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Section 39.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 amended by S.I. 1990/776, art. 4(1)(b); and (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 5(1), Sch. 2 para.7 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 2
All estates, interests and charges in or over land, including fees determinable whether by limitation or condition, which immediately before the commencement of this Act were estates, interests or charges, subsisting at law, or capable of taking effect as such, but which by virtue of Part I. of this Act are not capable of taking effect as legal estates, shall as from the commencement of this Act be converted into equitable interests, and shall not fail by reason of being so converted into equitable interests either in the land or in the proceeds of sale thereof, nor shall the priority of any such estate, charge or interest over other equitable interests be affected.
1E+WWhere the purposes of a term of years, created or limited out of leasehold land, are satisfied at the commencement of this Act, that term shall merge in the reversion expectant thereon and shall cease accordingly; but where the term was vested in the owner of the reversion, the merger and cesser shall take effect without prejudice to any protection which would have been afforded to the owner for the time being of that reversion had the term remained subsisting.
Where the purposes are satisfied only as respects part of the land comprised in a term, this provision has effect as if a separate term had been created in regard to that part of the land.
2E+WWhere immediately after the commencement of this Act any owner of a legal estate is entitled, subject or not to the payment of the costs of tracing the title and of conveyance, to require any other legal estate in the same land to be surrendered, released or conveyed to him so as to merge or be extinguished, the last-mentioned estate shall by virtue of this Part of this Schedule be extinguished, but without prejudice to any protection which would have been afforded to him had that estate remained subsisting.
3E+WWhere immediately after the commencement of this Act any person is entitled, subject or not to the payment of the costs of tracing the title and of conveyance, to require any legal estate (not vested in trustees for sale) to be conveyed to or otherwise vested in him, such legal estate shall, by virtue of this Part of this Schedule, vest in manner hereinafter provided.
[F1The divesting of a legal estate by virtue of this paragraph shall not, where the person from whom the estate is so divested was a trustee, operate to prevent the legal estate being conveyed, or a legal estate being created, by him in favour of a purchaser for money or money’s worth, if the purchaser has no notice of the trust and if the documents of title relating to the estate divested are produced by the trustee or by persons deriving title under him.]
This paragraph shall (without prejudice to any claim, in respect of fines, fees, and other customary payments) apply to a person who, under a surrender or any disposition having the effect of a surrender, or under a covenant to surrender or otherwise, was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, entitled to require a legal customary estate of inheritance to be vested in him, or who, immediately after such commencement becomes entitled to enfranchised land.
Textual Amendments
F1Proviso inserted by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (c. 11), Sch.
4E+WAny person who, immediately after the commencement of this Act, is entitled to an equitable interest capable of subsisting as a legal estate which has priority over any legal estate in the same land, shall be deemed to be entitled for the foregoing purposes to require a legal estate to be vested in him for an interest of a like nature not exceeding in extent or duration the equitable interest:
Provided that this paragraph shall not—
(a)apply where the equitable interest is capable of being over-reached by virtue of a subsisting trust for sale or a settlement;
(b)operate to prevent such person from acquiring any other legal estate under this Part of this Schedule to which he may be entitled.
5E+WFor the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a tenant for life, statutory owner or personal representative, shall be deemed to be entitled to require to be vested in him any legal estate in settled land (whether or not vested in the Crown) which he is, by the M1Settled Land Act, 1925, given power to convey.
Marginal Citations
6E+WUnder the provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the legal estate affected (namely, any estate which a person is entitled to require to be vested in him as aforesaid) shall vest as follows:—
(a)Where at the commencement of this Act land is subject to a mortgage (not being an equitable charge unsecured by any estate), the legal estate affected shall vest in accordance with the provisions relating to mortgages contained in this Schedule;
(b)Where the land is at the commencement or by virtue of this Act or any Act coming into operation at the same time subject or is by virtue of any statute made subject to a trust for sale, the legal estate affected shall vest in the trustees for sale (including personal representatives holding land on trust for sale) but subject to any mortgage term subsisting or created by this Act;
(c)Where at the commencement of this Act or by virtue of any statute coming into operation at the same time the land is settled land, the legal estate affected shall vest in the tenant for life or statutory owner entitled under the M2Settled Land Act, 1925, to require a vesting deed to be executed in his favour, or in the personal representative, if any, in whom the land may be vested or the Public Trustee, as the case may require but subject to any mortgage term subsisting or created by this Act;
(d)In any case to which the foregoing sub-paragraphs do not apply the legal estate affected shall vest in the person of full age who, immediately after the commencement of this Act, is entitled (subject or not to the payment of costs and any customary payments) to require the legal estate to be vested in him, but subject to any mortgage term subsisting or created by this Act.
Marginal Citations
7E+WNothing in this Part of this Schedule shall operate—
(a)To vest in a mortgage of a term of years absolute any nominal leasehold reversion which is held in trust for him subject to redemption; or
(b)To vest in a mortgagee any legal estate except a term of years absolute; or
(c)To vest in a person entitled to a leasehold interest, as respects such interest, any legal estate except a term of years absolute; or
(d)To vest in a person entitled to a rentcharge (either perpetual or held for a term of years absolute) as respects such rentcharge, any legal estate except a legal estate in the rentcharge; or
(e)To vest in a person entitled to an easement, right or privilege with reference thereto, any legal estate except a legal estate in the easement, right or privilege; or
(f)To vest any legal estate in a person for an undivided share; or
(g)To vest any legal estate in an infant; or
(h)To affect prejudicially the priority of any mortgage or other incumbrance or interest subsisting at the commencement of this Act; or
(i)To render invalid any limitation or trust which would have been capable of taking effect as an equitable limitation or trust; or
(j)To vest in a purchaser or his personal representatives any legal estate which he has contracted to acquire and in regard to which a contract, including an agreement to create a legal mortgage, is pending at the commencement of this Act, although the consideration may have been paid or satisfied and the title accepted, or to render unnecessary the conveyance of such estate; or
(k)To vest in the managing trustees or committee of management of a charity any legal estate vested in the Official Trustee of Charity Lands; or
(l)To vest in any person any legal estate which failed to pass to him by reason of his omission to be registered as proprietor under the M3Land Transfer Acts, 1875 and M41897, until brought into operation by virtue of the M5Land Registration Act, 1925.
[F2(m)To vest in any person any legal estate affected by any rent covenants or conditions if, before any proceedings are commenced in respect of the rent covenants or conditions, and before any conveyance of the legal estate or dealing therewith inter vivos is effected, he or his personal representatives disclaim it in writing signed by him or them.]
Textual Amendments
F2Para. 7(m) added by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (c. 11), Sch.
Marginal Citations
8E+WAny legal estate acquired by virtue of this Part of this Schedule shall be held upon the trusts and subject to the powers, provisions, rents, covenants, conditions, rights of redemption (as respects terms of years absolute) and other rights, burdens and obligations, if any, upon or subject to which the estate acquired ought to be held.
9E+WNo stamp duty shall become payable by reason only of any vesting surrender or release effected by this Schedule.
1E+WWhere immediately before the commencement of this Act a legal estate in land is vested in one or more infants beneficially, or where immediately after the commencement of this Act a legal estate in land would by virtue of this Act have become vested in one or more infants beneficially if he or they had been of full age, the legal estate shall vest in the manner provided by the M6Settled Land Act, 1925.
