{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-of-land-and-appointment-of-trustees-act-1996/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-of-land-and-appointment-of-trustees-act-1996/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/47",
  "legislation_title": "Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-of-land-and-appointment-of-trustees-act-1996",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Meaning of “beneficiary”.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “beneficiary”, in relation to a trust, means any person who under the trust has an interest in property subject to the trust (including a person who has such an interest as a trustee or a personal representative).\n(2) In this Act references to a beneficiary who is beneficially entitled do not include a beneficiary who has an interest in property subject to the trust only by reason of being a trustee or personal representative.\n(3) For the purposes of this Act a person who is a beneficiary only by reason of being an annuitant is not to be regarded as entitled to an interest in possession in land subject to the trust.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/47/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:50.698067+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."
}