Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1920 (NSW)

CONVEYANCING (AMENDMENT)

ACT.

Act No. 23, 1920.

A n	A c t to amend the Conveyancing Act , 1919, and certain other Ac t s ; and for purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto.
[Assented to, 23rd December, 1920.]

B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows :—

1 . This Act may be cited as the "Conveyancing:

(Amendment) Act, 1920," and shall be construed with
the Conveyancing Act, 1919, herein referred to as the
Principal Act.

2 .    The Principal Act is amended as follows :—

Section one hundred and twenty-nine : After sub- section two add the following new subsection:—

(2A) I f such right of re-entry or forfeiture arises under a lease for a term of ten years or upwards by reason of a breach of a covenant by the lessee that he will not make alterations

" (1) In this Part the expression ' power
of attorney' or ' power' shall include an authorised

in the demised premises without the consent of
the lessor, and if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the court that the alterations made or purposed to be made have been or

may be made without substantial injury to the

lessor the court may grant relief on such terms
as the court may think proper.

Section one hundred and fifty-eight: After the number of the section insert—

authorised substitution, delegation, or appoint­ ment of sub-attorney : Provided that nothing in this Part shall enable the donee of a power

irrevocably to appoint a substitute, delegate, or

sub-attorney, unless expressly authorised so

to do.

" (2) "

Section one hundred and sixty: In subsection four, paragraph (b), after (he words "any donee of a power of attorney" insert the words "or person purporting to act as a substitute,

delegate, or sub-attorney."
Omit subsection six.

Section two hundred and two: At the end of the section add the following new subsection :—

(3) The fees prescribed in any such regula­ tions shall be the fees payable for all matters therein mentioned, notwithstanding the pro­

visions of section one hundred and eighteen of
the Peal Property Act, 1900, and the nineteenth schedule to such Act, or anything contained in any other Act or regulation prescribing the payment of fees, or limiting the amount thereof.

Section two hundred and three, subsection one : Omit subsection two of new section seventeen,

and substitute therefor the following :—

(2) In such case it shall be the duty of the Registrar-General to have a full and correct

copy made and filed in his office; such copy

shall be signed by the Registrar-General or one of his deputies, and shall take effect in all respects and for all purposes as if the original

instrument had been registered in manner

hereinbefore provided.

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