Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20)

(1) There shall be a body corporate known as the Board of Trustees of the Chevening Estate (in this Act referred to as “ the Board ”). (2) The Board shall be the trustee of the trusts contained in the trust instrument as amended by this Act and shall have the functions conferred by this Act and by that instrument as so amended. (3) In this Act “ the trust instrument ” means the trust instrument set out in the Schedule to the M1 Chevening Estate Act 1959. (4) Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Board. Marginal Citations M1 1959 c. 49 .

(1) On the appointed day there are hereby transferred to and vested in the Board, as trustee under the trust instrument as amended by this Act,— (a) all the property and rights which, immediately before that day, are held by any of the Chevening trustees on the trusts contained in the trust instrument; and (b) any liability or obligation to which, immediately before that day, any of the Chevening trustees are subject in their capacity as trustees under that instrument. (2) In this section “ the Chevening trustees ” means the persons who, immediately before the appointed day, are “the Bank” or “ the Administrative Trustees ” for the purposes of the trust instrument. (3) References in this section to property, rights, liabilities or obligations are references to any property, rights, liabilities or obligations whether or not capable of being transferred or assigned. (4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, any legal proceedings or applications to any authority pending immediately before the appointed day by or against any of the Chevening trustees in their capacity as trustees under the trust instrument shall be continued by or against the Board. (5) Anything done before the appointed day in the exercise or performance of any power or duty conferred or imposed by the trust instrument shall, in so far as it relates or is capable of relating to any time on or after that day, have effect as if it had been done in the exercise or performance of the corresponding power or duty conferred or imposed by that instrument as amended by this Act.