IN PARLIAMENT SESSION 2016-17 Richmond Burgage Pastures Bill

IN PARLIAMENT SESSION 2016-17

Richmond Burgage Pastures Bill

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application is being made to Parliament in the present session by the Richmond Burgage Pastures Committee (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee") for leave to introduce a Bill (hereinafter referred to as "the Bill") under the above name or short title, the purposes of which the following is a concise summary:-

1. to amend section 5 of the Richmond Burgage Pastures Act 1853 ("the 1853 Act") by removing a requirement that members of the Committee must reside no more than seven miles from the boundaries of the old borough of Richmond;



2. to amend section 10 of the 1853 Act by removing restrictions on the Committee's power to lease land under that section. Those restrictions require that any leases must be granted from year to year and at the best yearly rent that can reasonably be had.



On and after 2nd December 2016 a copy of the Bill may be inspected and copies thereof may be obtained at the price of £1.00 each at the offices of Messsrs. Hunton & Gareet LLP, Burgage House, 1 Millgate, Richmond DL10 4JL, and at the offeof the undermentioned Parliamentary Agents. Objection to the Bill may be made by depositing a Petition against it. If the Bill originates in the House of Commons the

latest date for depositing such a Petition in the Private Bill

Office of that House will be 30th January 2017. If the Bill originates in the House of Lords the latest date for depositing such a Petition in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments in that House will be 6th February 2017. Further information may be obtained from the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, the Office of the Clerk of Parliaments, House of Lords or the undermentioned Parliamentary Agents.

Dated 2nd December 2016

SHARPE PRITCHARD LLP Elizabeth House

4-7 Fulwood Place London

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