Inclosure, etc., Expenses Act 1868
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1868 c. 89 |
Inclosure, etc., Expenses Act, 1868
(31 & 32 Vict.) C A P. LXXXIX.
An Act to alter certain Provisions in the Acts for the Commutation of Tithes, the Copyhold Acts, and the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land; and to make Provision towards defraying the Expense of the Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Office.
[31st July 1868]
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,
1 Security for Costs of Inquiries to be taken by Commissioners.
1. That, notwithstanding any Provisions in the said Acts contained, in all Proceedings upon Applications made under any of the said Acts by any Person or Persons interested within the Meaning of the same, in which it is necessary or expedient, in the Opinion of the Commissioners, that an Inquiry should be made by an Assistant Commissioner, and a Meeting held by him, the Commissioners, before they refer the same to such Assistant Commissioner, shall take such Security as they shall deem right for the Payment of any Costs which they may incur in the Matter of such Inquiry and Meeting, including all Expenses of such Assistant Commissioner's Attendance: Provided always, that it shall not be necessary for the Commissioners to take Security for the Costs which they may incur relating to any Inquiry which they may think it right to make under Section Twenty-two of ‘The Copyhold Act, 1852.’
2 Valuations to be stamped.
2. In all Cases of Exchanges, Partitions, or Divisions of intermixed Lands proposed to be effected under the said Acts, the Commissioners shall not proceed to carry the same into effect unless the Valuations required to be furnished to them shall be duly stamped with a Stamp, as required by the Acts in force for the Time being for levying Stamp Duties on Appraisements, and all Valuations attached to the Reports of any University or College Surveyor, made for the Purpose of Transactions to which the Consent of the Commissioners is required, under the Universities and College Estates Acts, shall in like Manner be stamped before the Commissioners shall issue their Order authorizing such Transaction.
3 Costs of Taxation how to be recovered.
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