14Power of tenant for life, on sale or grant for building purposes to provide for streets, open spaces, &c., and for use thereof

14 Power of tenant for life, on sale or grant for building purposes to provide for streets, open spaces, &c., and for use thereof

*[Section 14 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]*On or in connection with a sale or grant for building purposes, or a building lease, the tenant for life, for the general benefit of the residents on the settled land, or on any part thereof –

(a) may cause or require any parts of the settled land to be appropriated and laid out for streets, roads, paths, squares, gardens, or other open spaces, for the use, gratuitously or on payment, of the public or of individuals, with sewers, drains, watercourses, fencing, paving, or other works necessary or proper in connection therewith;

(b) may provide that the parts so appropriated shall be conveyed to or vested in the trustees of the settlement or other trustees, or any company or public body, on trusts or subject to provisions for securing the continued appropriation thereof to the purposes aforesaid, and the continued repair or maintenance of streets, and other places and works aforesaid, with or without provision for appointment of new trustees when required; and

(c) may execute any general or other deed necessary or proper for giving effect to the provisions of this section, and thereby declare the mode, terms, and conditions of the appropriation, and the manner in which and the persons by whom the benefit thereof is to be enjoyed, and the nature and extent of the privileges and conveniences granted.