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Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.E+WLaw of Property Act 19251925 CHAPTER 20 15 and 16 Geo 5 X1An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to conveyancing and the law of property in England and Wales.[9th April 1925]Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Editorial InformationX1A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurateModifications etc. (not altering text)C1Act applied by Land Registration Act 1925 (c. 21), ss. 36, 38, 69(3), S.R. & O. 1925/1093 (Rev. XII, p. 81: 1925, p. 717) Act applied by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941 (c. 50), s. 8(4)Act applied by Finance Act 1949 (c. 47), s. 40(4)(b) Act applied by Highways Act 1959 (c. 25), s. 81(3) Act applied by Housing Act 1964 (c. 56), s. 80(5) Act applied by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 107(2)Act applied (1.11.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 69(3); S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 25 Act applied (5.1.1994) by 1990 c. 43, s. 81A(8) (as inserted (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 40, ss. 10(2), 12(1)(2)Act applied (21.9.1995 for E. specified purposes and 1.4.2000 for E. in so far as not already in force and 14.9.2001 for W.) by 1990 c. 43, s. 78P(11) (as inserted 21.9.1995 for E. specified purposes and 1.4.2000 for E. in so far as not already in force and 14.9.2001 for W.) by 1995 c. 25, s. 57 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 2000/340, art. 2; S.I. 2001/3211, art. 2(a)Act applied (17.12.1996) by 1996 c. 53, s. 88(5)(b); S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3Act applied (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 23(2) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 2Act applied (19.9.2007) by the London Local Authorities Act 2007 (c. ii), s. 77(2)C2Act extended by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 291(4)C3Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3C4Definition of "trust for sale" in this Act applied (25.9.1991) by Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33, SIF 28:1), Sch. 3 para. 7(4) (as added by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1), s. 66, Sch. 14 para. 2; S.I. 1991/2067, art. 3) Definition of "conveyance" in this Act applied (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 182, 225(2), Sch. 23 para. 7(1) Definition of "convey" in this Act applied (19.12.1991) by Commercial and Private Bank Act 1991 (c. xxii), s. 11(7)C5Act (except s. 75) amended (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2684, arts. 2, 4, Sch. 1C6Act applied (1.3.2009 with application as mentioned in art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations (S.I. 2009/153), {reg. 27(8)}Commencement InformationI1Act wholly in force at 1.1.1926, see s. 209(2) Part I E+W General Principles as to Legal Estates, Equitable Interests and Powers1 Legal estates and equitable interests.E+W(1)The only estates in land which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyed or created at law are—
(b)A term of years absolute.
(a)An easement, right, or privilege in or over land for an interest equivalent to an estate in fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute;
(b)A rentcharge in possession issuing out of or charged on land being either perpetual or for a term of years absolute;
(c)A charge by way of legal mortgage;
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 and any other similar charge on land which is not created by an instrument;
(e)Rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of a legal term of years absolute, or annexed, for any purpose, to a legal rentcharge.
(3)All other estates, interests, and charges in or over land take effect as equitable interests.
(4)The estates, interests, and charges which under this section are authorised to subsist or to be conveyed or created at law are (when subsisting or conveyed or created at law) in this Act referred to as “legal estates,” and have the same incidents as legal estates subsisting at the commencement of this Act; and the owner of a legal estate is referred to as “an estate owner” and his legal estate is referred to as his estate.
(5)A legal estate may subsist concurrently with or subject to any other legal estate in the same land in like manner as it could have done before the commencement of this Act.
(6)A legal estate is not capable of subsisting or of being created in an undivided share in land or of being held by an infant.
(7)Every power of appointment over, or power to convey or charge land or any interest therein, whether created by a statute or other instrument or implied by law, and whether created before or after the commencement of this Act (not being a power vested in a legal mortgagee or an estate owner in right of his estate and exercisable by him or by another person in his name and on his behalf), operates only in equity.
(8)Estates, interests, and charges in or over land which are not legal estates are in this Act referred to as “equitable interests,” and powers which by this Act are to operate in equity only are in this Act referred to as “equitable powers.”
(9)The provisions in any statute or other instrument requiring land to be conveyed to uses shall take effect as directions that the land shall (subject to creating or reserving thereout any legal estate authorised by this Act which may be required) be conveyed to a person of full age upon the requisite trusts.
