Bedford Corporation Act 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1969 c. xlvi |
| Year | 1969 |
Bedford Corporation
Act
1969
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ELIZABETH H
1969 CHAPTER xlvi
An Act to confer further powers upon the mayor,
aldermen and. burgesses of the borough of Bedford in
relation to lands and streets; to make further provision
with regard to the health, local government, welfare,
improvement and finances of the borough; and for
other purposes. [25th July 1969]
V17HEREAS-
(1) The borough of Bedford (hereinafter referred to as " the
borough ") is a borough under the local government and manage-
ment of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough
(hereinafter referred to as "the Corporation"):
(2) It is expedient that further and better provision should be
made with reference to lands and streets and the health, local
government, welfare and improvement of the borough and that
the powers of the Corporation in regard thereto should be
enlarged and extended as in this Act provided:
(3) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act be enacted:
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(4) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(5) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
1933
c.
51.
requirements of Part XIII of the Local Government Act 1933
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, that is to say:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Bedford Corporation Act 1969.
Dreiaon of 2. This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
^™t0 Part I—Preliminary.
Part II—Lands.
Part III—Streets.
Part IV—Public health.
Part V—Hackney carriages, etc.
Part VI—Finance.
Part VII—Miscellaneous.
Part VIII—General.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions to which
Interpretation, meanings are assigned by section 343 of the Public Health Act
1936
c.
49.
1936 have the same respective
meanings,
unless there be
something
in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.
(2) In this Act unless the subject or context otherwise
requires—
" the Act of 1933" means the Local Government Act
1933;
" the Act of
1936
" means the Public Health Act 1936;
1957
c.
56.
" the Act of 1957 " means the Housing Act 1957;
1959
c.
25.
" the Act of 1959 " means the Highways Act 1959;
" the Act of 1962 " means the Town and Country Planning
1962
c.
38.
Act 1962;
" the Act of 1967 " means the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1967
c.
76.
1967;
" the borough " means the borough of Bedford;
"contravention" includes a failure to comply and
" contravene " shall be construed accordingly;
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"
the
Corporation " means
the
mayor,
aldermen and burgesses
of
the
borough;
" the council" means the council of the borough;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction;
" development" has the same meaning as in the Act of 1962;
" electricity undertakers" means the Central Electricity
Generating Board and the Eastern Electricity Board or
either of them, as the case may be;
" enactment" includes an enactment in this Act, or in any
general or local Act and any order, byelaw, scheme or
regulation for the time being in force within the barougfc;
" gas undertakers" means the Eastern Gas Board;
" the general rate fund " means the general rate fund of the
borough;
"magistrates' court" has the same meaning as in the
Magistrates' Courts Act 1952;
1952
c.
55.
" the Minister " means the Minister of Housing and Local
Government;
" public service vehicle" has the same meaning as in
section 117 of the Road Traffic Act 1960;
I960
c.
16.
" statutory undertakers" means any company, body or
person authorised by any enactment to supply electricity,
gas or water and includes the Postmaster General;
" telegraphic line " has the same meaning as in the Telegraph
Act 1878;
1878
c.
76.
" the town clerk " means the town clerk of the borough.
(3) Except where the context otherwise requires any reference
in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference
to that enactment as applied, extended, amended or varied by
or by virtue of any subsequent enactment including this Act.
PART
II
LANDS
4.
The power of the Corporation to purchase land by agreement Provision of
shall
include power to purchase land by agreement for the purpose substituted
of providing substituted sites or facilities for the owners and srtes-
occupiers of land that may be acquired under any enactment.
PART I
—cant.
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