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Variation of Trusts Act 1994
6Power of Supreme Court to vary charitable trusts
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### 6 Power of Supreme Court to vary charitable trusts
> > (1) If, on application by the trustees, the Court is satisfied that circumstances exist justifying the variation of the purposes for which property may be applied under a charitable trust, the Court may approve of a scheme varying the purposes for which the property is required or permitted to be applied under the trust.
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> > (2) On approval of a scheme varying the purposes for which the trust property is required or permitted to be applied under a charitable trust, those purposes are taken to be varied in accordance with the approved scheme.
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> > (3) The Court must not approve of a scheme under this section unless of opinion that the scheme accords as far as reasonably practicable with the spirit of the original gift.