Companies (Amendment) Act, 1977

Acquisition and disposal of securities by trustees and personal representatives.

7.—A trustee or personal representative shall not be chargeable with breach of trust or, as the case may be, with default in administering the estate by reason only of the fact that—

(a) he has, for the purpose of acquiring securities which he has power to acquire in connection with the trust or estate, paid for the securities under arrangements which provide for them to be transferred to him from a stock exchange nominee but not to be so transferred until after payment of the price; or

(b) he has, for the purpose of disposing of securities which he has power to dispose of in connection with the trust or estate, transferred the securities to a stock exchange nominee under arrangements which provide that the price is not to be paid to him until after the transfer is made.