Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 113314

Property Law: Charitable Trusts

Tabled: 12 February 2026

Answered: 24 February 2026

Named Day

Question

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

Sarah Sackman

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...

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