Land Tax Redemption Act 1802
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1802 c. 116 |
(42 Geo. 3) C A P. CXVI.
[26th June 1802]
'WHEREAS the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts passed in his present Majesty's Reign for the Redemption and Purchase of Land Tax, would be more easily carried into Execution, if the same were varied and amended in some Respects, and were comprized in one Act; and it is expedient that further Provision should be made for facilitating the Redemption and Purchase of the Land Tax:' 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 all and every the Provisions, Powers, Rules, Directions, and Clauses, contained in an Act, passed in the thirty-eighth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for making perpetual, subject to Redemption and Purchase in the Manner therein stated, the several Sums of Money now charged in Great Britain as a Land Tax for one Year from the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight ; and in an Act, passed in the thirty-ninth Year of his said Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to enlarge the Time limited for the Redemption of the Land Tax, and to explain and amend an Act, made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled,An Act for making perpetual, subject to Redemption and Purchase in the Manner therein stated, the several Sums of Money now charged in Great Britain as a Land Tax for one Year from the twenty-fifth Day ofMarchOne thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight ; and in another Act, also passed in the thirty-ninth Year of his said Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend and render more effectual two Acts, passed in the thirty-eighth Year of his present Majesty's Reign and the present Session of Parliament, for the Redemption and Purchase of the Land Tax ; and in another Act, also passed in the thirty-ninth Year of his said Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend so much of three Acts, made in the last and present Session of Parliament, for making perpetual, subject to Redemption and Purchase, the several Sums of Money charged as a Land Tax, as relates to that Part ofGreat Britaincalled Scotland; and in another Act, also passed in the thirty-ninth Year of his said Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for enlarging the Time limited by certain Acts, passed for the Redemption of the Land Tax, for receiving Contracts, and making Transfers of Stock thereon, and for explaining and amending the said Acts; and in another Act, also passed in the thirty-ninth Year of His said Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend and render effectual several Acts for the Redemption and Purchase of the Land Tax; and also in an Act, passed in the thirty-ninth and fortieth years of his said Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for extending, from the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred, untilt he twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and one, the Period of Preference granted and continued by several Acts to Bodies Corporate and Persons for the Redemption of Land Tax, and for enlarging the Powers contained in the said Acts; and also in an Act, passed in the forty-first Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual, the several Acts made in the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth Years of the Reign of his present Majesty, and in the last Session of Parliament, for the Redemption and Purchase of the Laud Tax; and in another Act, also passed in the forty-first Year of his said Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for extending the Period of Preference granted and continued by several Acts to Bodies Corporate and Persons for the Redemption of the Land Tax, and to amend an Act of the thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax ; shall, from and after the Twenty-fourth Day of JuneOne thousand eight hundred and two, cease and determine (save and except in the Cases herein-after mentioned, and also save and except such Parts of the said first recited Act as continue for ever, subject to Redemption and Purchase, the several and respective Sums of Money charged by virtue of an Act, passed in the thirty-eighth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for granting an Aid to his Majesty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight , in the respective Counties, Ridings, Stewartries, Cities, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, Towns, and Places in Great Britain , in respect of the Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments lying therein respectively, and the Powers, Rules, Directions, Provisions, Articles, Clauses, Matters and Things in the said last-mentioned Act contained, for putting the same in Execution; save also and except as to the Commissions already granted by his Majesty, by his Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal, or under the Royal Sign Manual, to the several Persons therein respectively named, for the Purpose of executing the said Actsaccording to the Tenor thereof, and also as to all Appointments by virtue and under the Authority of the said Acts, or any of them, of any Officer or Officers to act in the Execution thereof); and every Contract which shall be entered into after the said twenty-fourth Day ofJune One thousand eight hundred and two, for the Redemption or Purchase of any Land Tax, shall be entered into and made according to the Provisions and Directions of this Act.
II Provisions of recited Acts relating to Contracts, Sales, &c. on or prior to June 24, 1802, shall remain in force unless varied by this Act.
II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That all and every the Provisions, Powers, Rules, Directions, and Clauses contained in the said recited Acts for the Redemption of Land Tax relating and applicable to all Contracts for the Redemption of any Land Tax, and to all Sales, Enfranchisements, and Mortgages of any Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and to all Grants of any Rent Charges Issuing thereout, and to all Fines, Penalties, or Forfeitures, and to all other Acts, Proceedings, Matters, and Things, which shall at any Time before or on the said twenty-fourth Day ofJune One thousand eight hundred and two, have been entered into, made, had, executed, incurred, dune, or performed by any Bodies, Politick or Corporate, or Companies, or other Person or Persons, by virtue of the said recited Act, or any of them, shall, in so far as the same respectively are not varied or otherwise provided for in and by this Act, continue and be in full force, and be duly observed, practised, and put in Execution, as fully and effectually as if this Act had not been passed; and all Estates, Rights, and Interests, Privileges and Advantages, Powers and Remedies whatever, given, granted, conveyed, or acquired under and by virtue of the Powers and Provisions of the said recited Acts or any of them, shall be, and the same are hereby fully and absolutely confirmed and established.
III Powers of 38. G. 3. c. 5. not hereby varied, shall continue in fore as to Land Tax remaining, payable from Time to Time.
III. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That all the several Powers, Rules, Directions, Provisions, Articles, Clauses, Matters, and Things, contained in the said Act for granting an Aid to his Majesty by a Land Tax, as far as the same are not varied or otherwise provided for in and by this Act, shall continue and be in full force, and be duly observed, practised, and put in Execution, in relation to to much of the Land Tax by the said first recited Act made perpetual and redeemable as aforesaid, as shall from Time to Time remain payable, for the Benefit of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, as fully and effectually as if the same Powers, Rules, Directions, Provisions, Articles, Clauses, Matters, and Things were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act, and expressly applied to the Provisions thereof, subject nevertheless to the Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, and Conditions of Redemption and Purchase of such Land Tax herein contained.
IV Commissioners and Officers already appointed may execute this Act.
IV. And be it further enacted, That all such Commissioners and Officers so already appointed as aforesaid by virtue of the said recited Acts, or any of them, shall and may act in the Execution of this Act, in like Manner as if they had been respectively appointed after the passing thereof: Provided always, that every Person named a Commissioner in any such Commission as aforesaid, who shall have taken the Oath prescribed by the said Acts or any of them, shall and may act in the Execution of this Act, without taking the Oath herein-after directed to be taken by Persons who shall be respectively appointed to be Commissioners by virtue of this Act.
V His Majesty may appoint Commissioners of Land Tax to be...
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