Evidence in support of power delegating trustees' functions to a beneficiaryE+W
63.—(1) If any document executed by an attorney to whom functions have been delegated under section 9 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 M1 is delivered to the registrar, the registrar may require the production of evidence to satisfy him that the person who dealt with the attorney—
(a)did so in good faith, and
(b)had no knowledge at the time of the completion of the transaction that the attorney was not a person to whom the functions of the trustees in relation to the land to which the application relates could be delegated under that section.
(2) The evidence that the registrar may require under paragraph (1) may consist of or include a statutory declaration [F1or statement of truth] by the person who dealt with the attorney or a certificate given by that person's conveyancer either in Form 3 or, where evidence of non-revocation is also required pursuant to rule 62, in Form 2.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in rule 63(2) inserted (10.11.2008) by The Land Registration (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/1919), rule 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 17 (with rule 5)
Marginal Citations