1Provisions 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(4)The enactment mentioned in the schedule to this Act is hereby repealed as regards England and Wales to the extent mentioned in the third column of that schedule.