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Commons (Expenses) Act 1878
1878 CHAPTER 56 41 and 42 Vict
An Act to amend the Law respecting the expense of regulating Commons.
[13th August 1878]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Inclosure Commissioners now exercisable by Secretary of State: Settled Land Act 1882 (c. 38), s. 48(1), Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (c. 30), s. 2(1)(b), Sch. 1 Pt. II, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903 (c. 31), s. 1(1), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1, S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200), 1965/143, 1967/156 and 1970/1681
Act: powers transferred (1.7.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch.1
1 Short title.U.K.
This Act may be cited as the Commons (Expenses) Act 1878 and together with the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1876 as the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1878.
2 Raising of expenses of regulation of common by sale of portion of common.U.K.
The Inclosure Commissioners may, if they think fit, insert in any provisional order for the regulation of a common a provision for the raising and payment of the expenses of and incidental to the regulation of such common, either wholly or partly, by a sale of a portion of the common; and they shall in such case specify in the provisional order the situation and the maximum quantity of the portion of the common which may be so sold; and where such provision is made the said expenses may be raised and paid accordingly in manner provided by the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1868.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 3 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.VI
4 Provision of allotments for the labouring poor on regulation.U.K.
The Commissioners may, if they think fit, specify in any provisional order for the regulation of a common, as one of the terms and conditions of the regulation, the appropriation of an allotment for the labouring poor; and the provisions of the Inclosure Acts 1845 to 1876, with respect to such allotments made upon the inclosure of a common shall apply to any such allotment made on the regulation of a common.
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