Trusts Act 2025
sec.253Distribution of land after notice given to registrar or other person before commencement
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sec.253 Distribution of land after notice given to registrar or other person before commencement
This section applies if— before the commencement, a trustee gave the relevant official notice under the repealed Act, section 33(5) that land subject to the provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 or another Act was distributable because of an appropriation mentioned in that subsection; and immediately before the commencement, the relevant official had not registered or recorded the dealing effecting the distribution of the land. The repealed Act, section 33(5) continues to apply in relation to the relevant official as if this Act had not been enacted. In this section— relevant official , in relation to land subject to the provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 or another Act, means the registrar or other person, if any, having the duty or function of registering or recording dealings under that Act. (sec.253-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a trustee gave the relevant official notice under the repealed Act, section 33(5) that land subject to the provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 or another Act was distributable because of an appropriation mentioned in that subsection; and immediately before the commencement, the relevant official had not registered or recorded the dealing effecting the distribution of the land. (sec.253-ssec.2) The repealed Act, section 33(5) continues to apply in relation to the relevant official as if this Act had not been enacted. (sec.253-ssec.3) In this section— relevant official , in relation to land subject to the provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 or another Act, means the registrar or other person, if any, having the duty or function of registering or recording dealings under that Act.
- (a) before the commencement, a trustee gave the relevant official notice under the repealed Act, section 33(5) that land subject to the provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 or another Act was distributable because of an appropriation mentioned in that subsection; and
- (b) immediately before the commencement, the relevant official had not registered or recorded the dealing effecting the distribution of the land.