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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-of-land-and-appointment-of-trustees-act-1996/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trusts-of-land-and-appointment-of-trustees-act-1996/section-4.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/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Express trusts for sale as trusts of land.",
  "text": "(1) In the case of every trust for sale of land created by a disposition there is to be implied, despite any provision to the contrary made by the disposition, a power for the trustees to postpone sale of the land; and the trustees are not liable in any way for postponing sale of the land, in the exercise of their discretion, for an indefinite period.\n(2) Subsection (1) applies to a trust whether it is created, or arises, before or after the commencement of this Act.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not affect any liability incurred by trustees before that commencement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/47/section/4",
    "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."
}