Queensland Consolidated Acts

PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 239

239 General words implied in conveyances

(1) A conveyance of land after the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to include and shall because of this Act operate to convey, with the land, all buildings, erections, fixtures, commons, hedges, ditches, fences, ways, waters, watercourses, liberties, privileges, easements, rights and advantages whatsoever, appertaining or reputed to appertain to the land or any part of the land, or, at the time of conveyance, demised, occupied, or enjoyed with, or reputed or known as part or parcel of or appurtenant to the land or any part of the land.

(2) A conveyance of land, having houses or other buildings on it, shall be deemed to include and shall because of this Act operate to convey, with the land, houses, or other buildings, all outhouses, erections, fixtures, cellars, areas, courts, courtyards, cisterns, sewers, gutters, drains, ways, passages, lights, watercourses, liberties, privileges, easements, rights, and advantages of any kind, appertaining or reputed to appertain to the land, houses, or other buildings conveyed, or any of them, or any part of them, or, at the time of conveyance, demised, occupied, or enjoyed with, or reputed or known as part or parcel of or appurtenant to, the land, houses, or other buildings conveyed, or any of them, or any part of them.

(3) This section applies only if and as far as a contrary intention is not expressed in the conveyance, and has effect subject to the terms of the conveyance and to the provisions contained in the conveyance.