Victorian Numbered Acts

LAND LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 80 OF 2009) - SECT 34

After section 59 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 insert —

    " 59A     Amendment of Register to reflect successor at law

    (1)     Where by operation of law a body corporate is established as the successor in law to a 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).

    (2)     A request under subsection (1) must be accompanied by     a certificate signed by the chief executive officer (however described) of the successor body corporate certifying that the property, rights or liabilities of the former 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 body corporate.

    (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 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 body corporate, and is conclusive proof of those matters.".