Settled Land Act 1925

Settled Land Act 1925[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the enactments relating to Settled Land in England and Wales.
Citation15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 18
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent9 April 1925
Commencement1 January 1926[c]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Relates to
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Settled Land Act 1925 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
See also: Settled Land Acts

The Settled Land Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 18) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to settled land in England and Wales.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 119 of the act repealed 19 enactments, listed in the fifth schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
22 & 23 Vict. c. 35 Law of Property Amendment Act 1859 Section thirteen.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 18 Settled Estates Act 1877 The whole act.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 41 Conveyancing Act 1881 Subsections (1) (2) (3) and (7) of section forty-two.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 38 Settled Land Act 1882 The whole act except section thirty.
47 & 48 Vict. c. 18 Settled Land Act 1884 The whole act.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 30 Settled Land Acts (Amendment) Act 1887 The whole act.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 42 Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act 1888 Subsections (6) and (9) of section four and sections five and nine, so far as those subsections and sections relate to assurances executed after the commencement of this Act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 47 Palatine Court of Durham Act 1889 In section ten the words "The Settled Land Act, 1882, and the Settled Land Act, 1884."
53 & 54 Vict. c. 69 Settled Land Act 1890 The whole act.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 70 Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 Subsection (1) of section seventy-four.
8 Edw. 7. c. 36 Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 Subsections (4) and (5) of section forty.
9 Edw. 7. c. 44 Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1909 Section seven.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 37 Conveyancing Act 1911 Section fourteen.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 35 Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act 1919 Section thirty-one.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 59 Land Settlement (Facilities) Act 1919 Section twenty-nine.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 20 Tithe Annuities Apportionment Act 1921 Section two.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 16 Law of Property Act 1922 Section three, so far as it relates to equitable interests and powers arising under a settlement; sections four, ten and thirteen so far as they relate to settled land; the first paragraph of subsection (4) of section seven; sections twelve and twenty-six; subsection (2) of section twenty-eight; sections thirty-five to forty-two; Part II. except such of the provisions thereof as are applied to universities and college estates so far as they apply thereto, and as respects section forty-three except so far as it relates to glebes; section eighty-six. Part II. of the First Schedule so far as it relates to settled land. The Third Schedule so far as it relates to settled land. The Fifth Schedule. In the Sixth Schedule paragraphs one and three and sub-paragraphs (1) (3) and (4) of paragraph four. In the Ninth Schedule Forms Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, and No. 8 so far as it relates to settled land. The Tenth Schedule.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 9 Agricultural Holdings Act 1923 Section twenty-one.
15 Geo. 5. c. 5 Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 Section four and the Fourth Schedule.

Subsequent developments

The Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (c. 47), which came into force on 1 January 1997, provided that no settlement created after its commencement could be a settlement for the purposes of the act, preventing the creation of new strict settlements while preserving the act's operation for settlements already in existence at that date.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 120(1).
  2. ^ Section 120(3).
  3. ^ Section 120(2).

References

  1. ^ "Settled Land Act 1925 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Settled Land Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 18
  3. ^ "Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1996 c. 47

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