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DEFENCE ACT 1854 - SECT 1

Extinguishment of common rights over lands purchased under Defence Act.

1. It shall be lawful for the principal officers for the time being of Her
Majesty's Ordnance (if they shall think proper so to do) to use and avail
themselves of all the powers and provisions contained in the
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, for the purpose of ascertaining,
making, and paying compensation for and extinguishing all rights of common,
commonable, and other rights in, over, or affecting any lands the soil of
which has at any time been or shall hereafter be purchased or taken by the
said principal officers, under the Defence Act, 1842; and for such purpose the
principal officers for the time being of Her Majesty's Ordnance shall be
deemed and taken to be promoters of an undertaking within the meaning of the
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and all the powers and provisions of
the last-mentioned Act may, if necessary, be treated as if they had been
contained in the Defence Act, 1842, for the purpose of being used or made
available by the said principal officers for the time being: Provided always,
that nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect the powers and
authorities of the principal officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance for the time
being under the last-mentioned statute.

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