Birkenhead Corporation Act 1954
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1954 c. xlvii |
| Year | 1954 |
Birkenhead Corporation Act,
1954
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&
3
ELIZ.
2
Ch.
xlvii
ARRANGEMENT
OF
SECTIONS
PART
1
PRELIMINARY
Section
1.
Short and collective titles.
2. Division of Act into Parts.
3.
Incorporation
of
Lands Clauses Acts.
4.
Interpretation.
PART
I1
LANDS
5. Development of land.
6.
Loans for erection etc.
of
buildings.
7.
Purchase
of
land for certain undertakings.
8.
Undertakings and agreements binding successive owners.
9. Recovery
of
deposits under Lands Clauses Act.
PART
I11
DISSOLUTION
OF
BEBINGTON BURIAL BOARD
10.
Interpretation
of
Part
111.
11. Transfer of burial undertaking.
12. Confirmation
of
scheduled agreement.
13.
14. Rights
of
burial etc.
Power
to
rescind or vary regulations etc.
PART
IV
TRANSPORT
AND
FERRIES
15. Definition
of
transport undertaking.
16. Fares on public service vehicles.
17. Amendment
of
section 49.of Birkenhead Corporation Act
18.
Byelaws
as
to shelters etc.
1923.
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Section
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
3
5.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
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Fares and charges
on
trolley vehicles.
Numbers
of
passengers in trolley vehicles.
Lost
property.
Regulations as to conduct of passengers
on
trolley
As to suspension
of
night ferry service.
Corporation not required to provide ferry boats for
Regulations
as
to
lost property.
vehicles.
vehicles and goods.
PART
V
STREETS
Interpretation of Part
V.
New streets
Termination of new streets.
Adjustment
of
boundaries of estates in connection with
streets.
lmprovement
of
streets
Trees grass verges and gardens.
Variation of width
of
carriageways and footways.
Adjustment
of
boundaries of streets.
Guard rails
in
private streets.
Attachment of street lamps brackets etc.
Illumination
of
street names etc.
Protection
and
repair
of
streets
Retaining walls.
Fencing of forecourts.
Forecourts injurious
to
amenities of street.
Awnings over footways.
Restriction
on
buildings under footways.
Verges etc.
of
housing estates.
Mixing
of
mortar etc. in streets.
Damage to trees etc. on highways and in open spaces.
Removal
of
trees etc. from streets.
Fencing and lighting
of
obstructions
in
highways.
Carriage-crossings at ends of private streets.
Evasion by owners
of
private street works expenses.
Miscellaneous
Stopping up and diversi.on of highways.
Decorations
in
streets.
For protection
of
Postmaster-General.
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PART
VL
SANITATION AND
BUI1,DINGS
Sewers drains and sanitary conveniences
Section
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
Recovery of cost
of
maintaining public sewers.
Delegation of power to examine and test drains etc.
Summary power
to
remedy stopped-up drains etc.
Power to repair drains and private sewers.
Power to cleanse drains
etc.
Penalty for improper construction
or
repair of water-
Provision of sanitary conveniences at places of arnuse-
Closet accommodation for separate dwellings.
Loan
of
temporary sanitary conveniences.
Sanitary conveniences for persons employed
on
con-
Mobile sanitary conveniences.
closet etc.
ment.
struction work.
Buildings and structures
Means
of
access
to
buildings.
Precautions against fire in certain buildings.
Further provision for public and other buildings.
Fireman’s switches
for
luminous
tube
signs.
Ruinous and dilapidated buildings and neglected sites.
As
to defective premises.
Demolition of buildings.
Dealing with drains and sewers before demolition
of
buildings.
Recovery
of
expenses of watching etc. dangerous and
dilapidated buildings.
Recovery
of
expenses in respect of dangerous structures.
Height of new chimneys.
Provision
of
bathrooms.
Food
storage accommodation.
Separate approach for separate tenements.
Extension of powers under slection
9
of Housing Act
1936.
Verminous premises
or
articles
!Cleansing
of
filthy
or
verminous premises.
Power
to
require vacation
of
premises during fumigation.
Prohibition
of
sale of verminous articles.
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