POWERS OF ATTORNEY AND AGENCY ACT 1984 - SECT 13

POWERS OF ATTORNEY AND AGENCY ACT 1984 - SECT 13

13—Effect of execution of deed by agent in his own name

        (1)         Where—

            (a)         an agent executes a deed in his own name; but

            (b)         it is apparent from the deed as executed that the agent was acting on behalf of his principal,

the agent is not, by reason only of the manner in which he executed the deed, personally liable upon the deed, and the deed has effect as if the agent had executed it in the name of his principal.

        (2)         This section applies in relation to a deed executed after the commencement of this Act whether the agent's authority was conferred before or after that commencement.