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Section 23: Duration of trusts for sale.

Law of Property Act 1925 · 1925 c. 20View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part I: General Principles as to Legal Estates, Equitable Interests and Powers

REPEALED on 1997-01-01 by Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.

Source annotation(s):

  • S. 23 (and the heading immediately preceding it) repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47 , s. 25(2) , Sch.4 (with ss. 24(2) , 25(4) ); S.I. 1996/2974 , art.2

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

Where land has, either before or after the commencement of this Act, become subject to an express or implied trust for sale, such trust shall, so far as regards the safety and protection of any purchaser thereunder, be deemed to be subsisting until the land has been conveyed to or under the direction of the persons interested in the proceeds of sale.

This section applies to sales whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, but operates without prejudice to an order of any court restraining a sale.

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