PROPERTY LAW ACT 1958 - NOTES
PROPERTY LAW ACT 1958 - NOTES
Version No.
141
No. 6344 of 1958
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Version No. 141
Property Law Act 1958
No. 6344 of 1958
Endnotes
1 General information
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Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
Property Law Act 1958
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984
(ILA)
Style changes
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in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
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provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by
the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or
clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of
the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or
clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the
following effects:
• Headings
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form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1
January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that
Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule;
sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A).
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after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes
inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on
or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January
2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was
passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms
part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
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inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers
include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See
section 36(3C).
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A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13
October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to
be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another
legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at
the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items
will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section
36B.
• Other material
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material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act. section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Property Law
Act 1958 instruments .
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Contracts of Sale (Payments) Act 1958 , No. 6433/1958
amended by No. 6489)
Assent Date:
28.10.58
Commencement Date:
2.2.59: Government Gazette 21.1.59 p. 116
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies Act 1958 , No. 6455/1958
Assent Date:
2.12.58
Commencement Date:
1.4.59: Government Gazette 4.3.59 p. 496
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Amendment) Act 1959 , No.
6491/1959
Assent Date:
7.4.59
Commencement Date:
7.4.59
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Loans to Minors) Act 1961, No.
6814/1961
Assent Date:
12.12.61
Commencement Date:
12.12.61
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies Act 1961 , No. 6839/1961
Assent Date:
19.12.61
Commencement Date:
1.7.62: Government Gazette 21.2.62 p. 392
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1962 , No.
6867/1962
Assent Date:
16.4.62
Commencement Date:
16.4.62
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 1962 , No.
6961/1962
Assent Date:
18.12.62
Commencement Date:
18.12.62: subject to s. 3
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Transfer of Land (Restrictive Covenants) Act 1964 , No.
7130/1964
Assent Date:
5.5.64
Commencement Date:
5.5.64
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Friendly Societies (Assignment of Contracts) Act 1964 ,
No. 7231/1964
Assent Date:
22.12.64
Commencement Date:
5.5.65: Government Gazette 5.5.65 p. 1551
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Loans to Minors) Act 1965, No.
7264/1965
Assent Date:
18.5.65
Commencement Date:
18.5.65
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Loans to Minors) Act 1966, No.
7376/1966
Assent Date:
14.4.66
Commencement Date:
14.4.66
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Amendment) Act 1968 , No.
7716/1968
Assent Date:
14.11.68
Commencement Date:
14.11.68
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1968 , No.
7750/1968
Assent Date:
10.12.68
Commencement Date:
10.12.68
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1971 , No.
8181/1971
Assent Date:
23.11.71
Commencement Date:
23.11.71
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1977 , No.
9019/1977
Assent Date:
17.5.77
Commencement Date:
17.5.77: subject to s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Deeds) Act 1977 , No.
9043/1977
Assent Date:
22.11.77
Commencement Date:
1.9.78: Government Gazette 26.7.78 p. 2429
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Age of Majority Act 1977 , No.
9075/1977
Assent Date:
6.12.77
Commencement Date:
1.2.78: Government Gazette 11.1.78 p. 97
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Imperial Law Re-enactment Act 1980 , No.
9407/1980
Assent Date:
20.5.80
Commencement Date:
2.7.80: Government Gazette 2.7.80 p. 2257
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1980 , No.
9427/1980
Assent Date:
27.5.80
Commencement Date:
27.5.80: subject to s. 6(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Delivery by Agent) Act 1981, No.
9630/1981
Assent Date:
8.12.81
Commencement Date:
8.12.81
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Penalty Interest Rates Act 1981 , No.
9633/1981
Assent Date:
8.12.81
Commencement Date:
1.4.82: Government Gazette 17.2.82 p. 456
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies (Consequential Amendments) Act 1981 , No.
9699/1981
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
Ss 9, 14, 18 on same day as No. 9572—1.7.81: s. 2(2) ;
s. 19 on 1.10.81: s. 2(3) ; s. 22 on 5.1.82: s. 2(4) ; rest of Act on same day as
No. 9712—1.7.82: s. 2(1)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Sale of Land (Amendment) Act 1982 , No.
