Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779

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Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779 [a]
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Long title An 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]
Citation 19 Geo. 3. c. 45
Territorial extent  Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent 18 May 1779
Commencement 26 November 1778 [c]
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Status: Amended
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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.

Contents

As of 2025, the act was 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The following enactments were repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 3 of part VII of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989:

Notes

  1. 1 2 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.