Crown Lands Act 1851
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1851 c. 42 |
| Year | 1851 |
(14 & 15 Vict.) C A P. XLII.
[1st August 1851]
'WHEREAS by an Actof the Tenth Year of KingGeorge the Fourth, Chapter Fifty, the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown to which the said Act relates, in England or Wales , in Ireland , in the Isle of Man and its Dependencies, and the Isle of Alderney , were placed or continued under the Management of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, and of their Successors, to be from Time to Time appointed as therein mentioned: And whereas by an Actof the Session of Parliament holden in the Second and Third Years of KingWilliam the Fourth, Chapter One, it was enacted, that it should be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, from Time to Time, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, to appoint, in the Place of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, and of the Surveyor General of His Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, any Persons, not exceeding Three in Number, to be Commissioners for performing the Duties and exercising the Powers then performed and exerciseable by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, and the Duties and Powers then performed and exerciseable by the Surveyor General of His Majesty's Works and Public Buildings; the Persons so appointed to be called ‘The Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings:’ And whereas under and by virtue of another Actof the same Session, Chapter One hundred and twelve, and an Actof the Session holden in the Third and Fourth Years of KingWilliam the Fourth, Chapter Sixty-nine, the Land Revenues of the Crown in Scotland (except as by the said Acts excepted) were placed under the Management of the said Commissioners for the Time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings: And whereas the Powers of such Commissioners in relation to the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown have been altered and extended by other Acts of Parliament: And whereas by the several Acts mentioned in the Schedule to this Act certain Duties and Powers have been imposed on and vested in the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, for and in relation to the Improvement of the Metropolis, and the other Purposes in such Acts mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that the Direction of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, and such of the Duties imposed on the said Commissioners appointed under the said Act of the Second and Third Years of King William the Fourth as do not concern the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown, should be separated from the Management of such Possessions and Land Revenues:' 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:
I Style of First Commissioner of Works, &c. and Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues.
I. From and after the Commencement of this Act the Person who may then be the First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Foods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings shall be First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings under this Act, and the Persons who at the Time of the Commencement of this Act may be Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, except such First Commissioner, shall be Commissioners under this Act, by the Style of ‘The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues,’ and the Persons so to become respectively on the passing of this Act First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, and Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, shall continue to hold their respective Offices during Her Majesty's Pleasure, and no longer, and it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, upon the Death of such Persons respectively, or on their Resignation or Removal of or from such respective Offices, and from Time to Time thereafter, by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual, to appoint some other Persons to such respective Offices during Her Majesty's Pleasure.
II Commissioners of Woods, &c. under this Act to perform the Duties of the present Commissioners of Woods, &c., except as otherwise provided by this Act.
II. Except as otherwise herein provided, all Duties and Powers which if this Act had not been passed would have been performed and exercised, and all Rights, Privileges, Hereditaments, Properties, and Exemptions whatsoever enjoyed by or vested in the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, or the First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings for the Time being, shall be performed and exercised, enjoyed or vested, by and in the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues for the Time being under this Act; and, except as otherwise provided by this Act, all Acts of Parliament; Deeds, Bonds, Contracts, Agreements, and other Instruments in which the Commissioners or First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, or the Commissioners or First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, are or is named or mentioned, shall apply to the Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues under this Act, as if such last-mentioned Commissioners had been originally named or mentioned in such Acts of Parliament, and named or mentioned in or made Parties to such Deeds, Bonds, Contracts, Agreements, and other Instruments respectively, instead of the Commissioners or Commissioner named or mentioned therein, or made Parties or Party thereto.
III Powers of borrowing on Mortgage under 4 & 5 Vict. c. 40. and 7 & 8 Vict. c. 1. to be vested in Commissioners under this Act, and to be exercised only for discharging existing Charges.
III. All such Powers of borrowing Money on Mortgage and other Powers as are vested in the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings by the Act of the Session of Parliament holden in the Fourth and Fifth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Forty, and the Act of the Session of Parliament holden in the Seventh and Eighth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One, shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues under this Act, with such Consent and Approbation and in such Manner as by the said Acts provided in relation to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings; and for the Purposes of such Acts the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues shall be a Corporation, in the Place of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings: Provided always, that so much of the said Acts as relates to the Purposes for which Money is to be borrowed under the said Acts, and the Application thereof, shall be repealed, and such Money shall and may be borrowed under the said Acts as amended by this Act for the Purpose of discharging any Mortgage Debt or Charge for the Time being affecting the Land Revenues of the Crown, and for no other Purpose, and such Money shall be applied accordingly: Provided also, that the Receipts in Writing of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues shall be sufficient Discharges for any Money so borrowed to the Persons or Bodies advancing the same, and such Persons or Bodies shall not be bound to see to the Application thereof.
IV Salaries of Commissioners of Woods, &c.
IV. So much of the said Acts of the Tenth Year of KingGeorge the Fourth and of the Second and Third Years of King William the Fourth, Chapter One, as relates to the Salary of the First Commissioner, and so much of the said Acts as makes the Salaries of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues chargeable on the annual Income thereof, shall be repealed, and the Salaries of such Commissioners, and of the Officers, Clerks, and Messengers in the Office of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, shall be defrayed out of such Monies as shall be from Time to Time provided by Parliament.
V Treasury may assign separate Duties to each Commissioner.
V. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, from Time to Time, as they may see fit, by Order under their Hands, to assign to each of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues the Management or Direction of or in relation to any separate Part or Parts of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues under the Management of such Commissioners, and to assign to each of such Commissioners any of the Duties or Powers which but for such Assignment should or might be performed or exercised by...
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