Defence Act 1859
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1859 c. 12 |
| Year | 1859 |
(22 Vict.) C A P. XII.
[8th April 1859]
'BE 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:
I Powers of 17 & 18 Vict. c. 67. and 18 & 19 Vict. c. 117. extended to Rights of Common, &c. over any Lands the Soil of which is vested in the Secretary of State for War.
I. The Powers now vested in Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department under the Act of the Session holden in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Sixty-seven, and the Act of the Session holden in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred and seventeen, for the Purpose of ascertaining, making, and paying Compensation for and extinguishing all Rights of Common, Commonable and other Rights, in, over, or affecting Lands the Soil of which has been purchased by the principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance under the Act of the Session holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Ninety-four, or has been or may be purchased by the said Secretary of State under the last-mentioned Act and the said Act of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty, shall extend to all Rights of Common, Commonable and other Rights, in, over, or affecting any Lands the Soil of which is for the Time being vested in the said Secretary of State on behalf of Her Majesty, and all the Provisions of the said Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty shall apply to and in the Case of the Purchase of such Rights as aforesaid in or over any such Lands as last aforesaid in like Manner as such Provisions are applicable to and in the Case of the Purchase, of such Rights in or over any Lands purchased as therein mentioned.
II Conveyances of Land to Secretary of State for War, as in Sched. \(A.)
II. Conveyances of Land inEngland and Ireland to be purchased by the said Secretary of State may be according to the Form in the Schedule (A.) to this Act, or as near thereto as the Circumstances of the Case admit, and all Conveyances so made shall be effectual to vest the Land thereby conveyed in the said Secretary of State and his Successors, and shall operate to bar and destroy all such Estates Tail, and other Estates, Rights, Titles, Remainders, Reversions, Limitations, Trusts, and Interests whatsoever of and in the Land comprised in such Conveyances as have been purchased or compensated for by the Consideration given on the Purchase, but this Enactment shall not in anywise interfere with or affect Section Eight of the said Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Her Majesty.
III Conveyances to the Secretary of State for War of Land in Scotland, as in Sched. \(B.)
III. Feus and Conveyances of Lands and Heritages inScotland to be purchased by the said Secretary of State may be according to the Form in the Schedule (B.) to this Act, or as near thereto as the Circumstances of the Case admit, which Feus and...
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