
Regulation of Trusts Bill: Stronger powers and protections
The Bill would introduce additional safeguards for particular trust arrangements, strengthen the Master’s supervisory powers, and change the trust-termination process.

The Bill would introduce additional safeguards for particular trust arrangements, strengthen the Master’s supervisory powers, and change the trust-termination process.

The Bill would introduce annual reporting and accounting duties and establish a prudent-investor framework, while revising the beneficial-ownership obligations.

The proposals recognise electronic signatures and prescribe how oaths may be administered through audio-visual communication.

The proposed framework would allow affidavits to be commissioned remotely through live audiovisual technology.