Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for Land Settlement) Act 1916

1 Power to accept and administer gifts for settlement of ex-sailors and soldiers on land. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) It shall be lawful for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries or for the council of any county or county borough to accept any gift by will or otherwise to be applied wholly or mainly for the settlement or employment in agriculture on land in England or Wales of men who have served in any of His Majesty’s naval or military forces, and to hold any land or estate or interest in land, the subject of any such gift and to administer the trusts affecting the gift, and for the purpose of those trusts to borrow money on the security of the trust property, so, however, that all expenses incurred by the Board or the council in relation to any such trust shall be defrayed out of the trust property or the proceeds or income thereof, or out of money borrowed on the security of the trust property:

Provided that land so given to the Board shall not be deemed to be acquired by the Board under the M1 Small Holding Colonies Act, 1916, unless the gift is expressly made for the purposes of that Act.

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(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications:

For references to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, land in England and Wales, and county boroughs, references to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, land in Scotland, and royal parliamentary and police burghs shall be respectively substituted.

(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to Ireland subject to the following modifications:—

For references to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and to land in England and Wales, references to the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, and to land in Ireland shall be respectively substituted.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 S. 1(2) repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 1(1) extended by S.R. & O. 1918/548 (Rev. I, p. 896: 1918 I, p. 50

Marginal Citations

M1 1916 c. 38.