{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/military-lands-act-1892/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/military-lands-act-1892/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/55-56/43",
  "legislation_title": "Military Lands Act 1892",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/military-lands-act-1892",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Powers to purchase land.",
  "text": "(1) A Secretary of State may purchase land in the United Kingdom under this Act, for the military purposes of any portion of Her Majesty’s military forces or for the naval purposes of any portion of Her Majesty’s naval forces.\n(2) A volunteer corps may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, themselves purchase land under this Act for military purposes.\n(3) The council of a county or borough may, at the request of one or more volunteer corps, purchase under this Act, and holdby agreement or, if so authorised by the Secretary of State, compulsorily, land on behalf of the volunteer corps for military purposes and may hold land on that behalf.\n(4) The Secretary of State shall, before giving his consent to the purchase of any land under this Act by a volunteer corps, send an inspector to the land for the purpose of ascertaining its capabilities of being used for military purposes with due regard to the safety and convenience of the public, and shall give or withhold his consent accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words added by S.I. 1964/488"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words “by agreement” to “compulsorily” substituted for “and hold” (E.W.S.) by Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 (c. 49), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words added (E.W.S.) by Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 (c. 49), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1(3) amended by Military Lands Act 1900 (c. 56), s. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/55-56/43/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:32:04.720003+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."
}