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Trustee Act 1893
13Vesting of trust property in new or continuing trustees
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13 Vesting of trust property in new or continuing trustees
(1) Where a deed by which a new trustee is appointed to perform any
trust contains a declaration by the appointor to the effect that any
estate or interest in any land, subject to the trust, or in any chattel
so subject, or the right to recover and receive any debt or other
thing in action so subject, shall vest in the person or persons who,
by virtue of the deed, become and are the trustee or trustees for
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performing the trust, that declaration shall, without any conveyance
or assignment, operate to vest in that person or those persons, as
joint tenants if more than one, and for the purposes of the trust, that
estate, interest, or right.
(2) Where a deed under section 12, by which a retiring trustee is
discharged under this Act, contains such a declaration as is in this
section mentioned by the retiring and continuing trustees and by the
other person (if any) empowered to appoint trustees, that
declaration shall, without any conveyance or assignment, operate
to vest in the continuing trustees alone, as joint tenants and for the
purposes of the trust, the estate, interest, or right to which the
declaration relates.
(3) This section does not extend to land under the provisions of the
Land Title Act 2000, or to land conveyed by way of mortgage for
securing money subject to the trust, or to any such share stock,
annuity, or property as is only transferable in books kept by a
company or other body, or in manner directed by or under Act of
Parliament.
(4) For purposes of registration of the deed in the General Registry
Office the person or persons making the declaration shall be
deemed the conveying party or parties, and the deed shall be
deemed a conveyance made by him or them under a power
conferred by this Act.
(5) This section applies only to deeds executed after the
Purchase and sale