(10)The repeal of the Statute of Uses (as amended) does not affect the operation thereof in regard to dealings taking effect before the commencement of this Act.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Words repealed by Tithe Act 1936 (c. 43), Sch. 9 and Finance Act 1963 (c. 25), Sch. 14 Pt. VIModifications etc. (not altering text)C7S. 1(2)(b) explained by Law of Property (Entailed Interests) Act 1932 (c. 27), s. 22 Conveyances overreaching certain equitable interests and powers.E+W(1)A conveyance to a purchaser of a legal estate in land shall overreach any equitable interest or power affecting that estate, whether or not he has notice thereof, if—
(ii)the conveyance is made by [F2trustees of land] and the equitable interest or power is at the date of the conveyance capable of being overreached by such trustees under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section or independently of that subsection, and [F2the requirements of section 27 of this Act respecting the payment of capital money arising on such a conveyance] are complied with;
[F3(1A)An equitable interest in land subject to a trust of land which remains in, or is to revert to, the settlor shall (subject to any contrary intention) be overreached by the conveyance if it would be so overreached were it an interest under the trust.]
(2)[F4Where the legal estate affected is subject to [F5a trust of land], then if at the date of a conveyance made after the commencement of this Act [F5by the trustees], the trustees (whether original or substituted) are either]—
[F4any equitable interest or power having priority [F5to the trust]] shall, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary, be overreached by the conveyance, and shall, according to its priority, take effect as if created or arising by means of a primary trust affecting the proceeds of sale and the income of the land until sale.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2Words in s. 2(1)(ii) substituted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(a)(i)(ii) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2F3S. 2(1A) inserted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(b) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2F4Words substituted by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (c. 11), Sch.F5Words in s. 2(2) substituted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(c)(i)(ii)(iii) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2Modifications etc. (not altering text)C8S. 2(1) extended by Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88), s. 8(4)(a)C9S. 2(1) extended by Housing Defects Act 1984 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 6(8), Sch. 2 para. 6C10S. 2(1) extended (with modifications) by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68, SIF 61), s. 547, Sch. 20 Pt. III para. 20C11S. 2(1) applied (1.11.1993) with modifications by 1993 c. 28, s. 34(3) (with ss. 94(2), 95); S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 2, 5Marginal CitationsM11925 c. 18. M21925 c. 22. M31925 c. 22. 3 Manner of giving effect to equitable interests and powers.E+W(1)All equitable interests and powers in or over land shall be enforceable against the estate owner of the legal estate affected in manner following (that is to say):—
(a)Where the legal estate affected is settled land, the tenant for life or statutory owner shall be bound to give effect to the equitable interests and powers in manner provided by the M4Settled Land Act, 1925;
(c)[F7In any other case], the estate owner shall be bound to give effect to the equitable interests and powers affecting his estate of which he has notice according to their respective priorities. This provision does not affect the priority or powers of a legal mortgagee, or the powers of personal representatives for purposes of administration.
(3)Where, by reason . . . F8of an equitable right of entry taking effect, or for any other reason, a person becomes entitled to require a legal estate to be vested in him, then and in any such case the estate owner whose estate is affected shall be bound to convey or create such legal estate as the case may require.
(5)If the F9. . . estate owners refuse or neglect for one month after demand to transfer or create any such legal estate, or if by reason of their being out of the United Kingdom or being unable to be found, or by reason of the dissolution of a corporation, or for any other reason, the court is satisfied that the transaction cannot otherwise be effected, or cannot be effected without undue delay or expense, the court may, on the application of any person interested, make a vesting order transferring or creating a legal estate in the manner provided by this Act.
