4 Reduction of age and exclusion of class members to avoid remoteness
Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 (1964 c 55) | Legislation

4  Reduction of age and exclusion of class members to avoid remoteness

(1)     Where a disposition is limited by reference to the attainment by any person or persons of a specified age exceeding twenty-one years, and it is apparent at the time the disposition is made or becomes apparent at a subsequent time—

(a)     that the disposition would, apart from this section, be void for remoteness, but

(b)     that it would not be so void if the specified age had been twenty-one years,

the disposition shall be treated for all purposes as if, instead of being limited by reference to the age in fact specified, it had been limited by reference to the

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