Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779

Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779[a]
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn Act to enable the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster to sell and dispose of Fee-farm Rents and other Rents and to enfranchise Copyhold and Customary Tenements within their Survey and to encourage the Growth of Timber on Lands held of the said Duchy.[b]
Citation19 Geo. 3. c. 45
Territorial extent Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent18 May 1779
Commencement26 November 1778[c]
Other legislation
Amends
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779[a] (19 Geo. 3. c. 45) is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

As of 2025, the act is partly in force in Great Britain.[1]

Subsequent developments

The following enactments were repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 3 of part VII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989:

  • Sections 4 and 6
  • Section 7 from "and also" to "for ever"
  • Sections 8, 9 and 11
  • Section 12 so far as it related to assurances for enfranchisement
  • Section 13 from "or by the enfranchisement" to "hereditaments"

Notes

  1. ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and the second schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ^ These words are printed against this act in the second column of the second schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
  3. ^ Start of session.

References

  1. ^ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 154, read with pages viii and x.


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