Section 57 — Property Law Act 2007: Feudal incidents of estate in fee simple abolished

57 Feudal incidents of estate in fee simple abolished (1) A Crown grant of land, or a certificate of title or computer register having the force and effect of a Crown grant of land, whether issued before, on, or after 1 January 2008, for an estate in fee simple confers on the person named in the Crown grant or the certificate of title or computer register a right of freehold tenure (free and common socage) without any incident of tenure for the benefit of the Crown. (2) An estate in fee simple is transferable, and has always been transferable, without the permission of the Crown or the need to make any payment to the Crown. (3) An instrument purporting to create, transfer, or assign an estate in fee simple in any land subject to the reservation to the person executing the instrument of an estate in fee simple (subinfeudation) continues to create, transfer, or assign an estate in fee simple without any such reservation.