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DEFENCE ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1873

DEFENCE ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1873 - LONG TITLE

An Act for the Amendment of the Defence Acts, 1842 and 1860.{1}
[5th August 1873]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1893 (No.2)

DEFENCE ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1873 - SECT 1
Power of the Secretary of State for Defence to sell lands, subject
to condition as to freedom from obstructions and to purchase the
right to subject lands to such condition.

1. [The Secretary of State for Defence] may, from time to time as
he may deem it expedient, sell any lands vested in him or under
his control as such Secretary of State as aforesaid, subject to the
condition that such lands are for ever thereafter to be kept free
from buildings and other obstructions.

Where any lands are sold subject to such condition as aforesaid,
the following consequences shall ensue:

Such condition as aforesaid shall be deemed to attach for ever to
any lands so sold, and no building or other structure, other than
barns, hovels, or other like structures of wood, shall at any time
be made or erected on any lands subject to such condition as
aforesaid:

The said Secretary of State may at all times, by himself, his
officers, agents, servants, and workmen, or any of them, and without
payment of any compensation whatever, enter upon any lands subject
to such condition as aforesaid, and pull down any present or future
buildings or structures (other than as aforesaid) thereon, and cut
down or grub up all or any of the trees thereon, and remove or
alter all or any of the banks, fences, hedges, and ditches thereon,
and make underground or other drains therein, and generally level
and clear the said lands, and do all such acts for levelling and
clearing the same as may be deemed necessary or proper by the said
Secretary of State, but in such manner, nevertheless, that evidence
of the boundaries of the lands held by different owners may be
preserved:

It shall not be lawful for any person to alter the level of the
said lands, or do any act which may prejudicially affect any work
done on the said lands under the authority [of this Act]:

The said Secretary of State may at any time, if he think it
expedient so to do, suspend the operation of, or extinguish any
such condition as aforesaid when attached to land in pursuance of
this Act.

DEFENCE ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1873 - SECT 2
Short title of Act.

2. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Defence Acts
Amendment Act, 1873," and shall be construed as having incorporated
therewith the Defence Acts, 1842 and 1860, so far as they are
applicable.