{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-act-1860/section-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-act-1860/section-34.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/23-24/112",
  "legislation_title": "Defence Act 1860",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-act-1860",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Restrictions and powers with respect to lands required to be kept free from buildings.",
  "text": ". . . in relation to any lands required to be kept free from buildings and other obstructions, the following restrictions, powers and consequences shall attach with reference to such lands:\nNo building or other structure (other than barns, hovels, or other like structures of wood), shall be made or erected thereon:\nIt shall be lawful for the said Secretary of State, . . . from time to time, to enter and pull down any present or future buildings or structures (other than as aforesaid) thereon, and to cut down or grub up all or any of the trees thereon, and to remove or alter all or any of the banks, fences, hedges, and ditches thereon, and to make underground or other drains therein, and generally to level and clear the said lands, and do all such acts for levelling and clearing the same as may be deemed necessary or proper by the said Secretary of State: but in such manner, nevertheless, that evidence of the boundaries of the lands held by different owners may be preserved:\nAnd it shall not be lawful for any person to alter the level of the lands, or do any act which may prejudicially affect any work done on the lands under the authority of the said Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 34 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII Group 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/23-24/112/section/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:11:16.382088+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."
}