Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924

Vesting orders.

7 The provisions, in paragraphs 7 and 9 of the same Schedule to the principal Act as to vesting orders shall be read as follows:—

“(1) If—

(a) any person who is bound to execute a conveyance, vesting deed or vesting assent, or in whom settled land is wrongly vested refuses or neglects to execute the requisite conveyance or vesting deed or vesting assent within one month after demand in writing ; or

(b) such person is outside the United Kingdom, or cannot be found, or it is not known whether he is alive or dead; or

(c) for any reason the court is satisfied that the conveyance or vesting deed or vesting assent cannot be executed, or cannot be executed without undue delay or expense;

the court may, on the application of any person interested, make an order vesting the settled land in the tenant for life or statutory owner or person (if any) of full age absolutely entitled (whether beneficially or as personal representative or trustee for sale or otherwise), and (if the land remains settled land) the provisions of this Act relating to a principal vesting deed or a subsidiary vesting deed (as the case may require) shall apply to any order so made which shall contain the like statements and particulars.

(2) No stamp duty shall be payable in respect of a vesting order made in place of a vesting or other assent.”