Marginal Citations
2E+WWhere immediately before the commencement of this Act a legal estate in land is vested in an infant jointly with one or more other persons of full age beneficially, the legal estate shall by virtue of this Act vest in that other person or those other persons on the statutory trusts, but not so as to sever any joint tenancy in the net proceeds of sale or in the rents and profits until sale:
Provided that, if by virtue of this paragraph the legal estate becomes vested in one person as trustee, then, if no other person is able and willing to do so, the parents or parent, testamentary or other guardian of the infant, if respectively able and willing to act, (in the order named) may, and at the request of any person interested shall (subject to the costs being provided for) by writing appoint an additional trustee and thereupon by virtue of this Act the legal estate shall vest in the additional trustee and existing trustee as joint tenants.
3E+WWhere, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a legal estate in land is vested solely in an infant as a personal representative, or a trustee of a settlement, or on trust for sale or on any other trust, or by way of mortgage, or where immediately after the commencement of this Act a legal estate in land would by virtue of any provision of this Act or otherwise have been so vested if the infant were of full age, the legal estate and the mortgage debt (if any) and interest thereon shall, by virtue of this Act, vest in the Public Trustee, pending the appointment of trustees as hereinafter provided—
(a)as to the land, upon the trusts, and subject to the equities affecting the same (but in the case of a mortgage estate for a term of years absolute in accordance with this Act); and
(b)as to the mortgage debt and interest, upon such trusts as may be requisite for giving effect to the rights (if any) of the infant or other persons beneficially interested therein:
Provided that—
The Public Trustee shall not be entitled to act in the trust, or charge any fee, or be liable in any manner, unless and until requested in writing to act by or on behalf of the persons interested in the land or the income thereof, or in the mortgage debt or interest thereon (as the case may be), which request may be made on behalf of the infant by his parents or parent, or testamentary or other guardian (in the order named), and those persons may, in the order aforesaid (if no other person is able and willing to do so) appoint new trustees in the place of the Public Trustee, and thereupon by virtue of this Act the land or term and mortgage money shall vest in the trustees so appointed upon the trusts and subject to the equities aforesaid: Provided that the Public Trustee may, before he accepts the trust, but subject to the payment of his costs, convey to a person of full age who becomes entitled;
After the Public Trustee has been so requested to act, and has accepted the trust, no trustee shall (except by an order of the court) be appointed in his place without his consent;
Any person interested in the land or the income thereof, or in the mortgage debt or in the interest thereon (as the case may be), may, at any time during the minority, apply to the court for the appointment of trustees of the trust, and the court may make such order as it thinks fit, and if thereby new trustees are appointed the legal estate (but in the case of a mortgage estate only for a term of years absolute as aforesaid) and the mortgage debt (if any) and interest shall, by virtue of this Act, vest in the trustees as joint tenants upon the trusts and subject to the equities aforesaid;
Neither a purchaser of the land nor a transferee for money or money’s worth of the mortgage shall be concerned in any way with the trusts affecting the legal estate or the mortgage debt and interest thereon;
The vesting in the Public Trustee of a legal estate or a mortgage debt by virtue of this Part of this Schedule shall not affect any directions previously given as to the payment of income or of interest on any mortgage money, but such instructions may, until he accepts the trust, continue to be acted on as if no such vesting had been effected.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Sch. 1, Pt. III, para. 3 proviso (iii) extended (1.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(3)(b)
[F33AE+WThe county court has jurisdiction under proviso (iii) to paragraph 3 of this Part where the land which is to be dealt with in the court does not exceed [F4£30,000] in capital value F5 . . ..
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 3A inserted by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 10(a)
F4Words in Sch. 1, Pt. III, para. 3A substituted (1.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Sch. Pt.I (with art. 12)
F5Words in Sch. 1, Pt. III, para. 3A 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)
C3Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 3A modified by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 24(2)(c)
4E+WWhere, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a legal estate in land is vested in two or more persons jointly as personal representatives, trustees, or mortgagees, and anyone of them is an infant, or where immediately after the commencement of this Act a legal estate in land would, by virtue of this Act, or otherwise have been so vested if the infant were of full age, the legal estate in the land with the mortgage debt (if any) and the interest thereon shall, by virtue of this Act, vest in the other person or persons of full age—
(a)as to the legal estate, upon the trusts and subject to the equities affecting the same (but in the case of a mortgage estate only for a term of years absolute as aforesaid); and
(b)as to the mortgage debt and interest, upon such trusts as may be requisite for giving effect to the rights (if any) of the infant or other persons beneficially interested therein;
but neither a purchaser of the land nor a transferee for money or money’s worth of the mortgage shall be concerned in any way with the trusts affecting the legal estate or the mortgage debt and interest thereon:
Provided that, if, by virtue of this paragraph, the legal estate and mortgage debt, if any, become vested in a sole trustee, then, if no other person is able and willing to do so, the parents or parent, testamentary or other guardian of the infant (in the order named) may, and at the request of any person interested shall, (subject to the costs being provided for) by writing appoint a new trustee in place of the infant, and thereupon by virtue of this Act the legal estate and mortgage money shall vest in the new and continuing trustees upon the trusts and subject to the equities aforesaid.
Textual Amendments
5E+WThis Part of this Schedule does not affect the estate or powers of an administrator durante minore ætate, nor, where there is a tenant for life or statutory owner of settled land, operate to vest the legal estate therein in the Public Trustee.]
Textual Amendments
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Pt. IV explained by Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), s. 8(2)
1E+WWhere, immediately before the commencement of this Act, land is held at law or in equity in undivided shares vested in possession, the following provisions shall have effect:—
(1)If the entirety of the land is vested in trustees or personal representatives (whether subject or not to incumbrances affecting the entirety or an undivided share) in trust for persons entitled in undivided shares, then—
(a)if the land is subject to incumbrances affecting undivided shares or to incumbrances affecting the entirety which under this Act or otherwise are not secured by legal terms of years absolute, the entirety of the land shall vest free from such incumbrances in such trustees or personal representatives and be held by them upon the statutory trusts; and
(b)in any other case, the land shall be held by such trustees or personal representatives upon the statutory trusts;
subject in the case of personal representatives, to their rights and powers for the purposes of administration.
(2)If the entirety of the land (not being settled land) is vested absolutely and beneficially in not more than four persons of full age entitled thereto in undivided shares free from incumbrances affecting undivided shares, but subject or not to incumbrances affecting the entirety, it shall, by virtue of this Act, vest in them as joint tenants upon the statutory trusts.
(3)If the entirety of the land is settled land (whether subject or not to incumbrances affecting the entirety or an undivided share) held under one and the same settlement, it shall, by virtue of this Act, vest, free from incumbrances affecting undivided shares, and from incumbrances affecting the entirety, which under this Act or otherwise are not secured by a legal [F6mortgage, and free from any interests, powers, and charges subsisting under the settlement, which have priority to the interests of the persons entitled to the undivided shares,] in the trustees (if any) of the settlement as joint tenants upon the statutory trusts.
Provided that if there are no such trustees, then—
pending their appointment, the land shall, by virtue of this Act, vest (free as aforesaid) in the Public Trustee upon the statutory trusts;
the Public Trustee shall not be entitled to act in the trust, or charge any fee, or be liable in any manner, unless and until requested in writing to act by or on behalf of persons interested in more than an undivided half of the land or the income thereof;
after the Public Trustee has been so requested to act, and has accepted the trust, no trustee shall (except by an order of the court) be appointed in the place of the Public Trustee without his consent;
if, before the Public Trustee has accepted the trust, trustees of the settlement are appointed, the land shall, by virtue of this Act, vest (free as aforesaid) in them as joint tenants upon the statutory trusts;
if, before the Public Trustee has accepted the trust, the persons having power to appoint new trustees are unable or unwilling to make an appointment, or if the tenant for life having power to apply to the court for the appointment of trustees of the settlement neglects to make the application for at least three months after being requested by any person interested in writing so to do, or if the tenants for life of the undivided shares are unable to agree, any person interested under the settlement may apply to the court for the appointment of such trustees.
