Open Spaces Act 1906

Open Spaces Act 1906[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate Enactments relating to Open Spaces.
Citation6 Edw. 7. c. 25
Territorial extent 
[b]
Dates
Royal assent4 August 1906
Commencement1 January 1907[c]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Open Spaces Act 1906 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Open Spaces Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. 25) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to open spaces in England and Wales and Ireland.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 23 of the act repealed 5 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[1]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
40 & 41 Vict. c. 35 Metropolitan Open Spaces Act 1877 The whole act.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 34 Metropolitan Open Spaces Act 1881 The whole act.
50 & 51 Vict. c. 32 Open Spaces Act 1887 The whole act except the provisions of section four amending the Disused Burial Grounds Act 1884.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 15 Open Spaces Act 1890 The whole act.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 30 Commons Act 1899 Section seventeen.

Subsequent developments

The commencement provision (section 24) and the repeal schedule were themselves repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 42).[2]

Section 7(3) of the act was repealed, and the act was extended, by section 8(1) of, and schedule 2 to, the Parish Councils Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 42).[3]

The act was extended (except section 14) by section 58(1) of the London Government Act 1963 (c. 33).[4]

References in the act to charity law have been updated on several occasions, including by the Charities Act 1960, the Charities Act 1993, the Charities Act 2006, and the Charities Act 2011.

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 25.
  2. ↑ Sections 21 and 22.
  3. ↑ Section 24.

References

  1. ↑ "Open Spaces Act 1906", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Edw7/6 c. 25
  2. ↑ "Statute Law Revision Act 1927", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5/17-18 c. 42
  3. ↑ "Parish Councils Act 1957", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/5-6 c. 42
  4. ↑ "London Government Act 1963", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1963 c. 33
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