or liabilities of, the successor in law to the former person or body corporate, that is signed by— (a) in the case of a successor body corporate in law, the chief executive officer (however described) of the successor body corporate in law; or (b) in the case of a successor in law that is a natural person or corporation sole, the natural person or corporation sole. S. 59A(3) amended by No. 42/2017 s. 26(3). (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a certificate described in subsection (2) is admissible as evidence in any proceeding for the purpose of establishing proof that the property, rights or liabilities of the former person or body corporate specified in the certificate have been vested in, or become the property, rights or liabilities of, the successor in law to the former person or body corporate, and is conclusive proof of those matters.