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An Act to authorise the acceptance and administration by certain government departments and local authorities of gifts for the settlement or employment on land of men who have served in His Majesty’s Forces.
[22nd December 1916]
C1Functions of Board of Agriculture and Fisheries now exercisable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1 and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200)
C2Functions of Board of Agriculture for Scotland now exercisable by Secretary of State: Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928 (c. 34), s. 1 and Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), s. 1
C3Functions of Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.R. & O. 1922/183 (Rev. XVI, p. 991: 1922, p. 718)
C4Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
(1)It shall be lawful for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries or for the council of any county or county borough to accept any gift by will or otherwise to be applied wholly or mainly for the settlement or employment in agriculture on land in England or Wales of men who have served in any of His Majesty’s naval or military forces, and to hold any land or estate or interest in land, the subject of any such gift and to administer the trusts affecting the gift, and for the purpose of those trusts to borrow money on the security of the trust property, so, however, that all expenses incurred by the Board or the council in relation to any such trust shall be defrayed out of the trust property or the proceeds or income thereof, or out of money borrowed on the security of the trust property:
Provided that land so given to the Board shall not be deemed to be acquired by the Board under the M1Small Holding Colonies Act, 1916, unless the gift is expressly made for the purposes of that Act.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(3)Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications:
For references to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, land in England and Wales, and county boroughs, references to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, land in Scotland, and royal parliamentary and police burghs shall be respectively substituted.
(4)Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to Ireland subject to the following modifications:—
For references to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and to land in England and Wales, references to the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, and to land in Ireland shall be respectively substituted.
F1S. 1(2) repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II
C1S. 1(1) extended by S.R. & O. 1918/548 (Rev. I, p. 896: 1918 I, p. 50
M11916 c. 38.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for Land Settlement) Act, 1916.
(2)Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prejudicing any right of accepting gifts which any such department or council as aforesaid may possess independently of this Act.
Sailors and Soldiers (Gifts for Land Settlement) Act 1916