Land Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act 1860

IV Amount of Rentcharge to be settled in manner directed in the 9th Section of recited Acts.

In every Case of such Sale or Compensation by any Parties other than Parties seised in fee or entitled to dispose absolutely of the Lands so sold or damaged, the Amount of such Rentcharge, Annual Feu Duty or Ground Annual, herein-before mentioned, shall be settled in the Manner directed in the Ninth Section of each of the said Acts respectively: Provided, that the Amount of such annual Rentcharge, Annual Feu Duty or Ground Annual, shall in no Case be less than One Fourth Part greater than the net annual Rent received by the Parties beneficially interested in such Lands, upon an Average of the last Seven Years; and that a Charge of Five per Cent, on the gross Sum estimated or fixed as aforesaid, by way of Compensation for any Damage that may be done to the said Lands, shall in all such Cases be added to and shall form a Part of the said Rentcharge, Annual Feu Duty or Ground Annual; and that no Fine, Foregift, Grassum, Premium, or other Consideration in the Nature thereof, shall be paid or taken in respect of the Lands so sold or damaged, other than the annual Rentcharge, Annual Feu Duty or Ground Annual, made payable for such Lands : Provided also, that such Rentcharge shall be and remain upon and for the same Uses, Trusts, and Purposes as those upon which the Rents and Profits of the Land so conveyed stood settled or assured at or immediately before the Conveyance thereof, and shall be a First Charge on the Tolls and Rates, if any, payable under the special Act.