Clause 12

The Board may execute a document described or expressed as a deed, which relates to the sale, lease, assignment, mortgage or assurance whatsoever of any premises sold under the provisions of this Act, without affixing its common seal onto the document, by signature —

on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board and an officer of the Board authorised by the Board for that purpose;

on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board in the presence of a witness who attests the signature; or

on behalf of the Board by at least 2 officers of the Board, each duly authorised by the Board for that purpose.(2) A document mentioned in subsection (1) that is signed on behalf of the Board in accordance with that subsection has the same effect as if the document were executed under the common seal of the Board.(3) Section 11 of the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 does not apply to any document that has been purportedly executed in the manner set out in subsection (1).(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c), where the document described or expressed as a deed is in the form of an electronic record, each person signing the document must sign it by applying a prescribed secure electronic signature to the electronic record.Alternative to sealing for certain documents4B. Where any written law or rule of law requires any document which relates to the sale, lease, assignment, mortgage or assurance whatsoever of any premises sold under the provisions of this Act, to be under or executed under the common seal of the Board, or provides for certain consequences if it is not, a document satisfies that written law or rule of law if the document is signed in the manner set out in section 4A(1)(a), (b) or (c) and (4).”.