Question follow-through · 113314

Property Law: Charitable Trusts

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

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
24 Feb 2026
Answer
24 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 24 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    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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