(1)Section 750 (liability of trustees of debentures) does not operate—
(a)to invalidate any provision in force on the relevant date so long as any person—
(i)then entitled to the benefit of the provision, or
(ii)afterwards given the benefit of the provision under subsection (3) below,
remains a trustee of the deed in question, or
(b)to deprive any person of any exemption or right to be indemnified in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by him while any such provision was in force.
(2)The relevant date for this purpose is—
(a)1st July 1948 in a case where section 192 of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) applied immediately before the commencement of this section;
(b)1st July 1961 in a case where Article 201 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6)) then applied.
(3)While any trustee of a trust deed remains entitled to the benefit of a provision saved by subsection (1) above the benefit of that provision may be given either—
(a)to all trustees of the deed, present and future, or
(b)to any named trustees or proposed trustees of it,
by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than 75% in value of the debenture holders present in person or, where proxies are permitted, by proxy at a meeting summoned for the purpose.
(4)A meeting for that purpose must be summoned in accordance with the provisions of the deed or, if the deed makes no provision for summoning meetings, in a manner approved by the court.