Trustee Act 1925

Where a new trustee is appointed, the execution and registration of the deed of appointment shall without any conveyance, except as otherwise provided in this section, vest in the persons who become and are the trustees for performing the trust, as joint tenants and for the purposes of the trust, the trust property for which the new trustee is appointed.

Where a trustee retires, the execution and registration of the deed or deeds of consent and retirement shall without any conveyance, except as otherwise provided in this section, vest in the continuing trustees alone as joint tenants and for the purposes of the trust, all the trust property which is jointly vested in the continuing trustees and the retiring trustee.

In the case of land subject to the provisions of the Real Property Act 1900, the property shall not vest until either—

the appropriate transfer is executed and registered, so that the property is duly transferred, or

an entry of the vesting is made by the Registrar-General.

In the case of any property subject to the provisions of the Closer Settlement Acts, the Crown Land Management Act 2016, the Mining Act 1992 or the Offshore Minerals Act 1999, or any other Act relating to Crown lands, the property shall not vest until either—

the appropriate transfer is executed and registered so that the property is duly transferred, or

an entry of the vesting is made in the appropriate register kept under the provisions of the Act to which such property is subject.

In the following cases the property shall not vest until the appropriate transfer is executed and registered so that the property is duly transferred, that is to say, in the case of—

any property comprised in a mortgage for securing money subject to the trust, where the property is not either land subject to the provisions of the Real Property Act 1900 or land conveyed on trust for securing debentures or debenture stock,

(Repealed)

any property a conveyance of which is required to be registered by or under any Act, whether of this State or otherwise, other than the Acts mentioned in subsections (3) and (3A).

In the case of any property that is only transferable in books kept by a corporation company or other body, or in manner directed by or under any Act, whether of this State or otherwise, the property shall not vest until it is duly transferred.

In the case of land held under a lease which contains any covenant condition or agreement against assignment or disposing of the land without licence or consent, the land shall not vest until it is duly transferred, unless—

before the execution of the deed of appointment, or the deed or deeds of consent and retirement, as the case may be, the requisite licence or consent to the assignment or disposition has been obtained, or

by virtue of any statute or rule of law the vesting would not operate as a breach of covenant or give rise to a forfeiture.

If any property does not vest under this section until transfer or registration, the execution and registration of the deed of appointment, or of the deed or deeds of consent and retirement, as the case may be, shall nevertheless vest the right to call for a transfer of the property, and to sue for or recover the property.

This section extends to an appointment by deed, or a retirement by deed, under the provisions of the instrument, if any, creating the trust.

This section applies to trusts created either before or after the commencement of this Act.