A.D. 1925.
- of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-three;
- (b) a railway or canal company in Northern Ireland whose system is situate partly in Northern Ireland and partly in the Irish Free State shall not be deemed to be a railway or canal company in Northern Ireland.
Purchase at a premium of redeemable stocks; change of character of investment. 2.—(1) A trustee may under the powers of this Act invest in any of the securities mentioned or referred to in section one of this Act, notwithstanding that the same may be redeemable, and that the price exceeds the redemption value.
Provided that, in the case of any stock mentioned or referred to in paragraphs (g), (i), (k), (l), (m), (o), (p) and (q) of subsection (1) of section one of this Act, which is liable to be redeemed at par or at some other fixed rate, a trustee shall not be entitled to purchase the stock—
- (a) at a price exceeding fifteen per centum above par or such other fixed rate; nor
- (b) if the stock is liable to be so redeemed as aforesaid within fifteen years of the date of purchase, at a price exceeding its redemption value.
(2) A trustee may retain until redemption any redeemable stock, fund, or security which may have been purchased in accordance with the powers of this Act, or any statute replaced by this Act.
Discretion of trustees. 3. Every power conferred by the preceding sections shall be exercised according to the discretion of the trustee, but subject to any consent or direction required by the instrument, if any, creating the trust or by statute with respect to the investment of the trust funds.
Power to retain investment which has ceased to be authorised. 4. A trustee shall not be liable for breach of trust by reason only of his continuing to hold an investment which has ceased to be an investment authorised by the trust instrument or by the general law.
Enlargement of powers of investment. 5.—(1) A trustee having power to invest in real securities may invest and shall be deemed always to have had power to invest—
- (a) on mortgage of property held for an unexpired term of not less than two hundred years, and
