Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779 explained

Short Title:	Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779^[1]
Parliament:	Parliament of Great Britain
Long Title:	An Act to enable the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster to sell and dispose of Fee-farm Rents and other Rents and to enfranchise Copyhold and Customary Tenements within their Survey and to encourage the Growth of Timber on Lands held of the said Duchy.^[2]
Year:	1779
Statute Book Chapter:	19 Geo 3 c 45
Amends:	Crown Lands Act 1702
Status:	Amended
Revised Text:	http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/19/45/contents

The Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779 (19 Geo 3 c 45) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

This Act was partly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010.^[3]

Section 1(1) of, and Group 3 of Part VII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 repealed:

• Sections 4 and 6
• Section 7 from "and also" to "for ever"
• Sections 8, 9 and 11
• Section 12 so far as it related to assurances for enfranchisement
• Section 13 from "or by the enfranchisement" to "hereditaments"

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

External links

• The Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779, as amended, from Legislation.gov.uk

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
3. The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. . Part I. Page 154, read with pages viii and x.