Chelmsford Corporation Water Act 1923

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1923 c. xci
Year1923
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GEO.
5.] Chelmsford Corporation [Ch. XCiJ
Water Act, 1923.
CHAPTER xci.
An Act to empower the mayor aldermen and
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burgesses of the borough of Chelmsford to con-
struct additional waterworks to confer further
powers upon them in regard to their water
undertaking and for other purposes.
[2nd August 1923.]
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HEREAS the borough of Chelmsford in the county
of Essex (in this Act called " the borough ") is a
municipal borough under the management and local
government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of
the borough (in this Act called " the Corporation ") and
the Corporation acting by the council of the borough
are the sanitary authority for the borough with the
powers and obligations of an urban sanitary authority :
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of
waterworks for supplying and are supplying water
within the borough under the provisions of the Public
Health Act 1875:
And whereas the supply of water from the present
waterworks of the Corporation is inadequate to meet the
present and growing demands of the inhabitants of the
borough and it is expedient that the Corporation should
be empowered to make and maintain the additional
waterworks authorised by this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act be enacted :
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be
effected without the authority of Parliament:
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Water Act, 1923.
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1923. And whereas estimates have been prepared by the
Corporation for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and
such estimates are as follows :
For the purchase
of
lands and easements.
£
for and for the construction of the water-
works authorised by this Act
- - -
66,000
For new mains extensions
of
mains and
other waterworks purposes
- - -
10,000
And whereas the several works included
in
such
estimates 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
:
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines
and levels of the works authorised by this Act and also
a book of reference containing the names of the owners
and lessees
or
reputed owners and lessees and
of
the
occupiers
of
the lands required or which may be taken
for the purposes or under the powers
of
this Act were
duly deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county
of Essex which plans sections and book of reference are
in this Act respectively referred to as the deposited plans
sections and book of reference
:
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
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in
this present Parliament assembled and by the authority
of the same as follows :
PKELIMINAHY.
Short title. i m This Act may be cited ag the Chelmsford Corpora-
tion Water Act 1923.
Incorpora-
2.
The following Acts and parts of Acts (so far as the
tion oi
Acts.
same are
applied for
the
pUrposes
an(j are not incon-
sistent with' the provisions
of
this Act)
are
hereby
incorporated with this Act (namely) :
(1) The Lands Clauses Acts with
the
following
exception and modification :
(a) Section 127 of the Lands Clauses Con-
solidation Act 1845 (relating
to
the sale of
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Water Act, 1923.
superfluous lands) is not incorporated with A.D. 1923.
this Act; -=--
(b) The bond required by section 85 of the
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 shall
be under the corporate seal of the Corporation
and shall be sufficient without the addition of
the sureties mentioned in that section:
(2) The provisions of the Waterworks Clauses Act
1847 with respect to the following matters (that
is to say):
The construction of the waterworks;
Mines;
The breaking up of streets for the purpose
of laying pipes;
The provision for guarding against fouling
the water of the undertakers :
(3) The provisions of the Waterworks Clauses Act
1863 with respect to the security of the reser-
voirs constructed by the undertakers :
(4) The provisions of the Railways Clauses Con-
solidation Act 1845 with respect to the
temporary occupation of lands near the railway
during the construction thereof and in such
provisions for the purposes of this Act " the
railway " means the waterworks authorised by
this Act and " the centre of the railway"
means in the case of the reservoir (Work No. 2)
authorised by this Act the boundaries of such
reservoir and in the case of the other waterworks
the centre of such waterworks respectively.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions Interpreta -
to which meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly or tl0n-
partially incorporated herewith or by the Public Health
Acts 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 other-
wise requires—.
" The Corporation " means the mayor aldermen and
burgesses of the borough of Chelmsford;
" The borough " means the"borough of Chelmsford;
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