Execution of Trusts (War Facilities) Act 1914
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1914 c. 13 |
| Year | 1914 |
Execution of Trusts (War Facilities) Act, 1914.
(5 & 6 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 13.
An Act to facilitate the execution of Trusts during the present War.
[27th November 1914]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Power to delegate the execution of trusts by power of attorney.
(1) A trustee (whether a sole trustee or a trustee with others) may, notwithstanding any rule of law or equity to the contrary, by power of attorney, attested by one or more witnesses, delegate to any person capable of being appointed to be a trustee of the trust the execution during any period for which the trustee is engaged on war service within the meaning of this Act, and a further period of one month thereafter, of any trust of which he is trustee.
(2) For the purposes of this Act a trustee shall be deemed to be engaged on war service:—
(a ) If he is engaged on active service in connection with the present war as a member of any of the military or naval forces of the Crown; and
(b ) If he is engaged on service in any work abroad, in connection with the present war, of the British Red Cross Society, or the Saint John's Ambulance Association, or any other body with similar objects; and
(c ) If in connection with the present war he is a prisoner of war in the enemy's country or is interned in the country of a neutral Power.
(3) All jurisdiction and powers of any court shall apply to the donee of a power of attorney given under this Act so far as respects the execution of the trust in the same manner as if the donee were a trustee of the trust.
(4) A statutory declaration by the donee of a power of attorney under which the execution of a trust is delegated, that the donor is engaged on war service within the meaning of this Act, or that in any transaction the donee is acting in execution of the trust, shall be accepted as sufficient evidence of the fact by any person dealing with the donee.
2 Supplemental provisions as to powers of attorney given under Act.
(1) A power of attorney given under this Act may be deposited at the Central Office of the Supreme Court or proper office of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland under section forty-eight of the...
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