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FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 106A

Execution of instruments by order of court

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an order under this Act has directed a person to execute a deed or instrument; and

  (b)   that person has refused or neglected to comply with the direction or, for any other reason, the court considers it necessary to exercise the powers of the court under this subsection;

the court may appoint an officer of the court or other person to execute the deed or instrument in the name of the person to whom the direction was given and to do all acts and things necessary to give validity and operation to the deed or instrument.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a provision of a maintenance agreement that has been registered under section   86 or approved by a court under section   87 requires a person to execute a deed or instrument; and

  (b)   that person has refused or neglected to comply with that provision of the maintenance agreement or, for any other reason, the court considers it necessary to exercise the powers of the court under this subsection;

the court may appoint an officer of the court or other person to execute the deed or instrument in the name of the person required by that provision of the maintenance agreement to execute the deed or instrument and to do all acts and things necessary to give validity and operation to the deed or instrument.

  (3)   The execution of a deed or instrument by a person appointed under this section to execute that deed or instrument has the same force and validity as if the deed or instrument had been executed by the person directed by an order referred to in paragraph   (1)(a), or required by a provision of a maintenance agreement referred to in paragraph   (2)(a), to execute it.

  (4)   The court may make such order as it considers just as to the payment of the costs and expenses of and incidental to the preparation of the deed or instrument and its execution.



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