[F10(7)The county court has jurisdiction under this section where the land which is to be dealt with in the court does not exceed [F11£30,000] in capital value F12 . . .]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F6S. 3(1)(b)(2) repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch.4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2F7Words in s. 3(1)(c) substituted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(3) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2F8Words repealed by Reverter of Sites Act 1987 (c. 15, SIF 98:1). ss. 6(1), 8(2)(3)(4), Sch.F9Words in s. 3(5) repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch. 4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2F10S. 3(7) added by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 2(1)(3)F11Words in s. 3(7) substituted (1.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 12)F12Words in s. 3(7) omitted (1.7.1991) by virtue of S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Sch. Pt. I (with art. 12)Modifications etc. (not altering text)C12S. 3 extended (1.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(3) (with art. 12)C13S. 3(7) modified by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 24(1)(2)(c)C14S. 3(7) amended by S.I. 1990/776, art. 4(1)(b)Marginal CitationsM41925 c. 18. 4 Creation and disposition of equitable interests.E+W(1)Interests in land validly created or arising after the commencement of this Act, which are not capable of subsisting as legal estates, shall take effect as equitable interests, and, save as otherwise expressly provided by statute, interests in land which under the Statute of Uses or otherwise could before the commencement of this Act have been created as legal interests, shall be capable of being created as equitable interests:
Provided that, after the commencement of this Act (and save as hereinafter expressly enacted), an equitable interest in land shall only be capable of being validly created in any case in which an equivalent equitable interest in property real or personal could have been validly created before such commencement.
(2)All rights and interests in land may be disposed of, including—
(a)a contingent, executory or future equitable interest in any land, or a possibility coupled with an interest in any land, whether or not the object of the gift or limitation of such interest or possibility be ascertained;
(b)a right of entry, into or upon land whether immediate or future, and whether vested or contingent.
(3)All rights of entry affecting a legal estate which are exercisable on condition broken or for any other reason may after the commencement of this Act, be made exercisable by any person and the persons deriving title under him, but, in regard to an estate in fee simple (not being a rentcharge held for a legal estate) only within the period authorised by the rule relating to perpetuities.
5 Satisfied terms, whether created out of freehold or leasehold land to cease.E+W(1)Where the purposes of a term of years created or limited at any time out of freehold land, become satisfied either before or after the commencement of this Act (whether or not that term either by express declaration or by construction of law becomes attendant upon the freehold reversion) it shall merge in the reversion expectant thereon and shall cease accordingly.
(2)Where the purposes of a term of years created or limited, at any time, out of leasehold land, become satisfied after the commencement of this Act, that term shall merge in the reversion expectant thereon and shall cease accordingly.
(3)Where the purposes are satisfied only as respects part of the land comprised in a term, this section shall have effect as if a separate term had been created in regard to that part of the land.
6 Saving of lessors’ and lessees’ covenants.E+W(1)Nothing in this Part of this Act affects prejudicially the right to enforce any lessor’s or lessee’s covenants, agreements or conditions (including a valid option to purchase or right of pre-emption over the reversion), contained in any such instrument as is in this section mentioned, the benefit or burden of which runs with the reversion or the term.
(2)This section applies where the covenant, agreement or condition is contained in any instrument—
(a)creating a term of years absolute, or
(b)varying the rights of the lessor or lessee under the instrument creating the term.
7 Saving of certain legal estates and statutory powers.E+W(1)A fee simple which, by virtue of the Lands Clauses Acts, . . . F13 or any similar statute, is liable to be divested, is for the purposes of this Act a fee simple absolute, and remains liable to be divested as if this Act had not been passed [F14and a fee simple subject to a legal or equitable right of entry or re-entry is for the purposes of this Act a fee simple absolute.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F13Words repealed by Reverter of Sites Act 1987 (c. 15, SIF 98:1), ss. 6(1), 8(3)(4), Sch.F14Words added by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (c. 11), Sch.F15S. 7(3)(a) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 10 Pt. IF16In s. 7(3), the second paragraph repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch.4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 2Modifications etc. (not altering text)C15S. 7(4) saved by Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56), s. 28(3)8 Saving of certain legal powers to lease.E+W(1)All leases or tenancies at a rent for a term of years absolute authorised to be granted by a mortgagor or mortgagee or by the M5Settled Land Act, 1925, or any other statute (whether or not extended by any instrument) may be granted in the name and on behalf of the estate owner by the person empowered to grant the same, whether being an estate owner or not, with the same effect and priority as if this Part of this Act had not been passed; but this section does not (except as respects the usual qualified covenant for quiet enjoyment) authorise any person granting a lease in the name of an estate owner to impose any personal liability on him.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Marginal CitationsM51925 c. 18. 9 Vesting orders and dispositions of legal estates operating as conveyances by an estate owner.E+W(1)Every such order, declaration, or conveyance as is hereinafter mentioned, namely—
(a)every vesting order made by any court or other competent authority;
(b)every vesting declaration (express or implied) under any statutory power;
(c)every vesting instrument made by the trustees of a settlement or other persons under the provisions of the M6Settled Land Act, 1925;
(d)every conveyance by a person appointed for the purpose under an order of the court or authorised under any statutory power to convey in the name or on behalf of an estate owner;
(e)every conveyance made under any power reserved or conferred by this Act,
which is made or executed for the purpose of vesting, conveying, or creating a legal estate, shall operate to convey or create the legal estate disposed of in like manner as if the same had been a conveyance executed by the estate owner of the legal estate to which the order, declaration, vesting instrument, or conveyance relates.
