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(1)This Act may be cited as the Perpetuities Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.
(2)In this Act—
“disposition” includes the conferring of a power of appointment and any other disposition of an interest in or right over property, and references to the interest disposed of shall be construed accordingly;
“in being” means living or en ventre sa mère;
“power of appointment” includes any discretionary power to transfer a beneficial interest in property without the furnishing of valuable consideration;
“will” includes a codicil;
and for the purposes of this Act a disposition contained in a will shall be deemed to be made at the death of the testator.
(3)For the purposes of this Act a person shall be treated as a member of a class if in his case all the conditions identifying a member of the class are satisfied, and shall be treated as a potential member if in his case some only of those conditions are satisfied but there is a possibility that the remainder will in time be satisfied.
(4)Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of the rule of law rendering void for remoteness certain dispositions under which property is limited to be applied for purposes other than the benefit of any person or class of persons in cases where the property may be so applied after the end of the perpetuity period.
(5)The foregoing sections shall apply (except as provided in section 8(2), section 9(2), section 13(5) and section 14(2)) only in relation to instruments taking effect after the passing of this Act, and in the case of an instrument made in the exercise of a special power of appointment shall apply only where the instrument creating the power takes effect after that passing, so however that section 7 shall apply in all cases for construing the foregoing reference to a special power of appointment.
(6)This Act shall apply in relation to a disposition made otherwise than by an instrument as if the disposition had been contained in an instrument taking effect when the disposition was made.
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