Allotments Extension Act 1882
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1882 c. 80 |
| Year | 1882 |
Allotments Extension Act, 1882
(45 & 46 Vict.) CHAPTER 80.
An Act for the Extension of Allotments.
[18th August 1882]
W HEREAS by an Act 2 William IV., cap. 42, the trustees of lands allotted under enclosure Acts or otherwise appropriated for the benefit of the poor of any parish, together with the churchwardens and overseers of the poor in parish vestry assembled, are required to let portions of such lands in quantities of not more than one statute acre to any one individual, according to their discretion, as a yearly occupation from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and at such rent as land of the same quality is usually let for in the said parish to industrious cottagers of good character, being day labourers or journeymen legally settled in the said parish, or dwelling within or near its bounds:
And whereas the provisions of the said Act, from its limited application and other causes, have been only partially carried out:
And whereas it is expedient that having regard to the present Poor Law, the benefit thereof should be extended to all the irremovable poor, and that the same should be extended to all lands, whether cultivated or uncultivated, held for the benefit of the poor as herein-after described, and that a summary remedy should be afforded:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Interpretation.
In this Act ‘trustees’ shall mean trustees, feoffees, and managers, whether corporate or sole, or a committee of the same in such cases as are provided for in the Poor Allotments Management Act, 1873.
2 Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Allotments Extension Act, 1882.
3 Extent of Act.
This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Ireland.
4 Trustees of lands vested for benefit of the poor to give notice as to letting.
All trustees in whom lands are vested or by whom the same are held or managed for the benefit of the poor of any parish or place in or adjoining to that in which such lands are situate, and whereof the rents or produce are distributed in gifts of money, doles, fuel, clothing, bread, or other articles of sustenance or necessity, shall, where such lands are not otherwise used for the benefit of the parish in which it is situate as a recreation ground, or otherwise for the enjoyment or general benefit of the inhabitants, take proceedings, subject as herein-after mentioned, for letting such lands in allotments to cottagers, labourers, and others, and—
(1) (1.) They shall set apart for the purpose of this Act such field or other portion of the said lands as is most suitable, as regards distance and otherwise, for allotments, and give public notice, in manner directed by the schedule to this Act, of the field or portion so set apart, specifying the situation and extent thereof, and the rent per acre or rod which they are ready to accept for the same when let in allotments, and the times and places at which applications for allotments are to be made:
(2) (2.) If any applications for an allotment are received within the time fixed by the notice the trustees shall forthwith proceed to obtain possession of the field or portion set apart, or of so much thereof as is required for the applications, and to fence the same (if necessary), and to let the same in manner provided by this Act:
(3) (3.) If the whole of the field or portion so set apart is let in allotments the trustees shall proceed as soon as they have power so to do to set apart another field or portion of their lands for the purpose of this Act, and give public notice thereof as directed by this section, and so on until the whole of their lands are let in allotments, or no applications are received for further allotments:
Provided that—
5 Power to let lands inconveniently situated.
If any of the said lands shall be found to lie at an inconvenient distance from the residences of any cottagers or labourers it shall be lawful for the trustees to let such lands, or any part thereof, for the best rent that can be procured for the same, and to hire in lieu thereof, for the purposes of this Act, other land more favourably situated for allotments to the poor of the parish or place for whose benefit such lands are held in trust.
6 Saving old rights.
Neither this Act nor section twelve of the Poor Allotments Management Act, 1873, shall extend or be applicable to any lands with regard to which the provisions of the second William the Fourth, chapter forty-two, have been put into operation; but all...
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