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INLAND REVENUE BUILDINGS ACT 1881

INLAND REVENUE BUILDINGS ACT 1881 - LONG TITLE

An Act for the transfer of Property held for the Use and Service
of the Inland Revenue to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works
and Public Buildings; and for other purposes.{1}
[3rd June 1881]
Short title.

INLAND REVENUE BUILDINGS ACT 1881 - SECT 1

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Inland Revenue
Buildings Act, 1881.

INLAND REVENUE BUILDINGS ACT 1881 - SECT 2
Lands, &c., for the service of the Inland Revenue to vest in
Commissioners of Works.

2. All manors, messuages, buildings, lands, tenements, and
hereditaments of freehold or leasehold tenure in the United Kingdom
which are now vested in the secretary or joint secretaries to the
Commissioners of Inland Revenue, or any other person, in trust for
Her Majesty, for the use and service of the Inland Revenue, shall
become and are hereby vested in the Commissioners of Works for the
public service, and shall be subject to the provisions of the
Commissioners of Works Act, 1852, in all respects as if the same
had been acquired under the provisions of that Act.

INLAND REVENUE BUILDINGS ACT 1881 - SECT 4
As to completion of existing contracts.

4. All contracts entered into by or on behalf of the Commissioners
of Inland Revenue in respect of any lands or hereditaments in the
United Kingdom for the service of the Inland Revenue, and not at
the passing of this Act fully performed and completed, may be
enforced, and shall be performed and completed for the public
service, in like manner as if the Commissioners of Works had been
parties thereto instead of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.

INLAND REVENUE BUILDINGS ACT 1881 - SECT 5
Commissioners of Works empowered to purchase lands, &c.

5. The Commissioners of Works shall, under and subject to the
provisions of the Commissioners of Works Act, 1852, from time to
time purchase, hire, or otherwise acquire such buildings, lands, or
other hereditaments as may be necessary for the service of the
Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom; and for the purposes of
any such purchase the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, ... and
the Acts extending and amending the same respectively, except so
much thereof as relates to the purchase of land otherwise than by
agreement, are hereby incorporated with this Act, the special Act
being construed to mean this Act, and the promoters of the
undertaking being construed to mean the Commissioners of Works.

INLAND REVENUE BUILDINGS ACT 1881 - SECT 6
Purchases &c., subject to provisions of 1852 c.28.

6. Every purchase, sale, exchange, or lease by the Commissioners of
Works under this Act shall be deemed to be a purchase, sale,
exchange, or lease under the Commissioners of Works Act, 1852.

Provided that it shall not be necessary for any vendor, purchaser,
lessor or lessee to ascertain that the consent of the Treasury to
the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease by the Commissioners of Works
has been given.