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Trustee Act 2000

Trustee Act 2000

2000 CHAPTER 29

Commentary on Sections

Part III: Acquisition of Land

Section 10: Existing trusts

45.Section 10 provides that the power to acquire and deal with land created in Part III applies to all trustees, whenever the relevant trust was created. The new power does not apply to the trustees of a settlement under the Settled Land Act 1925 or to trustees of trusts subject to the Universities and Colleges Estates Act 1925.

46.The general duty of care imposed by section 1 of the Act applies to the exercise of the new statutory power to acquire land under section 8; to the exercise of any power to acquire land under the trust instrument and, in both cases, when exercising any power in relation to the land acquired (Schedule 1 paragraph 2).

47.By virtue of paragraph 45(1) of Schedule 2 to the Act the present restriction on the scope of the powers of trustees of land in section 6 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 to land in England and Wales is removed so that trustees of land will have the same powers in relation to the acquisition, management and disposal of land will be applicable as other trustees.

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