Trustee Act 2000 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Trustee Act 2000

This Act gives trustees broad investment and delegation powers, but also imposes care, advice, review, and record-keeping duties, with limits on delegation and special rules for bearer securities, remuneration, insurance, and commencement.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
Official source
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agent appointment custodian appointment delegation investment authority investment management land trusts trust administration trustee duties trustee remuneration

Statute overview

About this statute

This Act gives trustees broad investment and delegation powers, but also imposes care, advice, review, and record-keeping duties, with limits on delegation and special rules for bearer securities, remuneration, insurance, and commencement. The provision updates several investment powers and adds duty-of-care rules for trustees of land when they delegate functions.