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Crown Private Estates Act 1862 (c. 37)

Crown Private Estates Act 1862 1862 CHAPTER 37 25 and 26 Vict An Act to remove doubts concerning, and to amend the law relating to, the private estates of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors. [17th July 1862]

Legislation

Table of Content

1. Interpretation of terms. U.K.

2. Restrictions of 1 Ann. c. 7, and 1 Geo. 3. c. 1, and 34 Geo. 3. c. 75 not to extend to the private estates of the Sovereign. U.K.

3. Leasehold estates (other than in Scotland) to be vested in trustees. U.K.

4. Private estates of the Sovereign in Scotland held under a superior or in lease to be vested in trustees. U.K.

5. As to testamentary disposition of the private estates of the Sovereign other than in Scotland. U.K.

6. As to disposition of the private estates of the Sovereign in Scotland. U.K.

7. As to descent of the private estates of the Sovereign. U.K.

8. Private estates of the Sovereign to be subject to taxes. U.K.

9. Taxes to be paid out of the privy purse. U.K.

10. Extension of Trustee Act, 1850, to the private estates of the Sovereign (except in Scotland), and to the personal estate of the Sovereign. U.K.

11. Provision as to legal proceedings and trust estates in Scotland. U.K.

12. Saving of the rights and remedies of the Sovereign. U.K.

13. Short title. U.K.

1. Interpretation of terms. U.K.

2. Restrictions of 1 Ann. c. 7, and 1 Geo. 3. c. 1, and 34 Geo. 3. c. 75 not to extend to the private estates of the Sovereign. U.K.

3. Leasehold estates (other than in Scotland) to be vested in trustees. U.K.

4. Private estates of the Sovereign in Scotland held under a superior or in lease to be vested in trustees. U.K.

5. As to testamentary disposition of the private estates of the Sovereign other than in Scotland. U.K.

6. As to disposition of the private estates of the Sovereign in Scotland. U.K.

7. As to descent of the private estates of the Sovereign. U.K.

8. Private estates of the Sovereign to be subject to taxes. U.K.

9. Taxes to be paid out of the privy purse. U.K.

10. Extension of Trustee Act, 1850, to the private estates of the Sovereign (except in Scotland), and to the personal estate of the Sovereign. U.K.

11. Provision as to legal proceedings and trust estates in Scotland. U.K.

12. Saving of the rights and remedies of the Sovereign. U.K.

13. Short title. U.K.

Section 1

1. Interpretation of terms. U.K.

In the construction of this Act the expression “ private estates of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, ” shall mean (unless controlled or confined to a more limited sense by express words or the context) any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, leases, and hereditaments, and other real or heritable property and estate, of whatsoever tenure the same may be, whether situate or arising in England, Scotland or Ireland, or in any other part of Her Majesty’s dominions, which have at any time heretofore been purchased or acquired by Her Majesty, or shall at any time hereafter be purchased or acquired by Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, out of any monies issued and applied for the use of her or their privy purse, or with any other monies not appropriated to any public service, and any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, leases, and hereditaments, and other real or heritable property and estate, of whatsoever tenure the same may be, whether situate or arising in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or in any other part of Her Majesty’s dominions, which have come to Her Majesty, or shall or may come to Her Majesty, or her heirs or successors, by the gift or devise or disposition of, or by descent, inheritance, or succession, or otherwise from, any of her or their ancestors, or any other person or persons not being Kings or Queens of this realm, and any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, leases, and hereditaments, and other real or heritable property and estate, of whatsoever tenure the same may be, and whether situate or arising in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or in any other part of Her Majesty’s dominions, which did or shall belong to Her Majesty, or her heirs or successors, or to any person or persons in trust for her or them, at the time of her or their respective accessions to the Crown of this realm, and which before such accession she or they respectively might have legally granted, sold, given, devised, disponed, or conveyed. Modifications etc. (not altering text) C3 S. 1 applied (S.) (28.12.2007) by Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 8) , ss. 3(5) , 30(4) ; S.S.I. 2007/516 , art. 2 C4 S. 1 applied (S.) (10.12.2014) by Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (asp 19) , ss. 30(4) , 31(1) (with ss. 29 , 30 ) C5 S. 1 applied by 1999 c. 29, s. 333DA(8) (as inserted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7) , ss. 31(6) , 57(5)(e) ) C6 S. 1 applied by 2008 c. 17, s. 53A(9) (as inserted (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7) , ss. 31(2) , 57(5)(e) ) C7 S. 1 applied (W.) (1.12.2020) by Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Act 2020 (asc 2) , ss. 10(4) , 12 (with ss. 9 , 10 ) C8 S. 1 applied (S.) (10.1.2022) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17) , ss. 88(1)(2) , 130(2) (with s. 126 ); S.S.I. 2021/428 , reg. 2 , sch. C9 S. 1 applied (30.9.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30) , s. 147(3) , Sch. 19 para. 2(4) (with s. 144 ); S.I. 2022/48 , reg. 5(c) C10 S. 1 applied (S.) (3.10.2023) by Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 1) , s. 30(2)(a) (with s. 29 ); S.S.I. 2023/262 , reg. 2

Section 2

2. Restrictions of 1 Ann. c. 7, and 1 Geo. 3. c. 1, and 34 Geo. 3. c. 75 not to extend to the private estates of the Sovereign. U.K.

None of the provisions or restrictions contained in the said Acts of the first year of Her Majesty Queen Anne and the first and thirty-fourth years of His Majesty King George the Third, or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament relating to any manors, messuages, lands, tenements, leases, or hereditaments, or other real or heritable property or estate vested in or belonging to Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, in right of the Crown of this realm, do or shall extend to the private estates of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors.