Buxton Corporation Act 1927
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1927 c. lxxxii |
| Year | 1927 |
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5.] Buxton Corporation [Oh. lxxxii.]
Act, 1927.
CHAPTER lxxxii.
An Act to provide for the transfer to the mayor
A.D.
1927.
aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Buxton
of the undertaking of the Buxton Gardens
Company Limited and to confer powers upon
the Corporation with respect to that undertaking
to make further provision in regard to the
electricity and water undertakings of the Cor-
poration and the health local government and
improvement of the borough and for other
purposes. [29th July 1927.]
f TjTHEREAS the borough of Buxton in the county of
VV Derby is a municipal borough under the govern-
ment of the mayor aldermen and burgesses thereof (in
this Act referred to as "the Corporation") who acting
by the council of the borough are the urban sanitary
authority for the district of the borough :
And whereas the Buxton Gardens Company Limited
(hereinafter referred to as " the company ") were incor-
porated in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight
and are the proprietors of the undertaking known as
Buxton Gardens with the theatre picture theatre concert
pavilion buildings and premises forming part thereof or
connected therewith and are providing for the recreation
and entertainment of the inhabitants of and visitors to
the borough :
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Ixxxil.] Buxton Corporation [17 &18
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•••-•••••• Act, 1927.
And whereas an agreement (set forth in the First
Schedule to this Act) has been entered into between the
company and the Corporation for the transfer of the
undertaking of the company to the Corporation and it is
expedient that the said agreement - be confirmed and
carried into effect as by this Act provided :
And whereas it is expedient to confer powers upon
the Corporation with respect to the carrying on of the
undertaking of the company when transferred to them
in pursuance of the said agreement and this Act :
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of
undertakings by means of which they supply electricity
and water within the borough and it is expedient to
make further provision with regard to those undertakings :
And whereas it is expedient to make further and
better provision with regard to the health local government
and improvement of the borough and that the powers of
the Corporation in regard thereto should be enlarged as is
provided by this Act:
And whereas it is expedient to make further provision
with regard to the finances of the Corporation and
the application of revenue derived from their several
undertakings :
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act should be enacted :
.
•. . And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be
effected without the authority of Parliament :
And whereas estimates have been prepared by the
Corporation for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and
such estimates are as follows :—
For the reconstruction and repair of
buildings works and property forming
part of the undertaking of the £
Company - - , - - - - 7,000
And whereas the several works included in such
estimates respectively are permanent works and it is
expedient that the cost thereof should be* spread over a
term of years :
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the
Bill for this Act the requirements of the Borough Funds
Acts 1872 and 1903 have been observed:
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5.] Buxton Corporation [Oh. lXXXii.]
Act, 1927.
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may A.D. 1927.
be enacted and be it enacted by the King'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.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Buxton Corporation Short title.
Act 1927.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows :— Division
of
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• Act into
Part I.—Preliminary. Parts.
Part II.—Buxton Gardens and improvement
provisions.
Part III.—Electricity.
Part IV.—Water.
Part V.;—Streets buildings sewers and drains.
Part VI.—Infectious disease and sanitary.
Part VII.—Traffic and police.
Part VIII.-—Financial.
Part IX.—Miscellaneous.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions Interpreta-
to which. meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly or tlon oi
partially incorporated herewith or by the Public Health terms-
Acts 1875 to 1925 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 Corporation " means the mayor aldermen and
burgesses of the borough of Buxton;
" The borough " means the borough of Buxton;
" The council " means the council of the borough;
" The town clerk " " the treasurer " " the surveyor ''
" the medical officer " and " the sanitary in-
spector " mean respectively the town clerk the
treasurer the surveyor the medical officer of
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