Defence Act 1842

XXIII Lands not to be taken for the Defence of the Realm without Consent of the Owners, unless in certain Cases.

Provided always, and be it enacted, That no such Lands, Buildings, or other Hereditaments shall be so taken without the Consent of the Owner or Owners thereof, or of any such Person or Persons as aforesaid, acting for or on the Behalf of the Owner or Owners thereof, unless the Necessity or Expediency of taking the same shall be first certified by the Lord Lieutenant, or Two of the Deputy Lieutenants, or by the Governor or Two Deputy Governors of the County, Riding, Stewartry, City, or Place in which such Lands, Buildings, or other Hereditaments lie, and unless the taking of such Lands, Buildings, or other Hereditaments be authorized by a Warrant under the Hand or Hands of the Lord High Treasurer, or of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Time being, or any Three or more of them, or unless the Enemy shall have actually invaded the United Kingdom at the Time when such Lands, Buildings, or other Hereditaments shall be so taken.