Section 29Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)

Appointments to be valid notwithstanding one or more objects excluded

(1) No appointment in exercise of any power to appoint any property amongst several objects shall be invalid on the ground that any object of the power has been altogether excluded, but every such appointment shall be valid and effectual notwithstanding that any one or more of the objects do not by such appointment or in default of appointment take a share or shares of the property.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prejudice or affect any provision in any instrument creating any power which declares the amount of the share or shares from which no object of the power shall be excluded, or some one or more object or objects shall not be excluded.
(3) This section applies to appointments made after the commencement of this Act in exercise of powers created before or after the commencement of this Act.

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