Brixham Gas Act 1904
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1904 c. l |
13mv. 7-] Brixham Gas Act, 1904s [Oh, 1.]
CHAPTER 1.
An Act for incorporating and conferring powers on the
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Brixham Gas Company. [24th June 1904.]
W
HEREAS in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-eight certain persons formed themselves into a com-
pany under the name of the Erixham Gas Light Company (in this
Act referred to as "the existing company'*) for the purpose amongst
other things of supplying and lighting the town of Brixham and
its vicinity in the county of Devon with gas:
And whereas the sums expended by the existing company for
capital purposes exceed in the aggregate six thousand pounds and
the existing company have not borrowed any money on mortgage
of their undertaking:
And whereas the demand for gas in the urban district
of Brixham and in the neighbourhood thereof has increased and
is increasing and it is expedient that Hie "works and mains of the
existing company be extended and improved and that additional
capital be raised for such extension and improvement:
And whereas it is expedient that the existing company be
dissolved and re-incorporated with further powers :
And whereas the objects of this Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament; °
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted
and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty by and
with the advice and consent ol! the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
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[Ch. L] Brixham Gas Act, 1904. [4 Enw. 7.]
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1904. and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the
authority of the same as follows (that is to say):—•
PRELIMINARY.
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Short title, 1. This Act may be cited as the Brixham Gas Act 1004.
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Incorpora^ 2.—(1) The following Acts (so far as the same are applicable
tiono cts. for the purposes and are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act) are hereby incorporated with and form part of this-
Act (namely):—
(A)
The Companies Clauses A.cts 1845 to 1889 (except the
provisions with respect to the conversion of borrowed
money into capital an d except Part IV. of the
Companies Clauses Act 1863):
(B)
The Gasworks Clauses Act 1847 (except sections 30 to 34)
Provided that section 13 of that Act shall be read a&
if the words "or any premises" were inserted after the
words "private building" and that section 35 of that
Act shall be read as if the words from "in case the
whole3' to " have been paid" were omitted therefrom
and as if the expression "the prescribed rate" included
the rate of dividend authorised by this Act or such
rate as reduced or increased in accordance with th&
provisions of this Act together with any sum which
under the provisions of this Act may be carried to
the insurance fund :
(c) The Gasworks Clauses Act 1871.
(2) The provisions of the Gasworks Clauses Act 1847 and of
the Gasworks Clauses Act 1871 incorporated with this Act shall
apply as well to the pipes and works of the Company laid down
or constructed before the passing of this Act as to any pipes or
works which may be laid down or constructed under the authority
of this Act.
3.
In this Act the several words and expressions to which
meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly or partially incorporated
herewith shall have the same respective meanings unless there be
something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction
And—
The expression " the Company " shall mean the Compauy
incorporated by this Act;
The expressions "the works1' fiitho gasworks" and "the
undertaking" shall respectively mean and include the
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