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Private Trusts of Land / Property

Change of trustees:

Appointment and discharge of trustees:

Using a deed of appointment:
Under section 40 Trustee Act, a deed of appointment or retirement, which meets certain conditions, automatically vests the trust Property in the new and continuing trustees. If the Land is unregistered, the deed of appointment will, if dated on or after 6 April 2009, be a trigger for compulsory first registration. If the trust Property is a registered estate or a registered charge, this transfer by operation of law has to be completed by registration (section 27 (5) Land Registration Act 2002).

If the Property is not registered Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers must apply in form FR1:
- enclosing the original deed. (together with a certified copy)
- showing a good root of title;
- enclosing evidence to satisfy the Registrar that the persons making the appointment or effecting the retirement are entitle to do so.

If the Property is registered Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers must apply in form AP1, enclosing:
- the original deed. (together with a certified copy)
- evidence to satisfy the Registrar that the people making the appointment or effecting the retirement are entitle to do so. A certificate to that effect by Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers acting for them will be accepted as evidence (rule 161(3) and 203 Land Registration Rules 2003).

Cases where this would be the best way to proceed include the following:
In each case, a certificate by Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers acting for the persons making the appointment, or effecting the retirement, can be lodged instead of the evidence referred to either:
- where the power of appointing new trustees is vested in someone other than the existing trustees (for example, in the settlor). Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers will need to lodge a certified copy of the trust instrument containing this power;
- where a trustee has been dismissed or replaced under a power contained in the trust instrument. Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers will need to lodge a certified copy of the trust instrument containing this power, or
- where a trustee has been replaced under section 36(1) Trustee Act, on the grounds that he or she has remained out of the UK for more than 12 months, refuses to or is unfit to act in the trust, or is incapable of doing so, or is an infant. Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers will need to lodge a statutory declaration providing the relevant facts.

An appointment or discharge containing an express or implied vesting declaration must normally be by deed, but occasionally an instrument in writing will suffice. (for example, section 13(2) Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992). It does not usually have to be executed by trustees who are removed against their will. However, Land Registry will generally serve notice on any existing registered proprietor who is not a party to the document, before they complete the application.

Where Land is held under a Lease that contains a provision against alienation without consent, a deed of appointment or retirement will not operate to vest the Land in the trustees unless the necessary consent has been obtained (section 40(4)(b) Trustee Act). A certified copy of the consent should accompany the application.

Vesting Orders by the Court:
Section 41 Trustee Act, enables the Court to appoint new trustees. In the case of registered Land, such an Order must be registered. Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers should apply in form AP1, enclosing an office copy of the Court Order. If the original is to be returned the Land Registry will require a certified copy with the application.

In the case of unregistered Land, a vesting Order under section 44 Trustee Act made on or after 6 April 2009 that is consequential on the appointment of a new trustee (whether or not that appointment was made by an Order under section 41 Trustee Act) will trigger compulsory first registration and an application for first registration must be made.

Appointment or discharge of trustees by resolution of the trustees:
In certain cases where trustees may be appointed or discharged by resolution of a meeting of the trustees or other persons, a vesting declaration is implied by statute in the memorandum or written record of the resolution.

If the trust Property is a registered estate or a registered charge (Mortgage), this declaration has to be completed by registration. In many cases it will be simplest to arrange for the existing registered proprietors to execute a transfer to the new or continuing trustees. Alternatively, Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers can apply to register the implied vesting declaration directly. They must apply in form AP1, enclosing a certified copy of the memorandum or resolution and evidence of the provision under which it operates to vest the Land in the trustees.

If the Land is unregistered, a memorandum executed as a deed on or after 6 April 2009 evidencing the appointment of a new trustee by a resolution to which section 83 of the Charities Act 1993 applies will trigger compulsory first registration and an application for first registration must be made by the Conveyancing Solicitors and Property Lawyers.

Death of a trustee:
When a trustee has died, an application to remove the name from the register, or to register a transfer to, or a vesting in, new trustees, should be accompanied by evidence of the death.

(All italics in this page are Crown Copyright and reproduced here for your information with permission from HM Land Registry)

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