Western Australian Current Acts

TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 129B

129B .         Discharge and modification of restrictive covenants

        (1)         Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act to the contrary, but subject to subsection (3), any covenant or agreement affecting or restricting the use of land may be discharged or modified by agreement by all persons interested in the land affected by such covenant or agreement consenting to such discharge or modification.

        (2)         The Commissioner shall, when satisfied that all parties interested as aforesaid have agreed to the discharge or modification of any covenant entered on any certificate of title in the Register, direct the Registrar to enter a memorandum of the discharge or modification on each such certificate.

        (3)         Notwithstanding subsection (1), the discharge or modification of a restrictive covenant created under —

            (a)         section 129BA shall be in accordance with section 129BB; or

            (b)         Part IVA shall be in accordance with section 136J.

        [Section 129B inserted: No. 17 of 1950 s. 34; amended: No. 81 of 1996 s. 75.]