New South Wales Consolidated Acts

REAL PROPERTY ACT 1900 - SECT 133

133 Subrogation of rights to claim compensation

(1) An insurer cannot be subrogated to any other person in respect of that other person’s right to claim compensation from the Torrens Assurance Fund in relation to compensable loss.

(2) If administrative proceedings or court proceedings are commenced in relation to a claimant’s compensable loss, the Registrar-General is subrogated to the claimant in respect of the claimant’s rights and remedies against any person in relation to that loss.

(3) In the case of a deceased person, the compensation may be recovered from the deceased person’s estate by proceedings taken against the deceased person’s personal representative.

(4) The Registrar-General may join any person in any court proceedings if of the opinion that the claimant has a cause of action against that person in respect of the compensable loss to which the proceedings relate.

(5) This section has effect despite any provision of the Legal Profession Act 2004 or any other Act, law or agreement.