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The Kew Gardens (Leases) Act 2019 (c. 25) is an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative supremacy ...
. It allowed the Secretary of State to lease land on the grounds of the
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. It was introduced to Parliament by Lord Gardiner of Kimble and
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from the
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as a government bill.


Provisions

The provisions of the act include: *Allowing the Secretary of State the power to lease land on the grounds of Kew Gardens for a period up to 150 years. *Exempting such a lease from Section 5 of the
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(which limits the grants and leases of land owned by the Crown). *Preventing such a lease if it would have an adverse impact on either the "outstanding universal value" of the Gardens as a
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or if it would impair the work of the Board of Trustees of the Gardens to carry out their functions and that of the Gardens under Section 24 of the
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(which directs the Board to carry out research into, education about, care of and collect reference archives about plants).


See also

*
Kew Gardens Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden at Kew Park, its living collections include some of the ...
*
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– the official designation of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew


References

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