[F7(3A)The county court has jurisdiction under proviso (v) to sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph where the land to be dealt with in the court does not exceed [F8£30,000] in capital value F9 . . ..]
(4)In any case to which the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Schedule do not apply, the entirety of the land shall vest (free as aforesaid) in the Public Trustee upon the statutory trusts:
Provided that—
The Public Trustee shall not be entitled to act in the trust, or charge any fee, or be liable in any manner, unless and until requested in writing to act by or on behalf of the persons interested in more than an undivided half of the land or the income thereof;
After the Public Trustee had been so requested to act, and has accepted the trust, no trustee shall (except by an order of the court) be appointed in the place of the Public Trustee without his consent;
Subject as aforesaid, any persons interested in more than an undivided half of the land or the income thereof may appoint new trustees in the place of the Public Trustee with the consent of any incumbrancers of undivided shares (but so that a purchaser shall not be concerned to see whether any such consent has been given) and [F6thereupon the land shall by virtue of this Act vest] in the persons so appointed (free as aforesaid) upon the statutory trusts; or such persons may (without such consent as aforesaid), at any time, whether or not the Public Trustee has accepted the trust, apply to the court for the appointment of trustees of the land, and the court may make such order as it thinks fit, and if thereby trustees of the land are appointed, the same shall by virtue of this Act, vest (free as aforesaid) in the trustees as joint tenants upon the statutory trusts;
If the persons interested in more than an undivided half of the land or the income thereof do not either request the Public Trustee to act, or (whether he refuses to act or has not been requested to act) apply to the court for the appointment of trustees in his place, within three months from the time when they have been requested in writing by any person interested so to do, then and in any such case, any person interested may apply to the court for the appointment of trustees in the place of the Public Trustee, and the court may make such order as it thinks fit, and if thereby trustees of the land are appointed the same shall by virtue of this Act, vest (free as aforesaid) in the trustees upon the statutory trusts.
[F10(4A)The county court has jurisdiction under provisos (iii) and (iv) to sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph where the land which is to be dealt with in the court does not exceed [F8£30,000] in capital value F9 . . ..]
(5)The vesting in the Public Trustee of land by virtue of this Part of this Schedule shall not affect any directions previously given as to the payment of income or of interest on any mortgage money, but such instructions may, until he accepts the trust, continue to be acted on as if no such vesting had been effected.
(6)The court or the Public Trustee may act on evidence given by affidavit or by statutory declaration as respects the undivided shares without investigating the title to the land.
(7)Where all the undivided shares in the land are vested in the same mortgagees for securing the same mortgage money and the rights of redemption affecting the land are the same as might have been subsisting if the entirety had been mortgaged by an owner before the undivided shares were created, the land shall, by virtue of this Act, vest in the mortgagees as joint tenants for a legal term of years absolute (in accordance with this Act) subject to cesser on redemption by the trustees for sale in whom the right of redemption is vested by this Act, and for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule the mortgage shall be deemed an incumbrance affecting the entirety.
(8)This Part of this Schedule does not (except where otherwise expressly provided) prejudice incumbrancers whose incumbrances affect the entirety of the land at the commencement of this Act, but (if the nature of the incumbrance admits) the land shall vest in them for legal terms of years absolute in accordance with this Act but not so as to affect subsisting priorities.
(9)The trust for sale and powers of management vested in persons who hold the entirety of the land on trust for sale shall, save as hereinafter mentioned, not be exercisable without the consent of any incumbrancer, being of full age, affected whose incumbrance is divested by this Part of this Schedule, but a purchaser shall not be concerned to see or inquire whether any such consent has been given, nor, where the incumbrancer is not in possession, shall any such consent be required if, independently of this Part of this Schedule or any enactment replaced thereby the transaction would have been binding on him, had the same been effected by the mortgagor.
(10)This Part of this Schedule does not apply to land in respect of which a subsisting contract for sale (whether made under an order in a partition action or by or on behalf of all the tenants in common or coparceners) is in force at the commencement of this Act if the contract is completed in due course (in which case title may be made in like manner as if this Act, and any enactment thereby replaced, had not been passed), nor to the land in respect of which a partition action is pending at such commencement if an order for a partition or sale is subsequently made in such action [F11within eighteen months from the commencement of this Act.]
(11)The repeal of the enactments relating to partition shall operate without prejudice to any proceedings thereunder commenced before the commencement of this Act, and to the jurisdiction of the court to make any orders in reference thereto, and subject to the following provisions, namely:—
(i)In any such proceedings, and at any state thereof, any person or persons interested individually or collectively in [F6one half or upwards] of the land to which the proceedings relate, may apply to the court for an order staying such proceedings;
(ii)The court may upon such application make an order staying the proceedings as regards the whole or any part, not being an undivided share, of the land;
(iii)As from the date of such order the said enactments shall cease to apply to the land affected by the order and the provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall apply thereto;
(iv)The court may by such order appoint trustees of the land and the same shall by virtue of this Act vest (free as aforesaid) in the trustees as joint tenants upon the statutory trusts;
(v)The court may order that the costs of the proceedings and of the application shall be raised by the trustees, by legal mortgage of the land or any part thereof, and paid either wholly or partially into court or to the trustees;
(vi)The court may act on such evidence as appears to be sufficient, without investigating the title to the land.
(12)In this Part of this Schedule “incumbrance” does not include [F12a legal rentcharge affecting the entirety,] land tax, tithe rentcharge, or any similar charge on the land not created by an instrument.
Textual Amendments
F6Words substituted by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (c. 11), Sch.
F7Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 1(3A) inserted by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 10(b)(i)
F8Words in Sch. 1, Pt. IV, para. 1(3A)(4A) substituted (1.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Sch. Pt.I (with art. 12)
F9Words in Sch. 1, Pt. IV, para. 1(3A)(4A) omitted (1.7.1991) by virtue of S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(8), Sch. Pt.I (with art. 12)
F10Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 1(4A) inserted by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 10(b)(ii)
F11Words added by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (c. 11), Sch.
F12Words inserted by Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926 (c. 11), Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5Sch. 1, Pt. IV, para. 1(3) proviso (v) extended (1.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(3)(c)
C6Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 1(3A) modified by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 24(2)(c)
C7Sch. 1, Pt. IV, para. 1(4) provisos (iii), (iv) extended (1.7.1991) by S.I. 1991/724, art. 2(3)(d)
C8Sch. 1 Pt. IV para. 1(4A) modified by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 24(2)(c)
2E+WWhere undivided shares in land, created before the commencement of this Act, fall into possession after such commencement, and the land is not settled land when the shares fall into possession, the personal representatives (subject to their rights and powers for purposes of administration) or other estate owners in whom the entirety of the land is vested shall, by an assent or a conveyance, give effect to the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Schedule in like manner as if the shares had fallen into possession immediately before the commencement of this Act, and in the meantime the land shall be held on the statutory trusts.
3E+WThis Part of this Schedule shall not save as hereinafter mentioned apply to party structures and open spaces within the meaning of the next succeeding Part of this Schedule.