(2)Where the order, declaration, or conveyance is made in favour of a purchaser, the provisions of this Act relating to a conveyance of a legal estate to a purchaser shall apply thereto.
(3)The provisions of the M7Trustee Act, 1925, relating to vesting orders and orders appointing a person to convey shall apply to all vesting orders authorised to be made by this Part of this Act.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C16S. 9 extended (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130) ss. 155(6), 225(2), (with ss. 16(6), 179, 222(3), Sch. 22 para. 1, Sch. 23 para. 6)Marginal CitationsM61925 c. 18. M71925 c. 19. 10 Title to be shown to legal estates.E+W(1)Where title is shown to a legal estate in land, it shall be deemed not necessary or proper to include in the abstract of title an instrument relating only to interests or powers which will be over-reached by the conveyance of the estate to which title is being shown; but nothing in this Part of this Act affects the liability of any person to disclose an equitable interest or power which will not be so over-reached, or to furnish an abstract of any instrument creating or affecting the same.
(2)A solicitor delivering an abstract framed in accordance with this Part of this Act shall not incur any liability on account of an omission to include therein an instrument which, under this section, is to be deemed not necessary or proper to be included, nor shall any liability be implied by reason of the inclusion of any such instrument.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C17S. 10(2) extended by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 98:1), s. 34(2)(aC18S. 10(2) extended (1.1.1992) by Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61, SIF 76:1), s. 9, Sch. 2 para. 37(a); S.I. 1991/2683, art.2C19S. 10(2) extended (prosp.) by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 119(5), 124, 126, Sch. 21 paras. 9(a), 12(2)(3) (the said s. 124 (which induces Sch. 21) being repealed (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(7), Sch. 2011 Registration in Middlesex and Yorkshire as respects legal estates. E+W(1)It shall not be necessary to register a memorial of any instrument made after the commencement of this Act in any local deeds registry unless the instrument operates to transfer or create a legal estate, or to create a charge thereon by way of legal mortgage; nor shall the registration of a memorial of any instrument not required to be registered affect any priority.
(2)Probates and letters of administration shall be treated as instruments capable of transferring a legal estate to personal representatives.
(3)Memorials of all instruments capable of transferring or creating a legal estate or charge by way of legal mortgage, may, when so operating, be registered.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C20S. 11 repealed (prosp.) by Law of Property Act 1969 (c. 59), s. 16(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I which repeal is no longer prospective as regards the Yorkshire deeds registries, their registers and areas12 Limitation and Prescription Acts.E+WNothing in this Part of this Act affects the operation of any statute, or of the general law for the limitation of actions or proceedings relating to land or with reference to the acquisition of easements or rights over or in respect of land.
13 Effect of possession of documents.E+WThis Act shall not prejudicially affect the right or interest of any person arising out of or consequent on the possession by him of any documents relating to a legal estate in land, nor affect any question arising out of or consequent upon any omission to obtain or any other absence of possession by any person of any documents relating to a legal estate in land.
14 Interests of persons in possession.E+WThis Part of this Act shall not prejudicially affect the interest of any person in possession or in actual occupation of land to which he may be entitled in right of such possession or occupation.
15 Presumption that parties are of full age.E+WThe persons expressed to be parties to any conveyance shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be of full age at the date thereof.
Death DutiesE+W16–18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17E+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F17Ss. 16–18 repealed (with saving) by Finance Act 1975 (c. 7, SIF 63:1), ss. 50, 52(2)(3), 59, Sch. 13 Pt. I Infants and LunaticsE+WF1819. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F18S. 19 repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch.4 ( with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.220 Infants not to be appointed trustees.E+WThe appointment of an infant to be a trustee in relation to any settlement or trust shall be void, but without prejudice to the power to appoint a new trustee to fill the vacancy.
