Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Property Law Act 1958 - SECT 30

Conveyances on behalf of patients

30. Conveyances on behalf of patients



(1) Where a legal estate in land (whether settled or not) is vested in a
patient within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1986 in respect of whose
estate an administrator is appointed under the
Guardianship and Administration Act 1986, either solely or jointly with any
other person or persons, the administrator shall, under an order of the Court,
or under any statutory power, make or concur in making all requisite
dispositions for conveying or creating a legal estate in the name and on
behalf of that patient.

(2) If land held on trust for sale is vested in a patient within the meaning
of the Mental Health Act 1986 in respect of whom a guardian is appointed under
the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 either solely or jointly with any
other person or persons, a new trustee shall be appointed in his place, or he
shall be otherwise discharged from the trust, before the legal estate is dealt
with under the trust for sale or under the powers vested in the trustees for
sale.

Subdivision 2-Dispositions on trust for sale