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| Repealed | 1 January 1926 |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 |
| Repealed by | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |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| Repealed | 1 January 1882 |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| Repealed by | Conveyancing Act 1881 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |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Section 1 of the act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict.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).
Section 8 of the act was repealed for England and Wales by section 10 of, and the tenth schedule to, the Law of Property (Amendment) Act 1924 (15 & 16 Geo. 5.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).[5]
Sections 2–7 and 9 of the act were repealed for England and Wales by section 207 of, and the seventh schedule to, the Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5.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).[6]
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.
- ^ "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