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DEFENCE ACT 1854

DEFENCE ACT 1854 - LONG TITLE

An Act to facilitate the Purchase of Common, Commonable, and other
Rights by the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance.{1}
[31st July 1854]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1892

DEFENCE ACT 1854 - SECT 1
Extinguishment of common rights over lands purchased under Defence
Act.

1. It shall be lawful for the principal officers for the time
being of Her Majesty's Ordnance (if they shall think proper so to
do) to use and avail themselves of all the powers and provisions
contained in the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, for the
purpose of ascertaining, making, and paying compensation for and
extinguishing all rights of common, commonable, and other rights in,
over, or affecting any lands the soil of which has at any time
been or shall hereafter be purchased or taken by the said principal
officers, under the Defence Act, 1842; and for such purpose the
principal officers for the time being of Her Majesty's Ordnance
shall be deemed and taken to be promoters of an undertaking within
the meaning of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and all
the powers and provisions of the last-mentioned Act may, if
necessary, be treated as if they had been contained in the Defence
Act, 1842, for the purpose of being used or made available by the
said principal officers for the time being: Provided always, that
nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect the powers and
authorities of the principal officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance for
the time being under the last-mentioned statute.