[F134E+WWhere, immediately before the commencement of this Act, there are two or more tenants for life of full age entitled under the same settlement in undivided shares, and, after the cesser of all their interests in the income of the settled land, the entirety of the land is limited so as to devolve together (not in undivided shares), their interests shall, but without prejudice to any beneficial interest, be converted into a joint tenancy, and the joint tenants and the survivor of them shall, until the said cesser occurs, constitute the tenant for life for the purposes of the M7Settled Land Act, 1925, and this Act.]
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
1E+WWhere, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a party wall or other party structure is held in undivided shares, the ownership thereof shall be deemed to be severed vertically as between the respective owners, and the owner of each part shall have such rights to support and of user over the rest of the structure as may be requisite for conferring rights corresponding to those subsisting at the commencement of this Act.
2E+WWhere, immediately before the commencement of this Act, an open space of land (with or without any building used in common for the purposes of any adjoining land) is held in undivided shares, in right whereof each owner has rights of access and user over the open space, the ownership thereof shall vest in the Public Trustee on the statutory trusts which shall be executed only with the leave of the court, and, subject to any order of the court to the contrary, each person who would have been a tenant in common shall, until the open space is conveyed to a purchaser, have rights of access and user over the open space corresponding to those which would have subsisted if the tenancy in common had remained subsisting.
3U.K.Any person interested may apply to the court for an order declaring the rights and interests under this Part of this Schedule, of the persons interested in any such party structure or open space, or generally may apply in relation to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule, and the court may make such order as it thinks fit.
Every tenancy by entireties existing immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, but without prejudice to any beneficial interest, as from such commencement be converted into a joint tenancy.
1E+WAll land, which immediately before the commencement of this Act, was vested in a first or only mortgagee for an estate in fee simple in possession, whether legal or equitable, shall, from and after the commencement of this Act, vest in the first or only mortgagee for a term of three thousand years from such commencement, without impeachment of waste, but subject to a provision for cesser corresponding to the right of redemption which, at such commencement, was subsisting with respect to the fee simple.
2E+WAll land, which immediately before the commencement of this Act, was vested in a second or subsequent mortgagee for an estate in fee simple in possession, whether legal or equitable, shall, from and after the commencement of this Act, vest in the second or subsequent mortgagee for a term one day longer than the term vested in the first or other mortgagee whose security ranks immediately before that of such second or subsequent mortgagee, without impeachment of waste, but subject to the term or terms vested in such first or other prior mortgagee and subject to a provision for cesser corresponding to the right of redemption which, at such commencement, was subsisting with respect to the fee simple.
3E+WThe estate in fee simple which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was vested in any such mortgagee shall, from and after such commencement, vest in the mortgagor or tenant for life, statutory owner, trustee for sale, personal representative, or other person of full age who, if all money owing on the security of the mortgage and all other mortgages or charges (if any) had been discharged at the commencement of this Act, would have been entitled to have the fee simple conveyed to him, but subject to any mortgage term created by this Part of this Schedule or otherwise and to the money secured by any such mortgage or charge.
4E+WIf a sub-mortgage by conveyance of the fee simple is subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Act, the principal mortgagee shall take the principal term created by paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Part of this Schedule (as the case may require) and the sub-mortgagee shall take a derivative term less by one day than the term so created, without impeachment of waste, subject to a provision for cesser corresponding to the right of redemption subsisting under the sub-mortgage.
5E+WThis Part of this Schedule applies to land enfranchised by statute as well as to land which was freehold before the commencement of this Act, and (save where expressly excepted) whether or not the land is registered under the M8Land Registration Act, 1925, or the mortgage is made by way of trust for sale or otherwise.
Marginal Citations
6E+WA mortgage affecting a legal estate made before the commencement of this Act which is not protected, either by a deposit of documents of title relating to the legal estate or by registration as a land charge, shall not, as against a purchaser in good faith without notice thereof, obtain any benefit by reason of being converted into a legal mortgage by this Schedule, but shall, in favour of such purchaser, be deemed to remain an equitable interest.
This paragraph does not apply to mortgages or charges registered or protected under the Land Registration Act, 1925, or to mortgages or charges registered in a local deeds register.
7E+WNothing in this Part of this Schedule shall affect priorities or the right of any mortgagee to retain possession of documents, nor affect his title to or rights over any fixtures or chattels personal comprised in the mortgage.
8E+WThis Part of this Schedule does not apply unless a right of redemption is subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Act.
1E+WAll leasehold land, which immediately before the commencement of this Act, was vested in a first or only mortgagee by way of assignment of a term of years absolute shall, from and after the commencement of this Act, vest in the first or only mortgagee for a term equal to the term assigned by the mortgage, less the last ten days thereof, but subject to a provision for cesser corresponding to the right of redemption which at such commencement was subsisting with respect to the term assigned.
2E+WAll leasehold land, which immediately before the commencement of this Act, was vested in a second or subsequent mortgagee by way of assignment of a term of years absolute (whether legal or equitable) shall, from and after the commencement of this Act, vest in the second or subsequent mortgagee for a term one day longer than the term vested in the first or other mortgagee whose security ranks immediately before that of such second or subsequent mortgagee if the length of the last-mentioned term permits, and in any case for a term less by one day at least than the term assigned by the mortgage, but subject to the term or terms vested in such first or other prior mortgagee, and subject to a provision for cesser corresponding to the right of redemption which, at the commencement of this Act, was subsisting with respect to the term assigned by the mortgage.
3E+WThe term of years absolute which was assigned by any such mortgage shall, from and after the commencement of this Act, vest in the mortgagor or tenant for life, statutory owner, trustee for sale, personal representative, or other person of full age who, if all the money owing on the security of the mortgage and all other mortgages or charges, if any, had been discharged at the commencement of this Act, would have been entitled to have the term assigned or surrendered to him, but subject to any derivative mortgage term created by this Part of this Schedule or otherwise and to the money secured by any such mortgage or charge.
4E+WIf a sub-mortgage by assignment of a term is subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Act, the principal mortgagee shall take the principal derivative term created by paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Part of this Schedule or the derivative term created by his mortgage (as the case may require), and the sub-mortgagee shall take a derivative term less by one day than the term so vested in the principal mortgagee, subject to a provision for cesser corresponding to the right of redemption subsisting under the sub-mortgage.
5E+WA mortgage affecting a legal estate made before the commencement of this Act which is not protected, either by a deposit of documents of title relating to the legal estate or by registration as a land charge shall not, as against a purchaser in good faith without notice thereof, obtain any benefit by reason of being converted into a legal mortgage by this Schedule, but shall, in favour of such purchaser, be deemed to remain an equitable interest.
This paragraph does not apply to mortgages or charges registered or protected under the M9Land Registration Act, 1925, or to mortgages or charges registered in a local deeds register.
Marginal Citations
6E+WThis Part of this Schedule applies to perpetually renewable leaseholds, and to leaseholds for lives, which are by statute converted into long terms, with the following variations, namely:—
(a)The term to be taken by a first or only mortgagee shall be ten days less than the term created by such statute:
(b)The term to be taken by a second or subsequent mortgagee shall be one day longer than the term vested in the first or other mortgagee whose security ranks immediately before that of the second or subsequent mortgagee, if the length of the last-mentioned term permits, and in any case for a term less by one day at least than the term created by such statute:
(c)The term created by such statute shall, from and after the commencement of this Act, vest in the mortgagor or tenant for life, statutory owner, trustee for sale, personal representative, or other person of full age, who if all the money owing on the security of the mortgage and all other mortgages or charges, if any, had been discharged at the commencement of this Act, would have been entitled to have the term assigned or surrendered to him, but subject to any derivative mortgage term created by this Part of this Schedule or otherwise and to the money secured by any such mortgage or charge.
