Ownership
Section 86: Acquisition from disponer without valid title
201.The effect of subsections (1) to (3) is that if the register shows someone as proprietor, but that person’s title is in fact void, then when that person dispones the title to another (and that second person is duly registered as owner), if the requirements in subsection (3) (including regarding good faith and possession for one year) are met, then that second person acquires ownership. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the awareness of the Keeper referred to in subsection (3)(b) can be deduced from the information on the register.
202.Subsections (4) to (6) provide for the date when ownership is acquired under subsection (2). It is the later of the date of registration and the expiry of the one-year period of peaceful possession.
Section 87: Acquisition from representative of disponer without valid title
203.This section provides that section 86 also applies where the disposition in favour of a good faith acquirer is delivered by a representative of the registered proprietor (for example a trustee or executor).