British Transport Commission Order Confirmation Act 1953
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British Transport Commission
Order Confirmation
Act, 1953
Ch.
xx
CHAPTER xx
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 relating to
the British Transport Commission. [14th July 1953.]
W
HEREAS the Provisional Order set forth in the schedule
hereunto annexed has been made by the Secretary of
State under the provisions of the Private Legislation
Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 and it is requisite that the said
Order should be confirmed by Parliament:
Be it therefore 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:—
1.
The Provisional Order contained in the schedule hereunto Confirmation
of Order in
schedule.
annexed is hereby confirmed.
2.
This Act may be cited as the British Transport Commi
Order Confirmation Act 1953.
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Order Confirmation Act, 1953
SCHEDULE
BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION
Provisional Order to empower the British Transport Commission to
construct works and to acquire lands to confer further powers on
the
Commission
and for
other
purposes.
WHEREAS by the Transport Act 1947 (in this Order referred to as
" the Act of 1947 ") the British Transport Commission (in this Order
referred to as " the Commission ") were established:
And whereas it is the duty of the Commission (inter alia) so to
exercise their powers under the Act of 1947 as to provide or
secure or promote the provision of an efficient adequate economical
and properly integrated system of public inland transport within
Great Britain for passengers and goods and for that purpose to take
such steps as they consider necessary for extending and improving
the transport facilities within Great Britain in such manner as to
provide most efficiently and conveniently for the needs of the public
agriculture commerce and industry:
And whereas it is expedient that the Commission should be
empowered to construct the works authorised by this Order and to
acquire the lands referred to in this Order:
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And whereas it is expedient that the other powers mentioned in
this Order should be conferred:
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines and levels of the
works to be constructed under the powers of this Order and plans of
the lands authorised to be acquired by this Order and a book of
reference to such plans containing the names of the owners and lessees
or reputed owners and reputed lessees and of the occupiers of the said
lands were duly deposited with the Sheriff Clerk of the county within
which the said works will be constructed and the said lands are situated
which plans sections and book of reference are respectively referred
to in this Order as the deposited plans the deposited sections
and the deposited book of reference :
And whereas the purposes aforesaid cannot be effected without an
Order confirmed by Parliament under the provisions of the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936:
Now therefore in pursuance of the powers contained in the last-
mentioned Act the Secretary of State orders as follows:—
Short and
1.—(1)
This Order may be cited as the British Transport Corn-
collective
titles.
mission Order 1953.
(2) The British Transport Commission Orders 1948 and 1951 and
this Order may be cited together as the British Transport Commission
Orders 1948 to 1953.
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