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Whereas by several awards made under the authority of Inclosure Acts prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, fuel allotments for the poor have been set out and awarded, and vested in divers persons and bodies of persons as trustees of such allotments:
And whereas under the provisions of the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1868, and the several Acts of Parliament and awards made thereunder, allotments for recreation grounds and field gardens have been set out and awarded to the churchwardens and overseers of parishes and other persons:
And whereas power exists or is claimed under divers Acts of Parliament, to divert such allotments from the uses declared by Parliament respecting the same: Notwithstanding anything in any other Act contained, it shall not be lawful (save as herein-after mentioned) to authorise the use of or to use any such allotment, or any part thereof, for any other purpose than those declared concerning the same by the Act of Parliament and award, or either of them, under which the same has been set out: . . . . . . F1
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F1Words repealed by Charities (Fuel Allotments) Act 1939 (c. 26), s. 1(3)
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C1S. 19 excluded by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), s. 15(3), Sch. 4 para. 2
S. 19 excluded (E.W.)(1.8.1993) by 1993 (c. 10), s. 15, Sch. 4 para.2
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