Walmore and Bearce Commons, Forest of Dean Act 1866

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1866 c. 70
Year1866


Walmore and Bearce Commons, Forest of Dean Act, 1866

(29 & 30 Vict.) C A P. LXX.

An Act to extend the Provisions of the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land to certain Portions of theForest of Dean called Walmore Common and The Bearce Common, and for authorizing Allotments in lieu of the Forestal Rights of Her Majesty in and over such Commons.

[6th August 1866]

W HEREAS by the Thirteenth Section of the Act of the Eighth and Ninth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter One hundred and eighteen, commonly called The General Inclosure Act of 1845, it was enacted that no Part of theNew Forest in the County of Southampton or of the Forest of Dean in the County of Gloucester should be Land subject to be inclosed thereunder:

And whereas it is expedient that the said Section, so far as regards certain Portions of the saidForest of Dean called Walmore Common in the Parish of Westbury on Severn , and The Bearce Common in the Parish of Saint Briavels, should be repealed, and that the Inclosure Commissioners for England, and Wales should be empowered to make such Allotment or Inclosure of the same Commons as is herein-after mentioned:

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:

S-1 Sect. 13 of 8 & 9 Vict. c. 118. repealed so far as relates to Walmore and Bearce Commons.

1 Sect. 13 of 8 & 9 Vict. c. 118. repealed so far as relates to Walmore and Bearce Commons.

1. The said Thirteenth Section of the said General Inclosure Act of 1845 shall, so far as relates to the saidWalmore Common and Bearce Common, be repealed; and the said General Inclosure Act and all the other Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange, and Improvement of Land, and all other Acts of Parliament whatsoever, shall and may be read and acted on as though the said Commons had not been included in the said Thirteenth Section of the said first-mentioned Act.

S-2 Inclosure Commissioners to appoint Valuer and fix his Remuneration.

2 Inclosure Commissioners to appoint Valuer and fix his Remuneration.

2. With respect to each of the said Commons, it shall be lawful for the Inclosure Commissioners forEngland and Wales, if they shall think fit, on the Request of the Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues for the Time being having charge of the said Forest of Dean...

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