7E+WThis Part of this Schedule applies (save where expressly excepted) whether or not the leasehold land is registered under the Land Registration Act, 1925, or the mortgage is made by way of trust for sale or otherwise.
8E+WNothing in this Part of this Schedule shall affect priorities or the right of any mortgagee to retain possession of documents, nor affect his title to or rights over any fixtures or chattels personal comprised in the mortgage, but this Part of this Schedule does not apply unless a right of redemption is subsisting at the commencement of this Act.
Sections 76 and 77.
That, notwithstanding anything by the person who so conveys or any one through whom he derives title otherwise than by purchase for value, made, done, executed, or omitted, or knowingly suffered, the person who so conveys, has, with the concurrence of every other person, if any, conveying by his direction, full power to convey the subject-matter expressed to be conveyed, subject as, if so expressed, and in the manner in which, it is expressed to be conveyed, and that, notwithstanding anything as aforesaid, that subject-matter shall remain to and be quietly entered upon, received, and held, occupied, enjoyed, and taken, by the person to whom the conveyance is expressed to be made, and any person deriving title under him, and the benefit thereof shall be received and taken accordingly, without any lawful interruption or disturbance by the person who so conveys or any person conveying by his direction, or rightfully claiming or to claim by, through, under, or in trust for the person who so conveys, or any person conveying by his direction, or by, through, or under any one (not being a person claiming in respect of an estate or interest subject whereto the conveyance is expressly made), through whom the person who so conveys derives title, otherwise than by purchase for value:
And that, freed and discharged from, or otherwise by the person who so conveys sufficiently indemnified against, all such estates, incumbrances, claims, and demands, other than those subject to which the conveyance is expressly made, as, either before or after the date of the conveyance, have been or shall be made, occasioned, or suffered by that person or by any person conveying by his direction, or by any person rightfully claiming by, through, under, or in trust for the person who so conveys, or by, through or under any person conveying by his direction, by, through, or under any one through whom the person who so conveys derives title, otherwise than by purchase for value:
And further, that the person who so conveys, and any person conveying by his direction, and every other person having or rightfully claiming any estate or interest in the subject-matter of conveyance, other than an estate or interest subject whereto the conveyance is expressly made, by, through, under, or in trust for the person who so conveys, or by, through, or under any person conveying by his direction, or by, through, or under any one through whom the person who so conveys derives title, otherwise than by purchase for value, will, from time to time and at all times after the date of the conveyance, on the request and at the cost of any person to whom the conveyance is expressed to be made, or of any person deriving title under him, execute and do all such lawful assurances and things for further or more perfectly assuring the subject-matter of the conveyance to the person to whom the conveyance is made, and to those deriving title under him, subject as, if so expressed, and in the manner in which the conveyance is expressed to be made, as by him or them or any of them shall be reasonably required.
In the above covenant a purchase for value shall not be deemed to include a conveyance in consideration of marriage.
That, notwithstanding anything by the person who so conveys, or any one through whom he derives title, otherwise than by purchase for value, made, done, executed, or omitted, or knowingly suffered, the lease or grant creating the term or estate for which the land is conveyed is, at the time of conveyance, a good, valid, and effectual lease or grant of the property conveyed, and is in full force, unforfeited, unsurrendered, and has in nowise become void or voidable, and that, notwithstanding anything as aforesaid, all the rents reserved by, and all the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained in, the lease or grant, and on the part of the lessee or grantee and the persons deriving title under him to be paid, observed, and performed, have been paid, observed, and performed up to the time of conveyance.
In the above covenant a purchase for value shall not be deemed to include a conveyance in consideration of marriage.
That the person who so conveys, has, with the concurrence of every other person, if any, conveying by his direction, full power to convey the subject-matter expressed to be conveyed by him, subject as, if so expressed, and in the manner in which it is expressed to be conveyed:
And also that, if default is made in payment of the money intended to be secured by the conveyance, or any interest thereon, or any part of that money or interest, contrary to any provision in the conveyance, it shall be lawful for the person to whom the conveyance is expressed to be made, and the persons deriving title under him, to enter into and upon, or receive, and thenceforth quietly hold, occupy, and enjoy or take and have, the subject-matter expressed to be conveyed, or any part thereof, without any lawful interruption or disturbance by the person who so conveys, or any person conveying by his direction, or any other person (not being a person claiming in respect of an estate or interest subject whereto the conveyance is expressly made):
And that, freed and discharged from, or otherwise by the person who so conveys sufficiently indemnified against all estates, incumbraces, claims, and demands whatever, other than those subject whereto the conveyance is expressly made:
And further, that the person who so conveys and every person conveying by his direction, and every person deriving title under any of them, and every other person having or rightfully claiming any estate or interest in the subject-matter of conveyance, or any part thereof, other than an estate or interest subject whereto the conveyance is expressly made, will from time to time and at all times, on the request of any person to whom the conveyance is expressed to be made, or of any person deriving title under him, but, as long as any right of redemption exists under the conveyance, at the cost of the person so conveying, or of those deriving title under him, and afterwards at the cost of the person making the request, execute and do all such lawful assurances and things for further or more perfectly assuring the subject-matter of conveyance and every part thereof to the person to whom the conveyance is made, and to those deriving title under him, subject as, if so expressed, and in the manner in which the conveyance is expressed to be made, as by him or them or any of them shall be reasonably required.
The above covenant in the case of a charge shall have effect as if for references to “conveys,” “conveyed” and “conveyance” there were substituted respectively references to “charges,” “charged” and “charge.”
That the lease or grant creating the term or estate for which the land is held is, at the time of conveyance, a good, valid, and effectual lease or grant of the land conveyed and is in full force, unforfeited, and unsurrendered and has in nowise become void or voidable, and that all the rents reserved by, and all the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained in, the lease or grant, and on the part of the lessee or grantee and the persons deriving title under him to be paid, observed, and performed, have been paid, observed, and performed up to the time of conveyance:
And also that the person so conveying, or the persons deriving title under him, will at all times, as long as any money remains owing on the security of the conveyance, pay, observe, and perform, or cause to be paid, observed, and performed all the rents reserved by, and all the covenants, conditions, and agreements contained in, the lease or grant, and on the part of the lessee or grantee and the persons deriving title under him to be paid, observed, and performed, and will keep the person to whom the conveyance is made, and those deriving title under him, indemnified against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, damages, claims and demands, if any, to be incurred or sustained by him or them by reason of the non-payment of such rent or the non-observance or non-performance of such covenants, conditions, and agreements, or any of them.
The above covenant in the case of a charge shall have effect as if for references to “conveys,” “conveyed” and “conveyance” there were substituted respectively references to “charges,” “charged” and “charge.”
That the person so conveying, and every person deriving title under him by deed or act or operation of law in his lifetime subsequent to that conveyance, or by testamentary disposition or devolution in law, on his death, will, from time to time, and at all times, after the date of that conveyance, at the request and cost of any person deriving title thereunder, execute and do all such lawful assurances and things for further or more perfectly assuring the subject-matter of the conveyance to the persons to whom the conveyance is made and those deriving title under them, as by them or any of them shall be reasonably required, subject as, if so expressed, and in the manner in which the conveyance is expressed to be made.
