Four Courts (Dublin) Extension Act, 1858

Power to purchase Lands and Houses.

V. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners, with the Approval and under the Direction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and they are hereby authorized, out of any Monies appropriated or which may be appropriated by Parliament for the Purpose, or may be otherwise applicable thereto, to purchase, compulsorily or by Agreement, enter on, and hold, the whole or any Part of the Lands and Houses mentioned and described in the Schedule to this Act, and delineated on the Map or Plan deposited as aforesaid, which shall be required for the Purposes of this Act, and to pull down and remove the Buildings thereon when so purchased, and to erect and maintain on the Site of such Houses, or any Part thereof, or on the said Lands or any Part thereof, such new Court or Courts, Offices, and Buildings, with all necessary Enclosures and Erections, as they may, with the Sanction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, think proper and requisite for the Public Service, and after the Completion of such Purchase, all Rights in, over, or affecting the said Lands and Houses shall be extinguished, and the said Lands shall be vested in the Commissioners in trust for Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors: Provided always, that it shall not be necessary for any Persons interested in the Lands so purchased to ascertain that such Consent has been given, nor shall the Commissioners be required to produce to any such Person any Evidence of such Consent.