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Section 40 †Powers of certain limited owners to sell and lease land for small holdings or allotments.C1C2

(1)

Any person having power to lease land for agricultural purposes for a limited term, whether subject to any consent or conditions or not, may, subject to the like consent and conditions (if any), lease land to a council for the purposes of . . . F1 allotments for a term not exceeding thirty-five years, either with or without such right of renewal as is conferred by this Act in the case of land hired compulsorily for those purposes.

(2)

The like powers of leasing may be exercised . . . F2 in the case of land forming part of the possessions of . . . F3the Duchy of Cornwall, by the Duke of Cornwall or other the persons for the time being having power to dispose of land belonging to that Duchy.

(3)

The like powers of leasing may be exercised in the case of glebe land or other land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice by the incumbent thereof with the consent of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners alone upon such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Ecclesiastical Commissioners may approve.

(4)

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(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words repealed by Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40), s. 65(1), Sch. 5 Pt. III

F2

Words repealed by Crown Estate Act 1961 (c. 55), Sch. 3 Pt. II

F3

Words repealed by Duchy of Lancaster Act 1988 (c. 10, SIF 29:10), s. 1(4), Sch.

F4

Ss. 40(4)(5) repealed by Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18), Sch. 5

Modifications

C1

A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate

C2

S. 40 saved by Law of Property Act 1922 (c. 16), s. 145, Sch. 15 para. 9