{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dean-forest-act-1861/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dean-forest-act-1861/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/24-25/40",
  "legislation_title": "Dean Forest Act 1861",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dean-forest-act-1861",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Surrenders other than by notice may be made and accepted by the Gaveller on behalf of Her Majesty.",
  "text": "With regard to the surrender of gales and leases other than the surrenders mentioned or referred to in the last preceding two sections, be it enacted and declared, that in addition to the rights or powers of surrender specified in the Rules and Regulations contained in the said Awards, any gale, quarry, or work, whether comprised in the said Awards or subsequently granted or leased or hereafter to be granted or leased, and any land granted or leased or hereafter to be granted or leased in connexion with any gale, quarry, or work, may be lawfully surrendered to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, if Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, shall think fit to accept the same, and any such surrender may be accepted by the Gaveller for and on behalf of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, on such terms and conditions as he shall think expedient and proper, whether such terms and conditions shall be in accordance with the said Rules and Regulations contained in the said Awards or not; and every such surrender shall be registered in the same manner as transfers of gales or leases, but shall be valid and effectual, whether registered or not; and that all such surrenders as in this section mentioned heretofore made to and accepted by or on behalf of Her Majesty (whether registered or not) are and were valid and effectual; and further, that all gales, quarries, land, and works surrendered or to be surrendered as aforesaid, from and immediately after the completion of such surrender, were and became or shall be deemed to be or to have been gales, quarries, land, or works ungaled or unleased.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/40/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:10:14.776179+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}