{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996/schedule/paragraph-90",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996/schedule/paragraph-90.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1996/11",
  "legislation_title": "Edinburgh Merchant Company Order Confirmation 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/90",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "90",
  "heading": "Application of residue of widows' fund",
  "text": "(1) After they have fulfilled all their obligations under this Order or otherwise, the trustees may at any time in their absolute discretion invest the residue of the widows' fund or any part thereof (not being moneys forming part of any annuity or deferred annuity purchased by them) or pay the same or any part thereof to the endowments trust or such other charitable trust managed by the Company as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall determine.\n(2) Upon the death of the last annuitant, and provided that at that date no person may yet come to be an annuitant, or upon it subsequently appearing that no person may yet come to be an annuitant, the trustees shall transfer the residue of the widows' fund to the endowments trust or such other charitable trust managed by the Company as shall be determined by the Company at a general meeting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1996/11/schedule/paragraph/90",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:48.524510+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}