PART IIDEEDS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Delivery of deed by agent6
1
Any rule of law which requires authority by one person to another to deliver an instrument as a deed on his behalf to be given by deed is abolished.
2
Where a solicitor, or an agent or employee of a solicitor, in the course of, or in connection with, a transaction involving the sale or other disposition of—
a
an estate in land; or
b
an interest in the proceeds of sale of land,
purports to deliver an instrument as a deed on behalf of a party to the instrument, it is to be conclusively presumed in favour of a purchaser that he is authorised so to deliver the instrument.
3
In paragraph (2)—
“disposition” includes a conveyance and also a devise, bequest or appointment of property by will;
“purchaser” means a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and includes a lessee, mortgagee or other person who, for valuable consideration, acquires an estate in land or an interest in the proceeds of sale of land; and, in relation to a legal estate, includes a chargee by way of legal mortgage.
4
Nothing in this Article applies in relation to instruments delivered as deeds before the coming into operation of this Article.