Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

Saving of rightsU.K.

And with respect to the saving of rights, be it enacted as follows:

99 Nothing in this or the special Act to affect the rights of the crown;U.K.

Nothing in this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith contained shall extend to alienate, defeat, vary, lessen, abrogate, or prejudice any estate, right, title, interest, prerogative, royalty, jurisdiction, or authority, of or appertaining to the Queen’s most excellent Majesty, nor to abridge, vary, or abrogate any of the powers or authorities by law vested in the Admiralty, or in the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s [F1Customs and Excise], or in the [F2Crown Estate Commissioners], in relation to the possessions and land revenues of her Majesty in right of her crown, or otherwise howsoever.

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F1Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1909/197, (Rev. V, p. 465; 1909, p. 239) art. 10

100 nor the rights of the crown as to revenue, &c.;U.K.

Nothing in this or the special Act shall be deemed to extend to or affect any Act of Parliament relating to her Majesty’s duties of Customs or Excise, or any other revenue of the crown, or to extend to or affect any claim of her Majesty in right of her crown, or otherwise howsoever, or any proceedings at law or in equity by or on behalf of her Majesty, in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

101 nor the rights of the City of London;U.K.

Nothing in this Act or the special Act contained shall prejudice or derogate from the estates, rights, liberties, interests, privileges, franchises, or authority of the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, or their successors, or the Lord Mayor of the said city for the time being.

102 nor the rights of Trinity House, &c.U.K.

Nothing in this or the special Act contained shall prejudice or derogate from any of the rights or privileges, jurisdiction or authority of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, the Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, or the Commissioners of Northern Lights, or any lord of the manor within the limits of the harbour or dock.

103 Act not to exempt the undertakers from the provisions of any general Act.U.K.

Nothing herein or in the special Act contained shall be deemed to exempt the undertakers from the provisions, regulations, and conditions which may be contained in any general Act relating to harbours, docks, or piers, or to ports, harbours, or tidal waters, which may be passed in the same session in which the special Act is passed, or any future session of Parliament.

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