Artillery Ranges Act 1862
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1862 c. 36 |
| Year | 1862 |
(25 & 26 Vict.) C A P. XXXVI.
[17th July 1862]
'WHEREAS certain Lands in the Parish ofShoebury in the County of Essex have been purchased in Fee, and certain other Lands therein and in the Parish of Wakering in the same County have been acquired for certain Terms of Years under the ‘ Defence Act, 1842,’ and the ‘ Ordnance Board Transfer Act, 1855,’ and are now vested in and possessed by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department in trust for Her Majesty, the Particulars of which Premises and of his Estate and Interest therein are mentioned and set forth in the Schedule to this Act, and are shown and delineated on the Map or Plan made thereof and to be deposited with the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty: And whereas the said Lands and Premises have been used and appropriated for the Establishment of a School of Gunnery and the Practice of Artillery, and large Sums of Money have been expended in the Erection of Barracks and Quarters for Officers and Soldiers atShoebury aforesaid: And whereas it is alleged that Portion of the Lands and Premises which lies between High and Low Water Mark is subject to the Rights of Passage and Anchorage of Vessels in the Water or Sea flowing over the same, and at Low Water to certain other Rights of Grounding thereon: And whereas such alleged Rights, if suffered to continue, would very much interfere with and impede the useful Purposes intended to be effected by the Acquisition of the said Lands and Premises and by the Establishment of the School of Gunnery aforesaid, and would be highly detrimental to the Public Service; and for the Reasons aforesaid it is expedient that the same should be forthwith partially extinguished and the said Premises be kept free from all the Anchorage or Grounding of Vessels, Barges, and other Craft:' 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 Spaces for the Practice of Artillery to be kept...
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