Commons (Expenses) Act 1878
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1878 c. 56 |
| Year | 1878 |
Commons (Expenses) Act, 1878
(41 & 42 Vict.) CHAPTER 56.
An Act to amend the Law respecting the expense of regulating Commons.
[13th August 1878]
B E it 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 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as theCommons (Expenses) Act, 1878, and together with the Inclosure Acts, 1845 to 1876, as the Inclosure Acts, 1845 to 1878.
2 Raising of expenses of regulation of common by sale of portion of common.
2. The Inclosure Commissioners may, if they think fit, insert in any provisional order for the regulation of a common a provision for the raising and payment of the expenses of and incidental to the regulation of such common, either wholly or partly, by a sale of a portion of the common; and they shall in such case specify in the provisional order the situation and the maximum quantity of the portion of the common which may be so sold; and where such provision is made the said expenses may be raised and paid accordingly in manner provided by the Inclosure Acts, 1845 to 1868.
3 Amendment of 39 & 40 Vict. c. 56. s. 14. as to raising money for improvement or protection of common.
3. Where in a provisional order for the regulation of a common the Inclosure Commissioners insert, in pursuance of section fourteen of the Commons Act, 1876, a provision for the raising of money to be applied towards the improvement or protection of such common by means of the sale of any portion, they shall in the provisional order specify the situation and maximum quantity of the portion which may so be sold; and they may, if they think fit, also insert in the order a provision for the investment of the proceeds of such sale or any part of those proceeds, and for the application of the annual income of the investment towards the improvement or protection of such common, and for the sale of such investment or any part thereof from time to time, and the application of the proceeds of such sale towards the improvement or protection of such common.
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