REVERTER OF SITES ACT 1987 OG27 C2

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OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE REVERTER OF SITES ACT 1987 MODEL STATUTORY DECLARATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF S.2(7) OF THE 1987 ACT OG 27 C2 – 26 March 2001

Purpose: To provide a model form of words for a statutory declaration as required by s.2(7) of the 1987 Act.

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	The following is a form of wording which may assist trustees to draw up a statutory declaration. 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 technical advisers.

	Model statutory declaration for the purposes of s.2(7) of the 1987 Act
	Charity Commission reference: County: Place: Former charity:
	We [full names] of [addresses] DO SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY DECLARE as follows:
	We are the trustees of the property described in the schedule below, and hold the property on the trusts set out in section 1 of the Reverter of Sites Act 1987. We are applying for an Order under section 2 of that Act.
	[The requirements of section 3 of the said Act do not have to be satisfied with respect to the making of the application.]
	Or
	The requirements of section 3 of the said Act are satisfied with respect to the making of the application.]
	[There is no claim by any person to be a beneficiary in respect of rights proposed to be extinguished by the scheme under section 2:
		which is outstanding; or
		which has at any time been accepted as valid by us or by persons whose acceptance binds us; or
		which has been upheld in proceedings which have been concluded.]
	Or
	[Consent to the establishment of a scheme under section 2 of the said Act has been given by every person whose claim to be a beneficiary in respect of rights proposed to be extinguished is outstanding or has been so accepted or is so upheld.]
	And we make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835.
	Declared at this day of 200
	Before me
	Commissioner for Oaths / Solicitor empowered to administer oaths