Alexandra Park and Palace Act 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1985 c. xxiii |
Sandra Park and
Palace
Act 1985 c. xxiii
ELIZABETH II
1985 CHAPTER xxiii
An
Act to amend the Alexandra Park and Palace (Public
Purposes) Act 1900, the Alexandra Park and Palace Act
1913 and the Alexandra Park and Palace Order 1966;
to confer powers on the Council of the London Borough
of Haringey as trustees with respect to the Alexandra
Park and Palace; and for other purposes.
[16th July 1985]
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HEREAS-
(1) The Alexandra Park and Palace (Public Purposes) Act
1900
constituted a body corporate of trustees to maintain and
1900
c.
cclix.
manage the Alexandra Park and Palace and vested lands and
buildings in those trustees:
(2) By the Alexandra Park and Palace Act 1913 further
1913
c. cxi.
powers were conferred on the trustees:
(3) By the Alexandra Park and Palace Order 1966 the S.I. 1966/199.
functions of the trustees of Alexandra Park and Palace were
transferred to the Greater London Council and it was further
provided that the said body of trustees should cease to exist:
(4) By agreement with the Greater London Council the
'.unctions °f the Greater London Council with respect to the
Alexandra Park and Palace were on 1st January 1980
transferred to the Council of the London Borough of Haringey
2 c. xxiii Alexandra Park and
Palace
Act 1985
under article 14 of the Ministry of Housing and Local
Government Provisional Order Confirmation (Greater London
1967 c.
xxix.
Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967:
(5) The area of the Alexandra Park and Palace is approxi-
mately 196 acres:
(6) The Council of the London Borough of Haringey
(hereinafter called "the Trustees") hold the said Park and
Palace
on the substantive trusts of the said Act of 1900 and with the
powers set forth in that Act
as
extended and modified by
the said
Act of 1913 and the said Order of 1966:
(7) The said trusts' constitute a charity and are registered
1960
c.
58. under the Charities Act 1960:
(8) The Trustees are under a statutory duty to uphold,
maintain and repair the Palace and to maintain the said Park
and Palace as a place of public resort and recreation and for
other public purposes:
(9) A substantial part of the Palace
was
destroyed or
seriously
damaged by fire in July 1980:
(10) It is proposed to reconstruct and repair the Palace in
a
manner which will enable the Trustees to promote the
use
and
enjoyment of the said Park and Palace by the public:
(11) The Trustees intend in fulfilling their statutory duty
under the said trusts to take into account the contemporary
needs of the public:
(12) It is expedient that there should be conferred on the
Trustees further powers in relation to the said Park and Palace:
(13) It is expedient that the other provisions contained
in this
Act should be enacted:
(14) The objects of this Act cannot be attained without the
authority of Parliament:
(15) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act
the
1972 c. 70. requirements of section 239 of the Local Government Act 1972
have been observed:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,
by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Short and
collective
titles.
1.—(1)
This Act may be cited as the Alexandra Park and
Palace Act 1985.
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