Section 177A — Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)

No distress for rent

(1) Any common law right of a person to levy distress for rent is abolished.
(2) Nothing in this section affects any other right of a person to whom rent is due to recover the rent from the person liable to pay the rent.

Sourced from the New South Wales Legislation website at 8 June 2026. For the latest information on New South Wales Government legislation please go to https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 175 — Property subject to power may be sold in execution
s 176 — Protection of solicitors, licensed conveyancers, trustees etc
s 177 — Duty of care in relation to support for land
s 178 — No way by user against Crown etc
s 179 — Right to light or air not deemed to exist by reason only of enjoyment or presumption of lost grant
s 180 — Sale under power not to be avoided by reason of mistaken payment to tenant for life

Research how courts apply s 177A

BriefBridge searches NSW and High Court caselaw by meaning — every answer cited to the paragraph.

Try BriefBridge free