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Universities and College Estates Act 1964

1964 c. 51 · Enacted 16 July 1964 · Extends to England and Wales

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An Act to amend the law relating to property held by or on behalf of universities and colleges, and for purposes connected therewith.

[16th July 1964]I1

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Commencement

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Act wholly in force at 16.8.1964 see s. 5(4)

Contents

  1. 1Ecclesiastical Leases Acts.
  2. 2Removal of restrictions in Universities and College Estates Act 1925. Repealed
  3. 3Capital money. Repealed
  4. 4Amendments and repeals of enactments.
  5. 5Short title, citation, extent and commencement.
  6. Schedule 1: EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGE ESTATES ACT 1925 Repealed
  7. Part I: EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS REFERRED TO IN SECTION 2(2) Repealed
  8. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  9. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  10. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  11. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  12. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  13. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  14. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  15. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  16. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  17. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  18. Part II: EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS REFERRED TO IN SECTION 3(1) Repealed
  19. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  20. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  21. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  22. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  23. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  24. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  25. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  26. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  27. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  28. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  29. 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
  30. 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
  31. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
  32. 14Paragraph 14 Repealed
  33. Schedule 2: Sinking Funds Repealed
  34. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  35. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  36. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  37. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  38. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  39. Schedule 3: ENACTMENTS REPEALED
  40. 1Amendments related to sections 2 and 3
  41. IIOther Minor Amendments
  42. Schedule 4Schedule 4

1Ecclesiastical Leases Acts.

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In this Act “college” includes a hall; and for the purposes of this Act the Cathedral or House of Christ Church in Oxford shall be considered to be a college in the University of Oxford.

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4Amendments and repeals of enactments.

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The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that Schedule (being minor amendments or amendments consequential upon the preceding provisions of this Act).

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5Short title, citation, extent and commencement.

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This Act may be cited as the Universities and College Estates Act 1964; and the M1Universities and College Estates Act 1925 and this Act may be cited together as the Universities and College Estates Acts 1925 and 1964.

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This Act shall not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.

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In so far as any enactment contained in this Act, or amended or modified by this Act, is capable of applying, as part of the law of England and Wales, to land in Scotland or in Northern Ireland, the last preceding subsection shall not affect the operation of that enactment, as part of that law, in relation to any such land.

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This Act shall come into operation at the end of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed.

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1Amendments related to sections 2 and 3

EnactmentAmendment
The Kendal Corn Rent Act 1932In section 10, in subsection (1), the word “pay” shall be transferred to the beginning of paragraph (a), and, in paragraph (b), for the words “to the Minister” there shall be substituted the words “shall retain” ; in subsection (3), for the words “so paid to the Minister shall be accumulated by him on behalf of the rectors” there shall be substituted the words “retained by the rectors under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall be accumulated by them”, . . . F1
In section 11, in subsection (4), in paragraph (i), for the word “Minister” there shall be substituted the word “rectors”, and, in paragraph (ii), for the word “Minister” there shall be substituted the word “rectors” . . . .
The Universities and Colleges (Trusts) Act 1943.

In section 2, at the end there shall be added the following subsection:—

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Subsection (2) of this section shall not have effect in relation to any university or college to which section 2 of the Universities and Colleges Estates Act 1964 (in this subsection referred to as “the Act of 1964”) applies ; and in subsection (3) of this section—

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in its application to any university or college to which section 2 of the Act of 1964 applies, any reference to the Universities and College Estates Act 1924 (in this subsection referred to as “the Act of 1925”) shall be construed as a reference to that Act as modified by Schedule 1, and amended by Schedule 3, to the Act of 1964, and the words from “subject to the modification” to “such property as aforesaid” shall be omitted;

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in its application to any college to which the Act of 1925 applies, but section 2 of the Act of 1964 does not apply, any reference to the Act of 1925 shall be construed as a reference to that Act as amended by Schedule 3 to the Act of 1964; and

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in its application to any college to which the Act of 1925 does not apply, the reference to applying any of the provisions of that Act shall be construed as a reference to applying any of the provisions of that Act a modified by Schedule 1, and amended by Schedule 3, to the Act of 1964, and the words “subject to the modification aforesaid” shall be omitted.”

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IIOther Minor Amendments

EnactmentAmendment
The Universities and College Estates Act 1925.In section 29, for the words fom “will give to the parties interested” to the end there shall be substituted the words “is appropriate to make a proper allocation thereof as between capital and income”.
In section 43(vii), in the definition of “mining purposes” for the words “the settled land, or any other” there shall be substituted the word “any”.
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The Coast Protection Act 1949.In section 11(2)(a), for the words “thirty-one” there shall be substituted the word “thirty”.
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.In Schedule 2, in paragraph 6, for the words “thirty-one” there shall be substituted the word “thirty”.
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