31As to trustees of compound settlements

31 As to trustees of compound settlements (1) Persons who are for the time being trustees for the purposes of this Act of an instrument which is a settlement, or is deemed to be a subsisting settlement for the purposes of this Act, shall be the trustees for the purposes of this Act of any settlement constituted by that instrument and any instruments subsequent in date or operation. Where there are trustees for the purposes of this Act of the instrument under which there is a tenant for life, but there are no trustees for those purposes of a prior instrument, being one of the instruments by which a compound settlement is constituted, those trustees shall, unless and until trustees are appointed of the prior instrument or of the compound settlement, be the trustees for the purposes of this Act of the compound settlement. (2) This section shall apply to instruments coming into operation before as well as after the commencement of this Act, but shall have effect without prejudice to any appointment made by the Court before such commencement of trustees of a settlement constituted by more than one instrument, and to the power of the Court in any case after such commencement to make any such appointment, and where any such appointment has been made before such commencement or is made thereafter this section shall not apply or shall cease to apply to the settlement consisting of the instruments to which the appointment relates. No. 3771 s. 32.