Clause 19

by deleting the words “person acquiring title and a certificate by the person divesting title under this Act” in the 5th and 6th lines of subsection (1) and substituting the words “parties to the instrument”;

by deleting the words “the person acquiring title or divesting title” in the 1st and 2nd lines of subsection (2) and substituting the words “any party to the instrument”;

by deleting subsections (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) Where —

a solicitor has been employed by a party to the instrument, the certificate referred to in subsection (2) shall be signed by the solicitor; or

a solicitor has not been employed by a party to the instrument, the party himself shall sign the certificate referred to in subsection (2) and if the party is a corporation, a responsible officer of the corporation shall sign the certificate.(3A) Where any instrument is executed by an attorney (within the meaning of Part XVI) for a party to the instrument, the certificate by the attorney shall imply representations that, to the best of the belief of the attorney or (as the case may be) the solicitor employed, the attorney has the authority to act as the agent for and on behalf of the party in respect of that instrument.(4) Each certificate shall indicate in legible characters —

the name and capacity of the signatory; and

where it is signed by a solicitor employed by the party to the instrument, the date of issue of the solicitor’s practising certificate.”; and

by deleting the words “either before or after 1st March 1994” in the 2nd line of subsection (7).