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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...