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(1)The council of a county or borough holding land on behalf of one or more volunteer corps under subsection three of section one of the Military Lands Act, 1892, may lease the land or any part thereof to any such corps for military purposes for a period not exceeding ninety-nine years.
(2)The powers of a volunteer corps to borrow . . . F1 under the M1Military Lands Acts, 1892 M2 and 1897, shall extend to borrowing . . . F1 on the security of any such lease.
(3)If the volunteer corps is disbanded or the land ceases to be used for military purposes, the lease shall vest in the Secretary of State, subject to repayment of any money borrowed on the security of the lease and not already repaid.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13), Sch. 6 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1 amended by Military Lands Act 1903 (c. 47), s. 1
Marginal Citations
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(2)Where any land, the use of which can be regulated by byelaws under the Military Lands Act, 1892, or this Act, abuts on any sea or tidal water, or where rifle or artillery practice is or can be carried on over any sea, tidal water, or shore, from any such land, byelaws may be made in relation to any such sea, tidal water, or shore, as if they were part of the land.
Provided that—
(a)If any such byelaw injuriously affects or obstructs the exercise of any private right of any person in or over any such sea, tidal water, or shore, that person shall be entitled to compensation, and the compensation shall, in case of difference, be ascertained in manner provided by the Lands Clauses Acts with respect to the compensation for land taken otherwise than by agreement; and
(b)Any such byelaw shall not injuriously affect any public right within the meaning of this section unless made with the consent of the Board of Trade, but the Board of Trade, if satisfied after such inquiries and such notice and opportunity for objections as hereinafter mentioned that a restriction of any public right is required for the safety of the public, or for the exigencies of the military . . . F3 purpose for which the area to which the byelaws apply is used, may consent to a byelaw restricting the public right to such extent as under all the circumstances of the case seems reasonable; and
(c)No such byelaw shall be made in relation to any sea, tidal water, or shore which may for the time being be vested in Her Majesty, and under the management of the Commissioners of Woods, without the consent in writing of such Commissioners on behalf of Her Majesty first had and obtained for that purpose, which consent such Commissioners are hereby authorised to give.
(3)The Board of Trade before consenting to any byelaw under this section, shall cause notice of the byelaw to be given by advertisement or otherwise in the locality, in order that any such town, harbour, and other local authorities and persons as are interested may have an opportunity for making objections to the byelaw, and shall consider any objections made, and shall make such inquiries as appear to the Board necessary for the purpose of ascertaining that the byelaw will not reasonably interfere with any public right.
(4)For the purposes of this section “public right” means any right of navigation, anchoring, grounding, fishing, bathing, walking, or recreation.
(5)Where an area to which byelaws under this section apply consists of any sea or tidal water, or the shore thereof, and the boundaries of the area cannot, in the opinion of the authority making the byelaws, be conveniently marked by permanent marks, those boundaries shall be described in the byelaws, and shall be deemed to be sufficiently marked within the meaning of section seventeen of the Military Lands Act, 1892, if, while the area is in use for military or naval purposes, sufficient means are taken to warn the public from entering the area.
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2(1) repealed by S.I. 1964/488
F3Words repealed by National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13), Sch. 6 Pt. II
F4S. 2(6) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 2(2) extended by Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (c. 30), s. 7
C3Functions of Commissioners of Woods now exercisable by Crown Estate Commissioners: S.R. & O. 1924/1370 (Rev. V, p. 443: 1924, p. 228), Crown Estate Act 1956 (c. 73), s. 1(1) and Crown Estate Act, 1961 (c. 55), s. 1(1)
Section twenty-three of the M3Military Lands Act, 1892, shall have effect as if the definition of “land” in that section included the bed of the sea or any tidal water, and also any right of interference with the free use of any land, and the Military Lands Act, 1892 . . . F5 amended by this Act, shall be construed accordingly.
Notwithstanding anything in section two of the Military Lands Act, 1892, the period of three years mentioned in section one hundred and twenty-three of the M4Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, shall be calculated from the passing of the Act confirming any Provisional Order under the Military Lands Act, 1892, and not from the passing of the Military Lands Act, 1892.
Marginal Citations
In the application of this Act to Scotland the following provisions shall have effect:—
In subsection (9) of section twenty-five of the Military Lands Act, 1892, “twenty-one” shall be substituted for “twenty-two”.
This Act shall be construed as part of the Military Lands Act, 1892, and may be cited as the Military Lands Act, 1900, and the Military Lands Act, 1892, the Military Lands Act, 1897, and this Act, may be cited collectively as the Military Lands Acts, 1892 to 1900.
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