Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
Part I TRUSTS OF LAND
Introductory
1 Meaning of “trust of land”.
Settlements and trusts for sale as trusts of land
2 Trusts in place of settlements.
3 Abolition of doctrine of conversion.
4 Express trusts for sale as trusts of land.
5 Implied trusts for sale as trusts of land.
Functions of trustees of land
6 General powers of trustees.
7 Partition by trustees.
8 Exclusion and restriction of powers.
9 Delegation by trustees.
9A(1) The duty of care under section 1 of the...
Consents and consultation
10 Consents.
11 Consultation with beneficiaries.
Right of beneficiaries to occupy trust land
12 The right to occupy.
13 Exclusion and restriction of right to occupy.
Powers of court
14 Applications for order.
15 Matters relevant in determining applications.
Purchaser protection
16 Protection of purchasers.
Supplementary
17 Application of provisions to trusts of proceeds of sale.
18 Application of Part to personal representatives.
Part II APPOINTMENT AND RETIRMENT OF TRUSTEES
19 Appointment and retirement of trustee at instance of beneficiaries.
20 Appointment of substitute for incapable trustee.
21 Supplementary.
Part III SUPPLEMENTARY
22 Meaning of “beneficiary”.
23 Other interpretation provisions.
24 Application to Crown.
25 Amendments, repeals etc.
26 Power to make consequential provision.
27 Short title, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 PROVISIONS CONSEQUENTIAL ON SECTION 2
Minors
1(1) Where after the commencement of this Act a person...
2Where after the commencement of this Act a legal estate...
Family charges
3Where, by virtue of an instrument coming into operation after...
Charitable, ecclesiastical and public trusts
4(1) This paragraph applies in the case of land held...
Entailed interests
5(1) Where a person purports by an instrument coming into...
Property held on settlement ceasing to exist
6Where a settlement ceases to be a settlement for the...
SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENTS OF STATUTORY PROVISIONS IMPOSING TRUST FOR SALE
Mortgaged property held by trustees after redemption barred
1(1) Section 31 of the Law of Property Act 1925...
Land purchased by trustees of personal property etc.
2(1) Section 32 of the Law of Property Act 1925...
Dispositions to tenants in common
3(1) Section 34 of the Law of Property Act 1925...
Joint tenancies
4(1) Section 36 of the Law of Property Act 1925...
Intestacy
5(1) Section 33 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925...
Reverter of sites
6(1) Section 1 of the Reverter of Sites Act 1987...
Trusts deemed to arise in 1926
7Where at the commencement of this Act any land is...
SCHEDULE 3 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
The Law of Property Act 1922 (c.16)
1In paragraph 17(3) and (4) of Schedule 15 to the...
The Settled Land Act 1925 (c.18)
2(1) The Settled Land Act 1925 is amended as follows....
The Trustee Act 1925 (c.19)
3(1) The Trustee Act 1925 is amended as follows.
The Law of Property Act 1925 (c.20)
4(1) The Law of Property Act 1925 is amended as...
The Land Registration Act 1925 (c.21)
5(1) The Land Registration Act 1925 is amended as follows....
The Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c.23)
6(1) The Administration of Estates Act 1925 is amended as...
The Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (c.xciii)
7In section 19(1) of the Green Belt (London and Home...
The Settled Land and Trustee Acts (Court’s General Powers) Act 1943 (c.25)
8In section 1 of the Settled Land and Trustee Acts...
The Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 (c.49)
9In sections 8(3), 8A(3) and 8B(3) of the Historic Buildings...
The Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c.88)
10In the Leasehold Reform Act 1967— (a) in section 6(1),...
The Agriculture Act 1970 (c.40)
11In section 33(2) of the Agriculture Act 1970—
The Land Charges Act 1972 (c.61)
12(1) The Land Charges Act 1972 is amended as follows....
The Land Compensation Act 1973 (c.26)
13In subsection (2) of section 10 of the Land Compensation...
The Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c.76)
14In section 11(2) of the Local Land Charges Act 1975,...
The Rentcharges Act 1977 (c.30)
15(1) The Rentcharges Act 1977 is amended as follows.
The Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30)
16In Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978, after the...
The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c.46)
17In the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979—
The Limitation Act 1980 (c.58)
18In paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Limitation Act...
The Highways Act 1980 (c.66)
19In section 87(4)(b) of the Highways Act 1980, for the...
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c.69)
20In section 30(4)(c) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981,...
The Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c.41)
21In section 22 of the Health and Social Services and...
The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c.12)
22In paragraph 4(10) of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act...
The Insolvency Act 1986 (c.45)
23At the beginning of Chapter V of Part IX of...
The Patronage (Benifices) Measure 1986 (No.3)
24In section 33 of the Patronage (Benifices) Measure 1986—
The Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c.42)
25In section 19(2) of the Family Law Reform Act 1987,...
The Charities Act 1993 (c.10)
26In section 23 of the Charities Act 1993—
The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c.28)
27(1) The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993...
SCHEDULE 4 REPEALS

Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996

1996 c. 47

An Act to make new provision about trusts of land including provision phasing out the Settled Land Act 1925, abolishing the doctrine of conversion and otherwise amending the law about trusts for sale of land; to amend the law about the appointment and retirement of trustees of any trust; and for connected purposes.

I1E1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Act not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 27(2); Act wholly in force at 1.1.1997

Extent Information
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Act extends to England and Wales except as mentioned in s. 27(4)