21 Receipts by married infants.E+WA married infant shall have power to give valid receipts for all income (including statutory accumulations of income made during the minority) to which the infant may be entitled in like manner as if the infant were of full age.
[F1922 Conveyances on behalf of persons suffering from mental disorder and as to land held by them [F20in trust].E+W(1)Where a legal estate in land (whether settled or not) is vested [F21, either solely or jointly with any other person or persons, in a person lacking capacity (within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2005) to convey or create a legal estate, a deputy appointed for him by the Court of Protection or (if no deputy is appointed] for him) any person authorised in that behalf shall, under an order of [F22the Court of Protection] , or of the court, or under any statutory power, make or concur in making all requisite dispositions for conveying or creating a legal estate in his name and on his behalf.
(2)If land [F20subject to a trust of land] is vested, either solely or jointly with any other person or persons, in a person who [F23lacks capacity (within the meaning of that Act) to exercise] his functions as trustee, a new trustee shall be appointed in the place of that person, or he shall be otherwise discharged from the trust, before the legal estate is dealt with [F20by the trustees].
[F24(3)Subsection (2) of this section does not prevent a legal estate being dealt with without the appointment of a new trustee, or the discharge of the incapable trustee, at a time when the donee of [F25an enduring power of attorney or lasting power of attorney (within the meaning of the 2005 Act) is entitled to act for the trustee who lacks capacity inrelation to the dealing.]]]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F19S. 22 substituted by Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72), Sch. 7 Pt. IF20Words in s. 22(2) and sidenote substituted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(6) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 2F21Words in s. 22(1) substituted (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 67(1), 68, Sch. 6 para. 4(2)(a)(i) (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(d)F22Words in s. 22(1) substituted (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 67(1), 68, Sch. 6 para. 4(2)(a)(ii) (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(d)F23Words in s. 22(2) substituted (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 67(1), 68, Sch. 6 para. 4(2)(b) (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(d)F24S. 22(3) inserted (1.3.2000) by 1999 c. 15, s. 9(1)(2); S.I. 2000/216, art. 2F25Words in s. 22(3) substituted (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 67(1), 68, Sch. 6 para. 4(2)(c) (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(d)F26. . .E+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F26S. 23 (and the heading immediately preceding it) repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch. 4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2F2723. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F27S. 23 (and the heading immediately preceding it) repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch.4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2[F28 Trusts of land]E+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F28S. 24 (and the heading immediately preceding it) substituted (1.1.1997) for s. 24 by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(7) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2[F2924 Appointment of trustees of land.E+W(1)The persons having power to appoint new trustees of land shall be bound to appoint the same persons (if any) who are for the time being trustees of any trust of the proceeds of sale of the land.
(2)A purchaser shall not be concerned to see that subsection (1) of this section has been complied with.
(3)This section applies whether the trust of land and the trust of proceeds of sale are created, or arise, before or after the commencement of this Act.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F29S. 24 (and the heading immediately preceding it) substituted (1.1.1997) for s. 24 by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(7) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art.2F3025. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F30S. 25 repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch.4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 2F3126. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+WAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F31S. 26 repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch.4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 227 Purchaser not to be concerned with the trusts of the proceeds of sale which are to be paid to two or more trustees or to a trust corporation.E+W[F32(1)A purchaser of a legal estate from trustees of land shall not be concerned with the trusts affecting the land, the net income of the land or the proceeds of sale of the land whether or not those trusts are declared by the same instrument as that by which the trust of land is created.]
[F33(2)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the instrument (if any) creating a [F34trust] of land or in [F34any trust affecting the net proceeds of sale of the land if it is sold], the proceeds of sale or other capital money shall not be paid to or applied by the direction of fewer than two persons as [F34trustees], except where the trustee is a trust corporation, but this subsection does not affect the right of a sole personal representative as such to give valid receipts for, or direct the application of, proceeds of sale or other capital money, nor, except where capital money arises on the transaction, render it necessary to have more than one trustee.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F32S. 27(1) substituted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(8)(a) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 2F33S. 27(2) substituted by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (c. 11), Sch.F34Words in s. 27(2) substituted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(8)(b)(i)(ii)(iii) (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974,