Copyhold Act 1858

Owners of enfranchised Lands may use the Soil for Purposes connected with the Enjoyment of the Surface.

XIV. After Enfranchisement, whether under the voluntary or compulsory Proceedings of “the Copyhold Acts,” the Owner of the Lands so enfranchised shall, notwithstanding any Reservation of Mines or Minerals in the said Acts or in any Instrument of Enfranchisement contained, have full Power and Right to disturb or remove the Soil so far as may be necessary or convenient for the Purposes of making Roads or Drains or erecting Buildings or obtaining Water upon the said Lands: Provided always, that this shall not prejudice the Rights to any Mines or Minerals, or to work mid carry away the same, which were reserved by Section Forty-eight of “The Copyhold Act, 1852.”