9858/1982
Assent Date:
5.1.83
Commencement Date:
2.5.83: Government Gazette 8.4.83 p. 753
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983 , No.
9967/1983
Assent Date:
22.11.83
Commencement Date:
1.7.83: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1984 , No.
10087/1984
Assent Date:
22.5.84
Commencement Date:
22.5.84: subject to s. 3(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 , No.
10096/1984
Assent Date:
22.5.84
Commencement Date:
1.7.84: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 , No.
10167/1984
Assent Date:
20.11.84
Commencement Date:
1.4.85: Government Gazette 20.2.85 p. 372
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts Amendment Act 1986 , No.
16/1986
Assent Date:
22.4.86
Commencement Date:
Ss 1 –11, 13 –27 . 29 –34 on 1.7.86:
Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180; s. 28 on 1.9.86: Government Gazette 27.8.86
p. 3201; s. 12 on 1.1.88: Government Gazette 7.10.87 p. 2701
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Mental Health Act 1986 , No. 59/1986
Assent Date:
3.6.86
Commencement Date:
Ss 1 –3 , 21 , 23 , Sch. 1 on 19.6.87: Government Gazette
17.6.87 p. 1538; rest of Act on 1.10.87: Government Gazette 30.9.87 p.
2585
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Supreme Court Act 1986 , No. 110/1986
Assent Date:
16.12.86
Commencement Date:
1.1.87: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Friendly Societies Act 1986 , No.
119/1986
Assent Date:
23.12.86
Commencement Date:
1.9.87: Government Gazette 26.8.87 p. 2257
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Transfer of Land (Conversion) Act 1986 , No.
128/1986
Assent Date:
23.12.86
Commencement Date:
1.3.88: Government Gazette 16.12.87 p. 3392
Current State:
All of Act in operation
State Trust Corporation of Victoria Act 1987 , No.
55/1987
Assent Date:
20.10.87
Commencement Date:
2.11.87: Government Gazette 28.10.87 p.
2925
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Amendment) Act 1987 , No.
91/1987
Assent Date:
1.12.87
Commencement Date:
1.6.88: Government Gazette 1.6.88 p. 1487
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Liquor Control Act 1987 , No. 97/1987
Assent Date:
1.12.87
Commencement Date:
S. 181(11) on 3.5.88: Government Gazette
27.4.88 p. 1044
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Libraries Act 1988 , No. 80/1988
Assent Date:
20.12.88
Commencement Date:
24.5.89: Government Gazette 24.5.89 p. 1222
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Transfer of Land (Computer Register) Act 1989 , No.
18/1989
Assent Date:
16.5.89
Commencement Date:
3.2.92: Government Gazette 18.12.91 p. 3488
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989 ,
No. 57/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1)(a)–(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette
30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p.
2217
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Water (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989 , No.
81/1989
Assent Date:
5.12.89
Commencement Date:
1.11.90: Government Gazette 15.8.90 p. 2473
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Administration and Probate (Amendment) Act 1994 , No.
10/1994
Assent Date:
3.5.94
Commencement Date:
Ss 1 , 2 on 3.5.94: s. 2(1) ; ss 3 , 4, 7–15 on 27.4.95:
Government Gazette 27.4.95 p. 973; rest of Act on 1.7.95: s.
2(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
State Trustees (State Owned Company) Act 1994 , No.
45/1994
Assent Date:
7.6.94
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1 –3 ), s. 27 on 7.6.94: s. 2(1) ; rest of Act
on 1.7.94: Special Gazette (No. 36) 23.6.94 p. 1
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 , No.
52/1994
Assent Date:
15.6.94
Commencement Date:
Ss 1 , 2 on 15.6.94: s. 2(1) ; ss 3 –5 , Pt 2 (ss
6 –19 ), Sch. 1 on 30.9.94: Government Gazette 29.9.94 p. 2306;
rest of Act on 15.12.94: s. 2(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Property Law (Amendment) Act 1994 , No.
71/1994
Assent Date:
25.10.94
Commencement Date:
25.10.94: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996
Assent Date:
6.11.96
Commencement Date:
S. 453(Sch. 1 items 68.1–68.4) on 1.1.97: s.
2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Friendly Societies (Victoria) Act 1996, No.
