Cheshire County Council Act 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1980 c. xiii |
| Year | 1980 |
Cheshire County Council
Act
1980
c. xui
ELIZABETH II
1980 CHAPTER xiii
An Act to re-enact with amendments and to extend
certain local enactments in force within the county of
Cheshire; to confer further powers on the Cheshire
County Council and local authorities in the county;
to make further provision in regard to the environment,
local government, improvement, health and finances
of the county and those local authorities; and for other
purposes. [3rd April 1980]
W
HEREAS by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972
1972
c.
70.
(hereinafter referred to as" the Act of
1972
") the county
of Cheshire (hereinafter referred to as " the county ")
was constituted on 1st April 1974 so as to consist of an area
comprising the following areas described by reference to adminis-
trative areas existing immediately before the passing of
the
Act of
1972:—
The county boroughs of Chester and Warrington;
The administrative county of Chester, except the areas in
Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside;
c. xffi
Cheshire County Council
Act
1980
In the administrative county of Lancaster—
the borough of Widnes;
in the urban district of Golborne, the wards of
Culcheth and Newchurch;
the rural district of Warrington;
in the rural district of Whiston, the parish of Hale
and so much of the parish of Bold as lies within the
designated area of Warrington New Town:
And whereas numerous local enactments are in force in parts of
the said area and by section 262 of the Act of 1972 it is provided
that subject to certain modifications certain local statutory
provisions should continue to apply to the area, things or persons
to which or to whom they applied before that date:
And whereas it is further provided by the said section 262 that
certain local statutory provisions should cease to have effect at
the end of 1984:
And whereas it is expedient that certain of the said enactments
should be re-enacted with amendments and applied to the whole
of the county or to parts of the county:
And whereas it is expedient at the same time to extend and
enlarge in various respects the powers of the Cheshire County
Council and local authorities in the county:
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 in relation to the promotion of the Bill for this
Act the requirements of section 239 of the Act of 1972 have been
observed:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it 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:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation
and
1.—(1)
This Act may be cited as the Cheshire County Council
commencement.
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(2) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st July 1980.
Cheshire County Council
Act
1980
c. xiii
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
PART
I
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936- ~°onU
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c,nm„
. ' Interpretatior
the Act of 1959 means the Highways Act 1959; i936 c. 49.
" the Act of 1971 " means the Town and Country Planning
1959
c.
25.
Act 1971;
1971c.
78.
" the Act of
1972
" means the Local Government Act 1972;
1972
c.
70.
"the Act of 1976" means the Local Government (Mis-
cellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;
1976
c.
57.
" the appointed day " has the meaning given by section 3
of this Act;
" the city " means the city of Chester;
" the city council " means the council of
the
city;
"contravention" includes a failure to comply, and
" contravene " shall be construed accordingly;
" the county " means the county of Cheshire;
" the county council " means the Cheshire County Council;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction
thereof;
" district" means a district in the county;
" district council" means the council of a district;
" electricity undertakers" means the Central Electricity
Generating Board, the Merseyside and North Wales
Electricity Board, the Midlands Electricity Board and
the North Western Electricity Board or any of them,
as the case may be;
" functions" includes powers and duties;
" gas apparatus" means mains, pipes and other apparatus
belonging to or maintained by the gas corporation and
includes any works constructed for the lodging therein
or attachment thereto of apparatus;
" the gas corporation " means the British Gas Corporation;
" industrial building " has the same meaning as in section 66
of the Act of 1971;
" local authority " means the county council or a district
council;
" owner" has the meaning given by seaion 343 of the Act
of 1936;
" premises" includes messuages, buildings, land, easements
and hereditaments of any tenure;
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