C2C3 Part VII Miscellaneous Powers of Local Authorities

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3

Pt. VII (ss. 111-146) extended by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 83(2), 219(3)

Land transactions—general provisions

C1C4C5C6131 Savings.

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Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act or in Part VIII below—

a

shall authorise the disposal of any land by a local authority in breach of any trust, covenant or agreement which is binding upon them, excluding any trust arising solely by reason of the land being held as public walks or pleasure grounds or in accordance with section 10 of the M1Open Spaces Act 1906; or

b

shall affect, or empower a local authority to act otherwise than in accordance with, any provision contained in, or in any instrument made under, any of the enactments specified in subsection (2) below and relating to any dealing in land by a local authority or the application of capital money arising from any such dealing.

2

The enactments referred to in subsection (1)(b) above are—

a

the M2Technical and Industrial Institutions Act 1892;

b

the Military Lands Acts 1892 to 1903;

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d

the Allotments Acts 1908 to 1950;

e

the Small Holdings and Allotments Acts 1908 to 1931;

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the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

g

section 28 of the M3Land Settlement (Facilities) Act 1919;

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j

Part III of the M4Agriculture Act 1970; and

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k

any local Act (including an Act confirming a provisional order).

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F6m

the Housing Act 1985

3

Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act shall affect the operation of F7sections 117 to 121 of the Charities Act 2011 (restrictions on dispositions of charity land) and, in particular, none of those provisions shall be treated as giving any such authority for a transaction as is referred to in F8section 117(3)(a) (certain statutorily authorised dispositions not to require the sanction of the Charity Commission).

4

In this section “local authority” includes a parish meeting and the parish trustees of a parish.