Textual Amendments
F14Words repealed by Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72), Sch. 8 Pt. I
That the person so conveying has not executed or done, or knowingly suffered, or been party or privy to, any deed or thing, whereby or by means whereof the subject-matter of the conveyance, or any part thereof, is or may be impeached, charged, affected, or incumbered in title, estate, or otherwise, or whereby or by means whereof the person who so conveys is in anywise hindered from conveying the subject-matter of the conveyance, or any part thereof, in the manner in which it is expressed to be conveyed.
The foregoing covenant may be implied in an assent in like manner as in a conveyance by deed.
That the grantees or the persons deriving title under them will at all times, from the date of the conveyance or other date therein stated, duly pay the said rentcharge and observe and perform all the covenants, agreements and conditions contained in the deed or other document creating the rentcharge, and thenceforth on the part of the owner of the land to be observed and performed:
And also will at all times, from the date aforesaid, save harmless and keep indemnified the conveying parties and their respective estates and effects, from and against all proceedings, costs, claims and expenses on account of any omission to pay the said rentcharge or any part thereof, or any breach of any of the said covenants, agreements and conditions.
(i) That the grantees, or the persons deriving title under them, will at all times, from the date of the conveyance or other date therein stated, pay the apportioned rent and observe and perform all the covenants (other than the covenant to pay the entire rent) and conditions contained in the deed or other document creating the rentcharge, so far as the same relate to the land conveyed:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C9Sch. 2 Pt. 8(i) applied (with modifications) (13.10.2003) by The Land Registration Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1417), rules 1, 69(3)
And also will at all times, from the date aforesaid, save harmless and keep indemnified the conveying parties and their respective estates and effects, from and against all proceedings, costs, claims and expenses on account of any omission to pay the said apportioned rent, or any breach of any of the said covenants and conditions, so far as the same relate as aforesaid.
(ii) That the conveying parties, or the persons deriving title under them, will at all times, from the date of the conveyance or other date therein stated, pay the balance of the rentcharge (after deducting the apportioned rent aforesaid, and any other rents similarly apportioned in respect of land not retained), and observe and perform all the covenants, other than the covenant to pay the entire rent, and conditions contained in the deed or other document creating the rentcharge, so far as the same relate to the land not included in the conveyance and remaining vested in the covenantors:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C10Sch. 2 Pt. 8(ii) applied (with modifications) (13.10.2003) by The Land Registration Rules 2003 (S.I. 2003/1417), rules 1, 69(2)
And also will at all times, from the date aforesaid, save harmless and keep indemnified the grantees and their estates and effects, from and against all proceedings, costs, claims and expenses on account of any omission to pay the aforesaid balance of the rentcharge, or any breach of any of the said covenants and conditions so far as they relate as aforesaid.
That the assignees, or the persons deriving title under them, will at all times, from the date of the conveyance or other date therein stated, duly pay all rent becoming due under the lease creating the term or interest for which the land is conveyed, and observe and perform all the covenants, agreements and conditions therein contained and thenceforth on the part of the lessees to be observed and performed:
And also will at all times, from the date aforesaid, save harmless and keep indemnified the conveying parties and their estates and effects, from and against all proceedings, costs, claims and expenses on account of any omission to pay the said rent or any breach of any of the said covenants, agreements and conditions.
(i) That the assignees, or the persons deriving title under them, will at all times, from the date of the conveyance or other date therein stated, pay the apportioned rent and observe and perform all the covenants, other than the covenant to pay the entire rent, agreements and conditions contained in the lease creating the term or interest for which the land is conveyed, and thenceforth on the part of the lessees to be observed and performed, so far as the same relate to the land conveyed:
And also will at all times from the date aforesaid save harmless and keep indemnified, the conveying parties and their respective estates and effects, from and against all proceedings, costs, claims and expenses on account of any omission to pay the said apportioned rent or any breach of any of the said covenants, agreements and conditions so far as the same relate as aforesaid.
(ii) That the conveying parties, or the persons deriving title under them, will at all times, from the date of the conveyance, or other date therein stated, pay the balance of the rent (after deducting the apportioned rent aforesaid and any other rents similarly apportioned in respect of land not retained) and observe and perform all the covenants, other than the covenant to pay the entire rent, agreements and conditions contained in the lease and on the part of the lessees to be observed and performed so far as the same relate to the land demised (other than the land comprised in the conveyance) and remaining vested in the covenantors:
And also will at all times, from the date aforesaid, save harmless and keep indemnified, the assignees and their estates and effects, from and against all proceedings, costs, claims and expenses on account of any omission to pay the aforesaid balance of the rent or any breach of any of the said covenants, agreements and conditions so far as they relate as aforesaid.
Sections 114 and 115.
Form No. I
Form of Transfer of Mortgage
This Transfer of Mortgage made the day of 19 , between M. of [&c.] of the one part and T. of [&c.] of the other part, supplemental to a Mortgage dated [&c.], and made between [&c.], and to a Further Charge dated [&c.], and made between [&c.] affecting &c. (here state short particulars of the mortgaged property).
Witnesseth that in consideration of the sums of £ and £ (for interest) now paid by T. to M., being the respective amounts of the mortgage money and interest owing in respect of the said mortgage and further charge (the receipt of which sums M. hereby acknowledges) M., as mortgagee, hereby conveys and transfers toT. the benefit of the said mortgage and further charge.
In witness, &c.
Form No. 2
Form of Receipt on Discharge of a Mortgage
I, A.B., of [&c.] hereby acknowledge that I have this day of 19 , received the sum of £ representing the [aggregate] [balance remaining owing in respect of the] principal money secured by the within [above] written [annexed] mortgage [and by a further charge dated, &c., or otherwise as required] together with all interest and costs, the payment having been made by C.D. of [&c.] and E.F. of [&c.].
As witness, &c.
Note.—If the persons paying are not entitled to the equity of redemption state that they are paying the money out of a fund applicable to the discharge of the mortgage.
Section 117.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C11Sch. 4 amended (1.7.1995) by 1994 c. 36, s. 9(1)(2) (with s. 20); S.I. 1995/1317, art.2
Section 206.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C12Sch. 5 amended (1.7.1995) by 1994 c. 36, s. 9(1)(2) (with s. 20); S.I. 1995/1317, art. 2
Section 206.
Specimen No. 1
Of the Title of John Williams to Blackacre
Where the Title commences before the Commencement of this Act
The italics show how the abstract is to be framed and what documents are to be abstracted. After the commencement of this Act, the parts not in italics may be ignored.
10th June 1897.Will of H. Jones, appointing Maria Jonesand W. Jones executors and Settled Land Act trustees.
Devises, Blackacre.
To the use that Maria Jones may receive a yearly rentcharge of five hundred pounds for her life, and, subject thereto,
To the use of W. Jones for life with remainder,
To the use ofX. andY., for a term of one thousand years, and subject thereto,
To the use of the first and other sons of W. Jones in tail with remainders over.
Trusts of term of one thousand years declared for raising ten thousand pounds for portions for younger children of W. Jones, as he shall appoint, and in default equally.
Hotchpot Clause. Power to appoint new trustees.
4th June 1898.Death ofH. Jones.
1st August 1898.Will of H Jones proved.
[Note.—After the execution of the Vesting Deed the will only takes effect in equity and can be withdrawn from the abstract when not required as a root of title.]
20th August 1899.Conveyance by theexecutors to the uses of the Will.
2nd September 1915. Appointment of R. and S.to be Settled Land Act trustees of the will in place of Maria Jones and W. Jones who retire.
1st January 1926.The Settled Land andLaw of Property Acts, 1925, come into operation.
[Note.—The legal estate in fee simple will vest in W.Jones in fee simple, but he cannot deal with it till the vesting deed is executed.]
