An Act to amend the Crown Lands Acts, 1829 to 1894.
[4th August 1906]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Commissioners of Works now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.R. & O. 1945/991, art. 1 (Rev. XV, p. 232: 1945 I, p. 1414), S.I. 1962/1549, art. 2 1970/1681, art. 2
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1 repealed by Crown Estate Act 1956 (c. 73), Sch. Pt. I
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed by Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74), Sch. 3
(1)If any claim to any foreshore on the part of . . . F3, the [F4Crown Estate Commissioners], or the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster is disputed by any of those departments, . . . F3 the [F4Crown Estate Commissioners] with the consent of the Treasury, and the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster, may enter into an agreement for settling the dispute.
(2)Any such agreement may provide for the payment to or by . . . F3 the [F4Crown Estate Commissioners] by or to the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster of any sum of money in satisfaction of any claim which the department, to whom the money is paid, may have had to the foreshore which is the subject of the agreement.
(3)Any agreement under this section shall be executed on the part of the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster under the hand and seal of the Chancellor, and attested by the clerk of the Council.
Textual Amendments
F3Words repealed by Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74), Sch. 3
F4Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1924/1370 (Rev. V, p. 443: 1924, p. 228), art. 2, Crown Estate Act 1956 (c. 73), s. 1(7) and Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), s. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(1)
Textual Amendments
F5S. 4 repealed by Crown Lands Act 1927 (c. 23), Sch.
Textual Amendments
F6Ss. 5, 8 repealed by Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), Sch. 3 Pt. II
(1)The [F7Secretary of State] may under and in accordance with the Crown Lands Acts 1829 to 1894, convey to a bridge authority willing and able to accept such a conveyance any bridge under the management of the [F7Secretary of State] and any land required for the purpose of widening or improving any bridge, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the [F7Secretary of State] and the authority, anything in those Acts to the contrary notwithstanding.
(2)For the purposes of this section the expression “bridge” includes the approaches to and abutments of a bridge, and the expression “bridge authority” means any local authority having the duty of the care and maintenance of bridges.
Textual Amendments
F7Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1945/991 (Rev. XV, p. 232: 1945 I, p. 1414), art. 2, S.I. 1962/1549, art. 2 and 1970/1681, art. 6(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 6 so far as relates to land over which the Secretary of State exercises powers of management by virtue of Crown Lands Act 1851 (c. 42), s. 22, continued in force, with modifications by Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), Sch. 2 para. 2(e)(ii)
(1)Nothwithstanding anything in the M1Crown Lands Act 1851, it shall be lawful for the [F8Secretary of State] and the council of the borough of Richmond to enter into an agreement for the transfer from the [F8Secretary of State] to the council of the control and management as open spaces of Richmond Green and Kew Green, and on the execution of such an agreement the Open Spaces Acts 1877 to 1890, shall, subject to any conditions and reservations contained in the deed of transfer, apply as if the control and management of those greens had been transferred to the council under those Acts.
(2)The [F9Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food] and the said council may, in like manner and with like effect, enter into an agreement for the transfer to the council of the control and management of the land, formerly part of Kew Green, which lies between Kew Green and the north-west entrance to the Royal Botanic Gardens, but until such transfer the land shall for all purposes continue to be deemed to be part of those gardens.
Textual Amendments
F8Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1945/991 (Rev. XV, p. 232: 1945 I, p. 1414), art. 2, S.I. 1962/1549, art. 2 and 1970/1681, art. 6(3)
F9Words substituted by virtue of Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1(1) and S.I. 1955/554, (1955 I, p. 1200), art. 3
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Textual Amendments
F10Ss. 5, 8 repealed by Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), Sch. 3 Pt. II
Textual Amendments
Any money due from or received by . . . F12 the [F13Crown Estate Commissioners], or the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster under this Act shall be paid or applied as if it had been payable or received for the purchase or sale of lands.
Textual Amendments
F12Words repealed by Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74), Sch. 3
F13Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1924/1370 (Rev. V, p. 443: 1924, p. 228), art. 2, Crown Estate Act 1956 (c. 73), s. 1(7) and Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), s. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(1)
This Act may be cited as the Crown Lands Act 1906 and with the Crown Lands Acts 1829 to 1894; and for the purposes of this Act the expression “foreshore” has the same meaning as in the M2Crown Lands Act 1866.
Marginal Citations