7 Power to transfer management of Richmond and Kew Greens.U.K.
(1)Nothwithstanding anything in the M1Crown Lands Act 1851, it shall be lawful for the [F1Secretary of State] and the council of the borough of Richmond to enter into an agreement for the transfer from the [F1Secretary 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 [F2Minister 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
F1Words 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)
F2Words 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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