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Version date: 1 December 2009 - onwards
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60. Powers to deal with estate, etc.

(1) The personal representatives of a deceased owner of land may, in addition to any other powers conferred on them by this Act -

(a) make such leases of the land as may be reasonably necessary for the due administration of the estate of the deceased owner; or

(b) with the consent of the beneficiaries, or with the approval of the court, make leases of the land for such term and on such conditions as the personal representatives may think proper; or

(c) make, on such terms and conditions as the personal representatives may think proper, a sub-lease of the land with a nominal reversion, where such sub-lease amounts in substance to a sale and the personal representatives have satisfied themselves that it is the most appropriate method of disposing of the land in the course of the administration of the estate;

and, where personal representatives lease any land pursuant to any power conferred on them by this subsection, they may sell any reversion expectant upon the determination of any such lease.