# Dean and New Forests Act 1808, Section IV: Whenever the Woods growing in the said Inclosures are past Danger from browsing of Deer, or other Prejudice, they may be laid open, and other Quantities inclosed.


At all times hereafter, whenever . . . the woods and trees which shall be growing within any of the said inclosures, whether made before the passing of this Act, and hereby confirmed, or to be made under and by virtue of this Act, are become past danger of browsing of deer, cattle, or other prejudice, and shall think fit to lay the same or any part thereof open and in common, and shall cause the same so to be done, then and so often it shall be lawful for His Majesty, his heirs and successors, from time to time to inclose, in lieu of so much of the inclosures in either Forest as shall be so laid open, the like quantity out of any other part of the residue of the wastes of the same Forest, to be set out by like Commission and admeasurement as aforesaid, and to be holden, inclosed, freed and discharged of and from all manner of common and other rights as aforesaid, for so long time as the same shall continue inclosed, according to the direction, purport, and intent of . . . this Act, to be a nursery or nurseries for timber as aforesaid, instead of so much as shall be laid open according to the direction aforesaid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/48/72/section/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dean-and-new-forests-act-1808/section-IV
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