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Crown Lands Act 1702

The Crown Lands Act 1702 (1 Ann. c. 1) is an act of the Parliament of England, originally entitled An Act for the better Support of Her Majesties Houshold and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown.

Provisions

The act allowed the monarch to only receive the income from the Duchy of Lancaster and not the capital. The legislation has been amended, so that the Duchy has been removed from the legislation.

, the act is still partly in force in England and Wales.

Subsequent developments

Sections 1 to 4 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59)

Sections 6 and 8 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the first schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62).

In the Republic of Ireland the act was repealed by sections 2(1) and 3(1) of, and part 2 of schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

The Land at Palace Avenue, Kensington (Acquisition of Freehold) Act 2002 amended the legislation so that land at Kensington Palace could be sold off.

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