F1The Improvement of Land Act, 1864.
[29th July 1864]
Whereas an Act was passed in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Years of her present Majesty, intituled The Private Money Drainage Act, 1849, and several companies have been incorporated by Act of Parliament, with special powers for promoting the improvement of land in Great Britain and Ireland by drainage and otherwise; and it is desirable to amend and consolidate the law relating to the improvement of land by owners of limited interests, and to enable such owners to charge their lands with money subscribed for the construction of railways and navigable canals which will permanently increase the value of such lands:
Textual Amendments
F1Act repealed (S.) (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title “The Improvement of Land Act 1864” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Act amended by Agricultural Credits Act 1923 (c. 34), s. 3(1)
C3Functions of Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales exercisable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (E.W.) and by Secretary of State (S.): Settled Land Act 1882 (c. 38), s. 48(1), Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (c. 30), ss. 2(1) (b), 10, Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 (c. 49), s. 4, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 (c. 91), s. 1, Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928 (c. 34), s. 1, Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), s. 1 and S.I. 1955/554 (1955 I, p. 1200) and certain functions transferred by S.I. 1978/272, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
C4Powers of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under this Act extended by Settled Land Act 1925 c. 18, s.115(1)
C5Certain words of enactment and other words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)
C6Acts cited or referred to by their short titles under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s. 3
C7Act: powers transferred (in respect of functions transferred to the Secretary of State by 1978 transfer order) (1.7.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch.1