20th January 1926.Deed by the SettledLand Act trustees declaring the fee simple is vested in W. Jones on the trusts of the Will and stating that they are the trustees of the settlement.
2nd February 1926.Appointment by W. Jones offive thousand pounds, part of the ten thousand pounds, to his daughter, Ann Jones.
3rd February 1926.Assignment by Ann Jones ofher five thousand pounds, part of the ten thousand pounds raisable for portions, to trusteesF. andG. on her marriage to J. Robinson.
4th February 1926.Will of W. Jones,appointing T. Brooks his executor.
6th March 1926.Death of W. Jones leavingthree children, Frederick Jones, his eldest son, and E. Jones and Ann Robinson.
2nd April 1926.Disentail by FrederickJones in trust for himself in fee simple.
3rd May 1926.Will of W. Jonesproved by R. and S. in regard to the settled land.
6th June 1926.Mortgage by E. Jones ofhis one-half of the ten thousand pounds toK.
1st December 1926.Death of Maria Jones,jointress.
2nd January 1927.Release byF. andG. onpayment to them of the five thousand pounds of Ann Robinson.
Same date. Release by E. JonesandK.,his mortgagee, of the five thousand pounds raisable for E. Jones.
3rd January 1927.Assent by R. and S., aspersonal representatives to Frederick Jones in fee, without nominating Settled Land Act trustees.
[Note.—If the Assent had been made before the family charges had been cleared, the personal representatives would have nominated themselves as being the trustees of the settlement, and a discharge from them would have been required when the charges were cleared.]
6th February 1927.Mortgage either by chargeby way of legal mortgage or for a term of one thousand years by Frederick Jones to the Estate Trustees of the C. Assurance Society to secure five thousand pounds and interest.
20th March 1927.Second mortgage either by charge by way of legal mortgage or for a term of two thousand years by Frederick Jones toD.,to secure three thousand pounds and interest.
1st June 1927.Third mortgage either bycharge by way of legal mortgage or for a term of three thousand years by Frederick Jones toE.,to secure two thousand pounds and interest.
8th August 1927.Conveyance by Frederick Jones on his marriage (subject to above mortgages) toM. andN. upon trust for sale, the proceeds of sale being settled by a deed of even date.
12 November 1927. DeathofM.
20th December 1927.Appointment ofF. astrustee of the conveyance on trust for sale in the place ofM., and jointly withN.
10th June 1928.Conveyance by thethen Estate Trustees of the C. Assurance Society, under their power of sale as first mortgagees, to John Williams in fee.
[Note.—The title being made under the power of sale of the Estate Trustees, the fee simple passes and not merely the mortgage term. They can if desired convey the fee in the names ofM. andN. It is unnecessary to disclose the second and third mortgages or the conveyance on trust for sale. It would have been necessary to disclose them if title had been made by the trustees for sale, as the mortgages and the conveyance all dealt with legal estates. The right to vest the debt and mortgaged property in Estate Trustees by memorial enrolled under a Private Act is preserved.
No evidence of deaths, births, &c., is required. Probate of the will of H. Jones is conveyancing evidence of his death.]
12th January 1929.John Williams leaves GreatBritain and Northern Ireland is believed to be alive but cannot be found.
10th August 1929.Private Act passedauthorising the X. Company to acquire Blackacre under compulsory powers.
15th June 1930.Statutory declarationas to facts known with reference to John Williams.
16th June 1930.Deed Poll by X.Company (who by their agent also execute in the name of John Williams) under section seventy-seven of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, vesting the land in themselves.
[Note.—This is an example of an exercise of a power over a legal estate the operation of which is expressly preserved.]
Specimen No. 2
Of the Title of the Trustees of Frank Smithers to Greenacre
Relating to Undivided Shares
2nd January 1910.Mortgage by James Smith of Greenacre to M. Coy., Ltd. in fee to secure1,000l. and interest.
4th February 1910.Will of James Smithdevising Greenacre to his ten children named therein in equal shares and appointing E. to be his executor.
1st March 1910.Death of James Smith,leaving the ten children surviving.
3rd April 1910.Probateby E.
4th December 1910.Assent by E. to thedevise to the ten children.
5th January 1911.Mortgage by one of thesons of his tenth share.
Conveyance by one of thedaughters on her marriage of a tenth share to trustees on trust for sale, the net proceeds to be held on the trusts of her settlement of even date.
20th May 1911.Settlement by anotherof the sons of his tenth share and appointing Settled Land Act trustees.
8th June 1913.Will of another daughterdevising her tenth to her husband and appointing him executor.
20th June 1913.Death of thetestatrix.
4th August 1913.Probate by herhusband.
2nd May 1918.Death of another sonintestate.
30th July 1918.Letters of administrationgranted to two of his brothers.
1st January 1926.The Law of Property Act, 1925,comes into operation and vests Greenacre, subject only to the mortgage of 1910 affecting the entirety (which is converted into a mortgage for a term of three thousand years), in the Public Trustee, pending the appointment of new trustees, on trust for sale.
4th June 1926.Order of thecourt (Chancery Division) made on the application of persons entitled to six tenths, appointing M. and N. to be trustees of the trust affecting Greenacre in place of the Public Trustee.
7th May 1927.Conveyance on saleto Walter Robinson by M. and N., the M. Company, Limited, being paid off out of part of the purchase money, and joining to surrender the three thousand years term.
[Note.—The balance of the purchase money is available in the hands of the trustees to answer the claims of the mortgagee and other persons interested in undivided shares.]
4th June 1927.Will of Walter Robinsondevising and bequeathing Greenacre and his residuary real and personal estate toX. andY. upon trust for his son John Robinson for life with remainder upon trust for his first and other sons successively according to seniority in tail male with remainder upon trust for the same sons in tail general with remainder upon trust for all the daughters of John Robinson as tenants in common in tail with cross remainders in tail between them in equal shares. Appointment ofX. andY. to be executors and Settled Land Act trustees.
1st December 1927.Death oftestator.
20th April 1928.Probate by X.and Y.
3rd May 1928.Assent by X. and Y.vesting the settled land in John Robinson upon the trusts of the will of Walter Robinson, and stating that they are the trustees of the settlement.
14th July 1928.Will of John Robinsonappointing his daughters Mary Robinson and Jane Robinson his executors.
16th March 1930.Death of John Robinsonwithout having had a son and leaving five daughters.
12th June 1930.Probate by X. and Y.in regard to the settled land.
25th July 1930.Assent by X. and Y.to the vesting of the settled land in themselves on trust for sale, the net proceeds to be held on the trusts of the will of Walter Robinson.
7th January 1931.Conveyance on saleby X. and Y. of Greenacre to Frank Smithers in fee.
8th January 1931. Equitable charge by Frank Smithers to James Montagu by way of indemnity and agreement to vest Greenacre in a trust corporation on trust for sale to raise the money when the amount is ascertained and for other purposes.
[Note.—A mere equitable charge not secured by deposit of documents can be overriden when the land is made subject to a trust for sale without joining the chargee.]
9th January 1932.Lease by Frank Smithersof part of Greenacre to his wife for life at a rent.
[Note.—A lease for life is made to take effect as a demise for a term of ninety years determinable by notice after the death of the lessee by his representatives or by the lessor.]
23rd June 1933.Conveyance by Frank Smithers, of Greenacre, to a trust corporation on trust for sale subject to the lease. The net proceeds to be held on the trusts of a deed of even date, under which effect is given to the Agreement of 1931.
