# Trustee Delegation Act 1999, Section 9: Attorney acting for incapable trustee.


(1) In section 22 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (requirement, before dealing with legal estate vested in trustee who is incapable by reason of mental disorder, to appoint new trustee or discharge incapable trustee), after subsection (2) insert—
“(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not prevent a legal estate being dealt with without the appointment of a new trustee, or the discharge of the incapable trustee, at a time when the donee of an enduring power (within the meaning of the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985) is entitled to act for the incapable trustee in the dealing.”
(2) The amendment made by subsection (1) above has effect whether the enduring power was created before or after the commencement of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/15/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trustee-delegation-act-1999/section-9
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