# Military Lands Act 1892, Section 10: Provision as to land belonging to Crown, &c.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Commissioners of Woods with the consent of the Treasury, as to land belonging to the Crown, . . . and the Duke of Cornwall or other the persons for the time being having power to dispose of land belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall, as to land forming part of possessions of that duchy, may lease land for military purposes to a Secretary of State or a volunteer corps for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, but the lease shall cease to have effect if the land ceases to be used for military purposes.
(2) Where any land is vested in the Crown and is under the management of any commissioners or departments or a relevant person, other than the Commissioners of Woods, and where land is held by any public department for the public service, the commissioners or department or the relevant person having the management of the lands may exercise, as regards the land, any powers which under this Act may be exercised as respects land belonging to the Crown by the Commissioners of Woods.
(3) The Commissioners of Works may lease to a Secretary of State or to a volunteer corps for military purposes any portion of such royal parks, gardens, and possessions as are under the management of those Commissioners, for a term not exceeding twenty-one years, and subject to such conditions as the Commissioners think fit; but the lease shall be at all times revocable by Her Majesty.
(4) In this section, “relevant person”, in relation to any land to which section 90B(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 applies, means the person who manages that land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/55-56/43/section/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/military-lands-act-1892/section-10
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