Naval Works Act 1895
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1895 c. 35 |
| Year | 1895 |
Naval Works Act, 1895
(58 & 59 Vict.) CHAPTER 35.
An Act to make provision for the Construction of Works in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for the purpose of the Royal Navy, and to amend the Law relating to the Acquisition of Land for Naval Purposes.
[6th July 1895]
WHereas it is expedient to make provision for the construction of the works specified in the schedule to this Act both in the United Kingdom and in the colonies in the schedule mentioned:
And whereas by the Defence Act, 1842, and the enactments amending the same (in this Act referred to as the Defence Acts), and by the Military Lands Act, 1892, powers are conferred on a Secretary of State for the acquisition of land for the defence of the realm, and for the military purpose of any portion of Her Majesty's military forces, and it is expedient to extend those Acts to the Admiralty and Her Majesty's naval forces:
Be it therefore 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 Power for Admiralty to construct scheduled works.
1. The Admiralty may forthwith proceed to construct the works as specified in the schedule to this Act at the places therein mentioned, and for that purpose may acquire such lands and execute such works as they may deem expedient.
2 Powers of Admiralty as to purchase of land.
(1)2.—(1.) With a view to the purchase of land in the United Kingdom for the purposes of this Act, or for any purpose of Her Majesty's Navy, the Defence Acts, and the Military Lands Act, 1892 , except so far as it relates to a volunteer corps, shall have effect as if they were herein re-enacted with the substitution of the Admiralty for a Secretary of State , and for the principal officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, and for the Ordnance Department , and of naval for military, and naval service for ordnance service.
(2) (2.) All land acquired by the Admiralty in pursuance of this Act shall vest and be managed under the Admiralty Lands and Works Act, 1864 , and sections nine to nineteen of that Act shall apply accordingly, and the provisions of the Defence Act, 1842 , for the like purpose shall not apply.
3 Issue of money out of Consolidated Fund for expenses of scheduled works.
3. The Treasury shall issue out of the Consolidated Fund or the growing produce thereof such sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of one million pounds as may be required by the Admiralty for commencing, advancing, or completing the works as specified in the schedule to this Act.
4 Restrictions on applications of money issued.
(1)4.—(1.) Before any moneys are issued for the purpose of expenditure under any one of the heads in the schedule to this Act, the Admiralty shall submit to the Treasury an estimate, with such details as may be required by the Treasury, of the expenditure under that head for which it is for the time being proposed to issue money, together with the statement of a date by which the work or portion of work therein provided for is expected to be completed.
(2) (2.) There shall be no excess of any expenditure proposed by the estimate under any head in the schedule above the amount stated for that head in the schedule, unless the Admiralty previously certify that the excess will be compensated by a saving under some other head, and that the excess will not cause the total expenditure to exceed the total sum specified in the schedule, and the Treasury are satisfied that the certificate is correct, and sanction the expenditure, and upon such sanction being given the said saving may be applied towards the payment of the said excess.
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