Duchy of Lancaster Act 1787

The Duchy of Lancaster Act 1787^[1]

Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to amend an Act passed in the nineteenth year of the Reign of his present Majesty intituled An Act to enable the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster to sell and dispose of certain Fee-farm Rents . . . and to enable the said Chancellor and Council to discharge Incumbrances affecting the Possessions of the said Duchy.[2]
Citation	27 Geo 3 c 34
Status: Amended
Revised text of statute as amended

The Duchy of Lancaster Act 1787 (27 Geo 3 c 34) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

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

Section 2

References in this section to an amount of money in the old currency which are not a whole number of pounds must, in so far as they refer to an amount in shillings or pence, be read as referring to the equivalent of that amount in the new currency.^[4]

In this section, the words "after deducting the land tax chargeable thereon" were repealed by section 1(1) of, and Group 3 of Part II of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989.

Section 3

This section was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Group 3 of Part VII of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,

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. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 170, read with pages viii and x.
4. The Decimal Currency Act 1969, section 10(1)

External links

• The Duchy of Lancaster Act 1787, as amended, from Legislation.gov.uk.