Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1926

3 Meaning of “trust corporation.”U.K.

(1)For the purposes of the M1Law of Property Act, 1925, the M2Settled Land Act, 1925, the M3Trustee Act, 1925, the M4Administration of Estates Act, 1925, and the [F1Senior Courts Act 1981], the expression “Trust Corporation” includes the Treasury Solicitor, the Official Solicitor and any person holding any other official position prescribed by the Lord Chancellor, and, in relation to the property of a bankrupt F2..., includes the trustee in bankruptcy F3..., and, in relation to charitable ecclesiastical and public trusts, also includes any local or public authority so prescribed, and any other corporation constituted under the laws of the United Kingdom or any part thereof which satisfies the Lord Chancellor that it undertakes the administration of any such trusts without remuneration, or that by its constitution it is required to apply the whole of its net income after payment of outgoings for charitable, ecclesiastical or public purposes, and is prohibited from distributing, directly or indirectly, any part thereof by way of profits amongst any of its members, and is authorised by him to act in relation to such trusts as a trust corporation.

(2)For the purposes of this provision, the expression “Treasury Solicitor” means the solicitor for the affairs of His Majesty’s Treasury, and includes the solicitor for the affairs of the Duchy of Lancaster.