Commissioners of Works Act 1894

1894 CHAPTER 23

An Act to amend the Commissioners of Works Act, 1852, and for other purposes relating to the Commissioners of "Works.

[20th July 1894]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Provisions as to sales, purchases, &c. under 15 & 16 Vict, c.28.

(1) For the purpose of the purchase of land by the Commissioners of Works, the Lands Clauses Acts (except the provisions thereof relating to the purchase and taking of land otherwise than by agreement,) shall be incorporated with the [15 & 16 Vict. c. 28.] Commissioners of Works Act, 1852.

(2) In the case of any purchase, sale, exchange, or lease by the Commissioners of Works under the [15 & 16 Vict. c. 28.] Commissioners of Works Act, 1852, it shall not be necessary for any vendor, purchaser, lessor, or lessee to ascertain whether the consent of the Treasury has been given to the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease.

(3) Every instrument whereby any land or interest in land in England or Wales is conveyed or assigned to or by the Commissioners of Works under or for the purposes of the Commissioners of Works Act, 1852, shall be enrolled in the central office of the Supreme Court of Judicature, and, if so enrolled, shall not require any other enrolment, acknowledgment, or registry. Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any instrument relating to land the title of which has been registered under the [25 & 26 Vict. c. 53.] Land Registry Act, 1862, or the [38 & 39 Vict. c. 87.] Land Transfer Act, 1875.

(4) The enactment mentioned in the schedule to this Act is hereby repealed as regards England and Wales to the extent mentioned in the third column of that schedule.

2 Provision as to office of Civil Service Commission.

The building' and land now in the occupation of the Civil Service Commission shall be under the management of the Commissioners of Works, and the provisions of the Acts relating to the Commissioners of Works shall apply to that building and land as if they had been acquired by the Commissioners of Works in pursuance of those Acts.

3 Explanation of powers as to site of Millbank Prison.

It is hereby declared that the powers of sale and leasing exerciseable by the Commissioners of Works with respect to the site of Millbank Prison extend to the site of the chapel formerly attached to that prison.

4 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Commissioners of Works Act, 1894.

SCHEDULE Enactment Repealed

Session and Chapter.	Short Title.	Extent of Repeal.
15 & 16 Vict. c. 28.	The Commissioners of Works Act, 1852.	Section two, from " and " so as every conveyance" to "as the " case may be."