Specimen No. 3
Of the Title of R. Horne to Whiteacre
Where the Title commences after the Commencement of this Act
4th July 1926.Settlement by JohnWilson, being a deed declaring that Whiteacre is vested in himself in fee upon the trusts of a deed of even date.
Appointment of R. and S. to be trustees for the purposes of the Settled Land Act, 1925.
Provisions extending the powers conferred by the Settled Land Act, so far as they relate to dealings with land, and giving power for John Wilson during his life to appoint new trustees.
Same date.TrustInstrument.
Trusts declared for John Wilson for life, with remainder.
Upon trust that Elizabeth Wilson, if she survives him shall have a rentcharge of 200l. during the residue of her life, and subject thereto.
Upon trust forR. andS. for a term of five hundred years to raise five thousand pounds portions for younger children of John Wilson, with remainder.
Upon trust for Henry Wilson for life, with remainder.
Upon trust forH. andK. for a term of one thousand years to raise five thousand pounds portions for younger children of Henry Wilson, with remainder.
Upon trust for the first and other sons of Henry Wilson successively in tail, with further remainders over. Appointment ofR. andS. to be Settled Land Act trustees. Extension of Settled Land Act powers by reference to the Vesting Deed of even date or otherwise. Power for tenant for life of full age to appoint new trustees.
4th September 1926. Appointment of new trustee ofthe Trust Instrument and of the five hundred years’ term.
Recites thatS. is incapable of acting. Appointment by John Wilson ofP. to be trustee of the term of five hundred years and for the purposes of the Trust Deed in the place ofS. and jointly withR. Declaration (express or implied) vesting the equitable term of five hundred years inR. andP.
Same date.Deed statingthat R. and P. are the trustees of the settlement.
Memorandum of the deed endorsed on the Vesting Deed.
7th January 1927.Will of John Wilsonappointing Isaac James and Joseph James executors.
3rd September 1927.Death of John Wilson, leavingyounger children and his widow.
4th April 1928.Will of John Wilsonproved by R. and P. in regard to the settled land.
1st October 1928.Assignment byR.andP. toB. of term of five hundred years by way of mortgage for securing five thousand pounds and interest.
[Note.—As money has been raised on the term the mortgagee could call on the executors to create a legal term for securing it in priority to the settlement.]
2nd December 1928.Assent by R. and P., aspersonal representatives, to the vesting of the settled land in Henry Wilson in fee upon the trusts of the Trust Deed.
Statement that R. and P. are the trustees of the settlement. Power for Henry Wilson during his life to appoint new trustees.
The same provisions for extending powers conferred by the Settled Land Act as are contained in the Vesting Deed.
[Note.—These may be inserted either expressly, if short, or by reference to the former Vesting Deed, if long.]
2nd June 1929.Appointment of James Cookand Harry Cook to be trustees of the Trust Deed.
2nd June 1929.Deed stating thatthey are the trustees of the settlement. Endorsement of notice on the Vesting Deed.
4th November 1929.Transfer of the mortgage forfive thousand pounds byB. toC.
10th July 1930.Death of Henry Wilson,leaving Thomas Wilson, his eldest son, and two younger children.
1st October 1930.Letters of Administrationto the settled land of Henry Wilson granted to James Cook and Harry Cook.
3rd November 1930.Disentail by ThomasWilson.
4th November 1930.Release byC. onpayment off of his mortgage debt of five thousand pounds and surrender of the equitable term of five hundred years.
10th November 1930.Death of ElizabethWilson.
[Note.—Though her jointure took effect in equity only she has power to create a term of years absolute for raising arrears of the jointure, and the estate owner would be bound to give legal effect to a mortgage of the term.]
20th November 1930.Release by two youngerchildren of Henry Wilson of their portions.
Same date. Demise by ThomasWilson toL. andM. for an equitable term of eight hundred years, subject to cesser on payment of five thousand pounds and interest.
Same date.Demise by JamesCook and Harry Cook to L. and M. for the term of eight hundred years, subject to cesser on redemption or charge by way of legal mortgage.
Same date.Assent by themto the vesting of the settled land, subject to the term or legal charge, in Thomas Wilson in fee, without nominating Settled Land Act trustees.
10th March 1931.Conveyance by ThomasWilson and L. and M. to R. Horne in fee.
Specimen No. 4
Of the Title of the Administrators of M. Curtis to Rich and Middle Farms
Relating to Infants
2nd January 1922.Will of James Wilcox devisingRich Farm and Middle Farm to the use of his elder son John Wilcox (an infant) for his life with remainders over for the issue of John Wilcox which failed with remainder to the use of his younger son Gilbert Wilcox (an infant) for his life with remainders over. Appointment ofX. andY. to be executors and Settled Land Act trustees.
4th February 1922.Death of testator, leavinghis two sons, giving dates of their births.
12th May 1922.Probate by X.and Y.
15th December 1922.Assent to the devise, JohnWilcox being still an infant.
1st January 1926.The Settled Land Act, 1925,and The Law of Property Act, 1925, come into force and vest the settled land inX. andY. as Settled Land Act trustees by reason of John Wilcox being an infant.
4th January 1926.Instrument declaringthat the settled land is vested in X. and Y.
3rd June 1926.Death of John Wilcox abachelor and an infant.
29th September 1926.Conveyance on sale ofRich Farm by X. and Y. to M. Curtis.
12th October 1927.Conveyance by X. and Y.vesting Middle Farm in Gilbert Wilcox (who had attained full age) on the trusts of the will of James Wilcox with a statement that they are the trustees of the settlement.
10th November 1927.Conveyance on sale ofMiddle Farm by Gilbert Wilcox to M. Curtis, X. and Y. joining to receive the purchase money.
1st February 1928.Will of M. Curtis purportingto appoint his infant son John Curtis executor.
3rd April 1928.Death ofM. Curtis.
5th September 1928.Letters of administrationwith the will annexed granted to M. and N.
[Note.—Administration will either be granted to a trust Corporation or to not less than two individuals, if there are Settled Land Act trustees, it will, as respects the settled land, be granted to them.]
Specimen No. 5
Of the Title of George Smith to Houses in John Street Relating to Leasehold Property
25th March 1921.Lease by Charles Robinson to Henry Chubb, of10 to 16 (even numbers) John Street, in the city of X., for99years from date at a yearly rent of 5l. for each house.
26th March 1921First Mortgage (by subdemise) by Henry Chubb to A. for the residue of the term less3days for securing3,000l. and interest. Declaration by Henry Chubb that he holds the head term in trust for A. subject to redemption.
Same date.Second Mortgage (by subdemise) to B. for the residue of the term less2days for securing1,000l. and interest. Declaration by Henry Chubb that (subject to the First Mortgage) he holds the head term in trust for B. subject to redemption
Same date.Third Mortgage(by subdemise) toC. for residue of term less 1 day for securing 500l. and interest.
24th December 1924.Transfer of First Mortgageby A. to T. in trust for Henry Chubb, who pays off the First Mortgage debt.
1st January 1926.The Law of Property Act, 1925,comes into operation.
[Note.—It extinguishes the first mortgage term, because Henry Chubb was not entitled to keep it alive to the prejudice of his mesne incumbrancers.]
1st July 1926.Order of Court directingHenry Chubb to hand over the Lease, First Mortgage, and Transfer of that Mortgage toB.
20th July 1926.Assignment on saleby B., under his power, to George Smith.
[Note.—This conveys the head term created by the Lease and extinguishes all the mortgage terms. The head term may, if desired, be conveyed in the name of Henry Chubb.]
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