Section 54A — Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)

(1) No action or proceedings may be brought upon any contract for the sale or other disposition of land or any interest in land, unless the agreement upon which such action or proceedings is brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, is in writing, and signed by the party to be charged or by some other person thereunto lawfully authorised by the party to be charged.
(2) This section applies to contracts whether made before or after the commencement of the Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1930 and does not affect the law relating to part performance, or sales by the court.
(3) This section applies and shall be deemed to have applied from the commencement of the Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1930 to land under the provisions of the Real Property Act 1900.
(4) A contract referred to in subsection (1) is not invalidated or rendered unenforceable only because it has been created in electronic form and electronically signed or attested.

Related sections

• s 52A — Contracts for sale of land
• s 53 — Obligation to show title etc
• s 54 — Application of stated conditions to all sales
• s 54B — Damages: defective title
• s 55 — Right of purchaser to recover deposit etc
• s 56 — No rescission by vendor on purchaser’s objections etc until purchaser has reasonable opportunity to waive objections etc

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