Section 23 | Provisions Where, As Respects Settled Land, Representation Is Not Granted To The Trustees Of The Settlement | Administration Of Estates Act 1925 C23

23 Provisions where, as respects settled land, representation is not granted to the trustees of the settlement

Administration of Estates Act 1925 (1925 c 23) | Legislation

23 Provisions where, as respects settled land, representation is not granted to the trustees of the settlement

(1) Where settled land becomes vested in a personal representative, not being a trustee of the settlement, upon trust to convey the land to or assent to the vesting thereof in the tenant for life or statutory owner in order to give effect to a settlement created before the death of the deceased and not by his will, or would on the grant of representation to him, have become so vested, such representative may—

(a) before representation has been granted, renounce his office in regard only to such settled land without renouncing it in regard to other property;

(b) after representation has been granted, apply to the court for revocation of the grant in regard to the settled