Section 1 Effect of past Orders in Council under 5 & 6 Vict. c. 94, s. 5.

Where, under section five of the Defence Act, 1842, any Order in Council has been made before the passing of this Act transferring to any body or persons, for any public service, the management, control, and use of any land, the land in the Order comprised, with the appurtenances, shall, from the passing of this Act, be vested in the body or persons in the Order described for an absolute estate in fee simple, in trust for Her Majesty for the public service in the Order mentioned.