Real Property Act 1845
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to amend the Law of Real property. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 8 & 9 Vict. c. 106 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 4 August 1845 |
| Commencement | 1 October 1845[c] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1926 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | Transfer of Property Act 1844 |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Real Property Act 1845[a] (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,[1] which regulated the transfer of land by sale.
Content
Section 3 of the act stated that "a lease required by law to be in writing ... shall be void at law unless also made by deed".
Section 5 reversed a common law rule that a person could not take an immediate interest in land unless named in an indenture under seal.[2]
Section 6 stated that contingent interests were entirely alienable.
Conveyance of Real Property Act 1845
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to facilitate the Conveyance of Real Property. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 8 & 9 Vict. c. 119 |
| Territorial extent | [d] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 August 1845 |
| Commencement | 1 October 1845[e] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1882 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Conveyancing Act 1881 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The act 8 & 9 Vict. c. 119, sometimes called the Conveyance of Real Property Act 1845,[3] was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[4]
Subsequent developments
Section 3 of the act, "save so far as same relates to Feoffments, Partitions, and Exchanges, repealed by section 104 of, and schedule (B.) to, the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 154), which came into force on 1 January 1861.[5].
Section 1 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66), which came into force on 11 August 1875.[6]
Section 8 of the act was repealed for England and Wales by section 10 of, and the tenth schedule to, the Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 5), which came into force on 1 January 1926.[7]
Sections 2–7 and 9 of the act were repealed for England and Wales by section 207 of, and the seventh schedule to, the Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 20), which came into force on 1 January 1926.[8]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ Section 10.
- ^ Section 1.
- ^ Section 9.
- ^ Section 8.
References
- ^ For a copy of this act, see A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Eighth and Ninth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Printed by George E Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. London. 1845. Pages 735 and 736.
- ^ Now the Law of Property Act 1925, s 56
- ^ Table A. "Tables showing the Effect of the Year's Legislation". The Public General Acts passed in the Forty-Fourth and Forty-Fifth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1881. Queen's Printing Office, East Harding Street, London. 1881. Page 440.
- ^ For a copy of this act, see A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Eighth and Ninth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Printed by George E Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. London. 1845. Pages 835 and 836.
- ^ "Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/23-24 c. 154
- ^ "Statute Law Revision Act 1875", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/38-39 c. 66
- ^ "Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 5
- ^ "Law of Property Act 1925", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/15-16 c. 20