# The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, Article 6: Delivery of deed by agent


(1) Any rule of law which requires authority by one person to another to deliver an instrument as a deed on his behalf to be given by deed is abolished.
(2) Where a solicitor, or an agent or employee of a solicitor, in the course of, or in connection with, a transaction involving the sale or other disposition of—
(a) an estate in land; or
(b) an interest in the proceeds of sale of land,
purports to deliver an instrument as a deed on behalf of a party to the instrument, it is to be conclusively presumed in favour of a purchaser that he is authorised so to deliver the instrument.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
“disposition” includes a conveyance and also a devise, bequest or appointment of property by will;
“purchaser” means a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and includes a lessee, mortgagee or other person who, for valuable consideration, acquires an estate in land or an interest in the proceeds of sale of land; and, in relation to a legal estate, includes a chargee by way of legal mortgage.
(4) Nothing in this Article applies in relation to instruments delivered as deeds before the coming into operation of this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110490940/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-6
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