Land Transfer Act 1952 (Reprint as at 1 January 2008) An Act to consolidate and amend certain enactments relating to the registrationand transfer of title to land 1 Short Title and commencementThis Act may be cited as the Land Transfer Act 1952, and shall comeinto force on 1 January 1953. 2 InterpretationIn this Act, and in all instruments purporting to be made and executed underthis Act, unless the context otherwise requires,---bankruptcy means the vesting in any person or persons of any estate orinterest of a debtor for the benefit of creditors generally, by deed ofarrangement or otherwise, under authority of any court of competentjurisdictioncomputer register has the same meaning as in the section 4 of Land Transfer(Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002Crown grant means the grant of any land by the Crown, and includescertificates of title issued in lieu of grantdealing means every transfer, transmission, mortgage, lease, or encumbranceof any est...