83/1996
Assent Date:
23.12.96
Commencement Date:
S. 40 on 1.10.97: Special Gazette (No. 122) 1.10.97
p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Co-operatives Act 1996, No. 84/1996
Assent Date:
23.12.96
Commencement Date:
S. 467(Sch. 6 item 11.1) on 1.10.97: Special Gazette (No.
122) 1.10.97 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Property Law (Amendment) Act 1998, No.
23/1998
Assent Date:
5.5.98
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1 –3 ) on 5.5.98: s. 2(1) ; rest of Act on
29.6.98: Government Gazette 25.6.98 p. 1561
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998,
No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1 ) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Tribunals and Licensing Authorities (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act 1998, No. 52/1998
Assent Date:
2.6.98
Commencement Date:
S. 311(Sch. 1 item 78) on 1.7.98: Government Gazette 18.6.98
p. 1512
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Transfer of Land (Single Register) Act 1998, No.
85/1998
Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No.
74/2000
Statute Law Amendment (Authorised Deposit-taking
Institutions) Act 2001, No. 11/2001
Statute Law Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001, No.
27/2001 (as amended by No. 72/2001)
Assent Date:
12.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 items 9.2(a), 9.3) on 28.6.01: Government
Gazette 28.6.01 p. 1428; s. 3(Sch. 1 items 9.1,
9.2(b)–(d), 9.4–9.6) on 8.11.01:
Government Gazette 8.11.01 p. 2797
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 , No.
44/2001
Assent Date:
27.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 93) on 15.7.01: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Transfer of Land (Electronic Transactions) Act 2004, No.
23/2004
Assent Date:
18.5.04
Commencement Date:
S. 10 on 19.5.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Public Administration Act 2004 ,
No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 164) on 5.4.05: Government
Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No.
18/2005
Assent Date:
24.5.05
Commencement Date:
S. 18(Sch. 1 item 87) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette
1.12.05 p. 2781
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Property (Co-ownership) Act 2005, No.
71/2005
Assent Date:
25.10.05
Commencement Date:
Ss 3 –5 on 1.2.06: Government Gazette 19.1.06 p.
70
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Retail Leases (Amendment) Act 2005,
No. 82/2005
Assent Date:
22.11.05
Commencement Date:
S. 51 on 23.11.05: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Land Tax Act 2005 , No. 88/2005
Charities (Amendment) Act 2006,
No. 73/2006
Assent Date:
10.10.06
Commencement Date:
S. 8 on 10.10.06: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Conveyancers Act 2006 , No. 75/2006
Relationships Act 2008 , No. 12/2008
Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008,
No. 24/2008
Assent Date:
3.6.08
Commencement Date:
S. 85 on 17.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 377) 16.12.08 p.
1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 2010,
No. 1/2010
Assent Date:
9.2.10
Commencement Date:
S. 41 on 1.8.10: Government Gazette 22.7.10
p. 1628
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Statute Law Revision Act 2011 , No.
29/2011
Commercial Arbitration Act 2011 ,
No. 50/2011
Assent Date:
18.10.11
Commencement Date:
S. 46(Sch. item 13) on 17.11.11: Special Gazette
(No. 369) 15.11.11 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act
2013 , No. 7/2013
Assent Date:
26.2.13
Commencement Date:
S. 14 on 14.3.13: Special Gazette (No. 86) 13.3.13
p. 1; s. 22 on 14.2.18: Special Gazette
(No. 49) 13.2.18 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Co-operatives National Law Application Act 2013 ,
No. 9/2013
Assent Date:
13.3.13
Commencement Date:
S. 42(Sch. 2 item 15) on 3.3.14: Special Gazette
(No. 46) 18.2.14 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Statute Law Revision Act 2013 ,
No. 70/2013
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 ,
No. 17/2014
Assent Date:
25.3.14
Commencement Date:
S. 160(Sch. 2 item 76) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette
(No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Mental Health Act 2014 ,
No. 26/2014
Assent Date:
8.4.14
Commencement Date:
S. 455(Sch. item 23) on 1.7.14: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Consumer Acts and Other Acts Amendment Act 2016,
No. 23/2016
Assent Date:
10.5.16
Commencement Date:
S. 36 on 1.6.16: Special Gazette (No. 162) 24.5.16
p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018 , No.
