Commissioners of Works Act 1852

5 Commissioners may sell, exchange, &c. lands and buildings not required for their original purpose.U.K.

As regards such of the said lands, buildings, or other heritages so hereby vested in the said commissioners as may not have been or shall not be required for the purposes for which they were acquired, the said commissioners may from time to time grant, sell, exchange, or convey the same, and lease or agree to lease the same till sold, exchanged, or conveyed; and the monies arising from any such sale or lease shall be paid to the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but the receipts of the said commissioners shall be sufficient discharges to any purchaser or lessee paying any monies to them; and the said commissioners may complete or carry into effect any contract for sale, grant, exchange, or lease of any part of the said lands, buildings, and heritages herein-before entered into by any trustees of the same, or by the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, or any person or persons on their behalf.