Property Law: Charitable Trusts
Commons · Question 113314 · Tabled 12 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to conveyancers, the Land Registry, or other stakeholders on the application of perpetuity rules to commercial land instruments following the enactment of the Perpetuities
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 24 Feb 2026
No guidance has been issued by the Ministry of Justice since the Act came into force. The explanatory notes to the legislation set out the effects of the changes to the law: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/18/notes/contents.This is a complex and...