The Dean Forest Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 40) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a public general Act.[2] It was omitted from the third revised edition of the statutes because of its local and personal nature.[3]
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make further Provision for the Management of Her Majesty's Forest of Dean, and of the Mines and Quarries therein and in the Hundred of Saint Briavels in the County of Gloucester. |
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| Citation | 24 & 25 Vict. c. 40 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 July 1861 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Dean Forest Act 1861 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.[4]
The preamble and sections 2 and 5 and 6 and 17 and 22 and 27 were repealed by section 1 of, and Part VII of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969. These provisions had been agreed by the Forestry Commission to be obsolete, spent, unnecessary or superseded.[5]
Section 7
editIn the case of any grant after the passing of the Dean Forest (Mines) Act 1904 of any gale to which that Act applies section 7 of the Dean Forest Act 1861 (which relates to the cesser and refixing of rents and royalties) has effect as though such number of years not exceeding sixty-three as may be specified in the grant were substituted for twenty-one years in that section.[6]
Section 25
editThis section was repealed by section 1(4) of, and the Schedule to, the Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971.
Section 26
editThis section is amended by paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Dean Forest and New Forest Acts (Amendment) Regulations 1979 (SI 1979/836).[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 3 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page vii. Paragraph 1(c) and note 1.
- ^ The Statutes Revised. Third Edition. HMSO. 1950. Volume VII. Page xi, read with page xi of volume I.
- ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 417, read with pages ix and x.
- ^ The Law Commission. Statute Law Revision: First Report. Law Com 22. Cmnd 4052. HMSO. London. May 1969.
- ^ The Dean Forest (Mines) Act 1904, section 4 (as read with s 9)
- ^ These regulations were made under the Forestry Act 1979. They took effect from 16 August 1979.
External links
edit- The Dean Forest Act 1861, as amended, from the National Archives.
- The Dean Forest Act 1861, as originally enacted, from the National Archives.
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