Military Lands Act 1900
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1900 c. 56 |
| Year | 1900 |
Military Lands Act, 1900
(63 & 64 Vict.) CHAPTER 56.
An Act to amend the Military Lands Act, 1892.
[8th August 1900]
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:
1 County or borough council may lease land and volunteer corps may borrow on security of lease.
(1)1.—(1.) The council of a county or borough holding land on behalf of one or more volunteer corps under subsection three of section one of the Military Lands Act, 1892, may lease the land or any part thereof to any such corps for military purposes for a period not exceeding ninety-nine years.
(2) (2.) The powers of a volunteer corps to borrow and of the Public Works Loan Commissioners to lend under the Military Lands Acts, 1892 and 1897, shall extend to borrowing and lending on the security of any such lease.
(3) (3.) If the volunteer corps is disbanded or the land ceases to be used for military purposes, the lease shall vest in the Secretary of State, subject to repayment of any money borrowed on the security of the lease and not already repaid.
2 Provision as to byelaws.
(1)2.—(1.) Where any land is for the time being appropriated by the Admiralty for any purpose of Her Majesty's navy, or used by the Admiralty for any such purpose, the Admiralty shall have the same power of making byelaws with respect to the land as may be exercised by a Secretary of State with respect to land appropriated or used for a military purpose, as the case may be, and the provisions of the Military Lands Act, 1892 , relating to byelaws shall apply accordingly.
(2) (2.) Where any land, the use of which can be regulated by byelaws under the Military Lands Act, 1892, or this Act, abuts on any sea or tidal water, or where rifle or artillery practice is or can be carried on over any sea, tidal water, or shore, from any such land, byelaws may be made in relation to any such sea, tidal water, or shore, as if they were part of the land.
Provided that—
(a .) If any such byelaw injuriously affects or obstructs the exercise of any private right of any person in or over any such sea, tidal water, or shore, that person shall be entitled to compensation, and the compensation shall, in case of difference, be ascertained in manner provided by the Lands Clauses Acts with respect to the compensation for land taken otherwise than by agreement; and
(b .) Any such byelaw shall not injuriously affect any public right within the meaning of this section unless made with the consent of the Board of Trade, but the Board of Trade, if satisfied after such inquiries and such notice and opportunity for objections as herein-after mentioned that a...
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