The Regulator for Charities in England and Wales


OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE

REVERTER OF SITES ACT 1987

MODEL NOTICE UNDER S.3 OF THE 1987 ACT

OG 27 C1 – 26 March 2001


Purpose: To provide a model form of wording for publicity purposes, as required by s.3 of the 1987 Act.


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The following is a form of wording which may assist trustees in compiling the notice. Caseworkers should present this as an example only. We cannot give any guarantee for technical sufficiency, which is for the trustees to establish in consultation with their legal advisers.

 

Notice under s.3 of the Reverter of Sites Act 1987

  The former ............................in the County of ...........................
 
  • The Trustees of formerly held the land specified in [Part I of ] the schedule below under a deed dated and made between . The deed was made under the provisions of the Acts and settled the land upon trust for use for the purposes of . On ceasing to be used for these purposes there was a provision for the land to revert to the original owner.
 
  • The land ceased to be so used and by virtue of section 1 of the Reverter of Sites Act 1987 became subject to a trust for the persons who but for that Act would from time to time be entitled to the ownership of the land by virtue of its reverter ("the beneficiaries")
 
  • [The Trustees have sold the land and now hold the property specified in Part II of the schedule below on the last-mentioned trust]
 
  • The Trustees propose to apply to the Charity Commission for England and Wales under section 2 of the Reverter of Sites Act 1987 for an Order establishing a Scheme with respect to the property subject to the said trust which will:
     
  • Extinguish the rights of the beneficiaries under the trust; and
     
  • Require the Trustees to hold the said property on trust for such charitable purposes as may be specified in the Order.
 
  • Any beneficiary under the trust who wishes to oppose the extinguishment of his/her rights should notify his/her claim in writing to the Trustees c/o ......... within three months from today.
 

SCHEDULE

[Part I]

[Part II]

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