6/2018
Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 , No.
13/2019
Mental
Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 , No. 39/2022
Assent Date:
6.9.22
Commencement Date:
Ss 854, 855 on 1.9.23: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
Statute Law Amendment
(References to the Sovereign) Act 2023,
No. 25/2023
Assent Date:
5.9.23
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1 item 20) on 6.9.23:
s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending
the Property Law Act 1958
State Taxation Acts and Other Acts Amendment
Act 2023, No. 38/2023
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Conversion (Property Law Act) Regulations 1974, S.R.
No. 151/1974
Date of Making:
7.5.74
Date of Commencement:
1.6.74: reg. 2
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3 Explanatory details
[1] S. 2(3): The Property Law
Act 1928 (repealed ) came into operation on 18 December
1929.
[2] section
3(2) of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
[3] S. 16: As to successory
trusts, see section 19 of the Religious and Successory Trusts Act
1958
[4] S. 18(1) definition of
bankruptcy
[5] S. 18(1) definition of
conveyance section 45 of the Trustee Act
1958
[6] S. 18(1) definition of
land section 201.
[7] S. 29: See section 37(2) of
the Trustee Act 1958
[8] S. 32(1): See section
13(5) –(7) of the Trustee Act 1958
[9] S. 32(3): See sections 38 and
39 for instances of trusts for sale created by this Part of the Act.
[10] S. 33(3): See note
9.
[11] S. 35(1): See section 102
of the Settled Land Act 1958
[12] S. 35(1): See section 73
of the Settled Land Act 1958
[13] S. 35(2): See section 47
of the Settled Land Act 1958
[14] S. 35(5): See sections 38
and 39 .
[15] S. 36: Compare section 30
of the Trustee Act 1958
[16] S. 38(1): Compare sections
87 and 88 .
[17] S. 52(2)(a): See section
41 of the Administration and Probate Act 1958
[18] S. 52(2)(b): See section
133 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 of the Commonwealth.
[19] S. 60(6) (Proviso): See
section 249.
[20] S. 62: See section
197.
[21] S. 69: See section 28 of
the Trustee Act 1958
[22] S. 80(1): See sections 141
and 142 .
[23] S. 81(2): See note
22.
[24] S. 84(6): See section 88
of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
[25] S. 98(1): As to the right
of a mortgagor to sue in cases of mortgages under the Transfer of Land Act
1958 section 81(3) of that Act.
[26] S. 105: See section
50.
[27] S. 115: Compare section
124 as to the conveyance by deed of
[28] S. 116: See section
20.
[29] S. 124: Compare section
115 as to the effect of a receipt as a
[30] limitations , and with equitable waste.
[31] S. 136: See also section
154.
[32] S. 150(5): Distress for
rent was abolished by section 18 of the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act
1948
[33] S. 153(6)(a): See section
157 of the Marriage Act 1958
[34] S. 154: See also section
136.
[35] repealed ):
The repeal of sections 162, 164, 165 and 166 does not affect instruments or
dispositions to which the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1968
[36] repealed ):
See note 35.
[37] repealed ):
See note 35.
[38] repealed ):
See note 35.
[39] Marriage Act 1958
[40] S. 179(1): Compare section
52(6) of the Trustee Act 1958
[41] S. 183(1): For definition
of purchaser section 18.
[42] S. 197: See also section
62.
[43] S. 209: As to power of
Governor in Council to make regulations prescribing fees, see section
13.
[44] S. 210: See note
43.
[45] S. 213: See note
43.
[46] S. 214: See note
43.
[47] S. 216: See note
43.
[48] estates tail or when there is a
limitation to a person under the designation of "heir" that is to an heir by
purchase. See for example section 130.
[49] Estates
tail have now almost disappeared in Victoria and no new estates tail can be
created—see section 249.
[50] S. 249: The Transfer of
Land Statute Amendment Act 1885 , No. 872 was passed on 18 December
1885, and came into operation on 1 January 1886.
[51] S. 250: See note
50.
