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TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1893 - SECT 109

109 .         Application of purchase money

        (1)         If mortgaged or charged land is sold by the mortgagee or his transferees, the purchase money arising from the sale shall be applied as follows —

            (a)         firstly in payment of the expenses of and incidental to such sale and consequent on such default;

            (b)         secondly in payment of the moneys which may be due or owing on the mortgage;

            (c)         thirdly in payment of subsequent mortgages and of any money which may be due or owing in respect of any subsequent charge in the order of their respective priorities,

                and the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the mortgagor.

        (1A)         However, if the sale be made by a mortgagee or his transferees and there is a subsequent charge the purchase moneys after there shall have been made thereout all proper prior payments shall be deposited by him or them in the manner and names and for purposes corresponding with those after mentioned.

        (1B)         If mortgaged or charged land is sold by the annuitant or his transferees, the purchase money arising from the sale shall be applied as follows —

            (a)         firstly in payment of the expenses of and incidental to such sale and consequent on such default;

            (b)         then in payment of the moneys which may be due or owing to the annuitant or his transferees,

                and the residue shall be deposited by him or them at interest in the Commonwealth Savings Bank or in some other bank in Perth in the joint names of the annuitant or his transferees and of the Registrar to satisfy the accruing payments of the charge and subject thereto for the benefit of the parties who may be or become entitled to the residue of the deposited money.

        (2)         This section does not apply to the application of the proceeds of a sale by a mortgagee in accordance with section 77 of the Land Administration Act 1997 .

        [Section 109 amended: No. 17 of 1950 s. 26; No. 31 of 1997 s. 111; No. 19 of 2010 s. 51.]



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