National Gallery (Purchase of Adjacent Land) Act 1901
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1901 c. 16 |
National Gallery (Purchase of Adjacent Land) Act, 1901.
(1 Edw. 7.) CHAPTER 16.
An Act for the acquisition of certain land, near the National Gallery in London, and for purposes connected therewith.
[17th August 1901]
W HEREAS it is expedient that the Commissioners of Works (in this Act called the Commissioners) should be empowered to acquire certain lands and buildings near the National Gallery, and situated in the parish of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, in the county of London:
And whereas those lands and buildings cannot be acquired without the authority of Parliament:
And whereas duplicate plans (in this Act referred to as the deposited plans) describing the situation of the land proposed to be acquired, with the houses and buildings thereon, with a book of reference thereto (in this Act referred to as the deposited book of reference), containing the names of the owners and lessees, or reputed owners and lessees, and of the occupiers thereof, have been deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of London:
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, as follows:
1 Power to purchase land.
1. The Commissioners may purchase and acquire for the purposes of this Act all or any of the lands delineated on the deposited plans and described in the deposited book of reference.
2 Incorporation of Lands Clauses Acts.
2. For the purpose of the purchase and acquisition of land under this Act the Lands Clauses Acts (except so much thereof as relates to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement) shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be incorporated with this Act with the following exceptions and modifications:—
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