Schedule The Benefices Act 1898 Section 1(6)M1

The expression “transfer” in this section shall include any conveyance or assurance passing or creating any legal or equitable interestinter vivos,and any agreement for any such conveyance or assurance, but shall not include—

(a) a transmission on marriage, death, or bankruptcy, or otherwise by operation of law, nor

(b) a transfer on the appointment of a new trustee where no beneficial interest passes.