Crown Lands Act 1829
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1829 c. 50 |
| Year | 1829 |
(10 Geo. 4) C A P. L.
[19th June 1829]
'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty QueenAnne , intituled , all the Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tithes, Woods, or other Hereditaments (Advowsons of Churches and Vicarages only excepted), inEngland, Wales , and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed , which then belonged or should thereafter belong to Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, were rendered inalienable, except for Terms and Estates not exceeding Three Lives or Thirty-one Years, or in some Cases Fifty Years: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled Ireland,and for other Purposes relating thereto , the Land Revenues of the Crown ofIreland were rendered inalienable, except in the Manner and under the Powers and Provisions in that Act mentioned and contained: And Whereas by an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled Great Britain, it was enacted, that the Revenue accruing to His Majesty by Rents of Lands, or for Fines of Leases of the same or any of them (except the Revenue of the Duchy ofCornwall ), should, during His then present Majesty's Life, be carried to and made Part of the General or Aggregate Fund, and be, during the said Term, issued and applied in the Manner therein mentioned, except the Monies which should be necessary to defray Expences incurred in the Collection and Management of the said Revenues: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled EuropeanDominions of the French King, into this Kingdom; and for applying certain unclaimed Monies, remaining in the Exchequer for the Payment of Annuities on Lives, to the Reduction of the National Debt , it was enacted, that the Revenue arising as aforesaid should, during the Life of His said Majesty, be carried to and made Part of a Fund to be called ‘The Consolidated Fund:’ And Whereas by an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled Great Britainand Ireland, it was enacted, that the Produce of all the Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues in that Part of the United Kingdom called England , which, during the Life of His late Majesty, were by the Acts therein recited, or any or either of them, carried to and made Part, first of ‘The Aggregate Fund’ and afterwards ‘The Consolidated Fund’ of Great Britain , and all the Hereditary Revenues in that Part of the United Kingdom which were, by an Act of the Parliament of Ireland therein recited, carried to and made Part of ‘The Consolidated Fund’ of Ireland , and which Hereditary Rates, Duties, Payments, and Revenues in England and Ireland respectively, at the Time of the Demise of His late Majesty, made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , should, during the Life of His present Majesty (subject to the Exception aforesaid), continue to be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and that, after the Demise of His present Majesty, the same should be payable to the King's Majesty, His Heirs and Successors: And Whereas Sums amounting in the Whole to the Sum of Six hundred thousand Pounds have been advanced out of the Consolidated Fund, under the Powers and for the Purposes of the following Acts, or some of them; (that is to say,) an Act passed in the Fifty-third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled Mary-le-bone Parkand the Northern Parts of the Metropolis, in the Parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, to Charing Cross, within the Liberty of Westminster, and for making a more convenient Sewage for the same; another Act passed in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled another Act passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled ' another Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled Gage;and for the better Management and Improvement of the Land Revenues of the Crown; and another Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled Royal ExchangeAssurance Company; and to facilitate the Sales of Fee-farm Rents, and of small Portions of the Land Revenue of the Crown; and for other Purposes: And Whereas it is provided, that the said Sums, whenever the Produce of the Land Revenues of the Crown in England shall cease to be carried into and form Part of the said consolidated Fund, shall be and become a Loan upon such Land Revenue, and such Land Revenue will be thenceforth charged with the Repayment into the Consolidated Fund of the said Sums amounting to Six hundred thousand Pounds, together with Interest for the same: And Whereas by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled Buckingham House the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury are authorized to direct the Application of such Portion of the Produce of Land Revenues of the Crown as they shall think necessary and expedient towards the Payment of the Expences of repairing and improvingBuckingham House , and the Buildings, Offices, and Grounds belonging thereto: And Whereas under and by virtue of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled Charing Cross,the Strand, and Places adjacent, the Powers of an Act for making a more convenient Communication from Mary-le-bone Park; and to enable the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues to grant Leases of the Site of Carlton Palace, the Commissioners for executing that Act have borrowed for the Purposes thereof, on the Security of certain Parts of the Land Revenues of the Crown in England , the Sum of Four hundred thousand Pounds: And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled Ireland,and for other Purposes relating thereto , the annual Income of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown in Ireland is directed to be carried to the same Account and applied to the same Purposes as and consolidated with the Land Revenues of the Crown in England: And Whereas by several Acts various Provisions have been made for the Management and Improvement of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases, and of the Land Revenues of the Crown, within the Ordering and Survey of the Exchequer in England , and of the Land Revenue of the Crown in Ireland; and under and by virtue of the said Acts the said Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases, and Land Revenues, have been placed under the Management of Commissioners appointed from Time to Time by His Majesty's Letters Patent, and called The Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues; and it will be expedient to consolidate and embody in One Act the Powers and Provisions of the said several Acts relating to the said Woods, Forests, Parks, Chases, and Land Revenues, and in some respects to alter and extend the same;' Be it therefore enacted by the King'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, That from and after the passing of this Act the following Acts, excepting so far as any Powers, Provisions, Matters, or Things relate to or affect the Duchy ofLancaster , or any of the Hereditaments, Possessions, or Property within the Ordering and Survey of the said Duchy, shall be and the same are hereby repealed; (that is to say,) an Act passed in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled an Act passed in the Forty-sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled an Act passed in the Forty-sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled England,and also of His Majesty's Duchy of Lancaster; an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled an Act passed in the Fifty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled New Forestin the County of Southampton, and continuing and extending the Provisions of the said Act; for further appropriating Monies arisen and to arise from the Sale of certain Crown Lands under the Authority of divers Acts of Parliament; for annexing certain Lands within the Forest of Rockingham to His Majesty's Manor of King's Cliffe; and for enabling the Commissioners of the Treasury to appropriate small Portions of Land to Ecclesiastical Purposes; an Act passed in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled ThornhillEstate, in the Parish of Stallbridge in the County of Dorset, and in certain small Parcels of Land belonging to His Majesty's Subjects within the Royal Forests; and to remove Doubts as to Estates of the Crown, sold by Order of the said Commissioners, being exempted from the Auction Duty; an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled an Act passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled Trent; an Act passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the...
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