Whichwood Disafforesting Act 1856
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1856 c. 32 |
| Year | 1856 |
(19 & 20 Vict.) C A P. XXXII.
[23d June 1856]
'WHEREAS by the Disafforesting Act, 1853, it was amongst other things provided, that the Commissioners therein mentioned should ascertain the Boundaries of the said Forest, and should set out and award such Parts of the said Forest for Common Fields and Common of Pasture, as therein mentioned; and on making their Award, the said Forest should be for ever thereafter disafforested, and the Forestal Rights of Her Majesty were to cease as therein is mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that certain of the Provisions of the said Act should be altered and amended, and that further Powers should be granted to the said Commissioners:' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and 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,
I Time for making the Award extended to 1st August 1857.
I. The Time by the said Act limited for making the Award of the Commissioners, to be appointed as therein is mentioned, and acting under the said Act, shall be and is hereby extended until the First Day ofAugust One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
II The Commissioners may allot Parts of Purlieu Coppices or Wastes to the Crown, in Exchange for Portions of the Forest.
II. The Commissioners may by their Award allot to Her Majesty, Her Heirs, Successors, and Assigns, any Parts of the Purlieu Coppices or Purlieu Wastes belonging to The LordChurchill , adjoining to the Forest, in Exchange for any Lands, Portion of the Forest; and the Purlieu Coppices or Purlieu Wastes so allotted to Her Majesty shall thenceforward be free from all Rights of Common and other Rights, of what Nature or Kind soever, and if any Rights of Common or other Rights attached to the Purlieu Coppices or Purlieu Wastes so allotted to Her Majesty such Rights shall after such Allotment attach to the Forest Lands allotted in lieu thereof; but no such Allotment by way of Exchange shall be made by the Commissioners without the Consent of the Commissioners for the Time being of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, or either of them, acting on the Part of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and...
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