Coal Duties (London and Westminster and Adjacent Counties) Act 1851
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1851 c. cxlvi |
| Year | 1851 |
ANNO
DECIMO
QUARTO
Sr
DECIillO
QUINT0
VICTORIA3
REGTNB.
cup.
cxlvi.
An
Act to amend the Acts relating to the Vend
and Delivery
of
Coals
in
London
and
Westminster,
and in certain Parts
of
the adjacent Counties;
and
to
allow
a
Drawback
on
Coals conveyed
beyond certain Limits.
[8th
August
185
1
.]
WEItE.\S
the Vend and Delivery
of
Coals in
London
and
Westmi~zstc~~,
and
in certain Parts
of
the adjacent Countie?,
is
regulated by the several Acts
of
Parliament following
;
that
is
to
say,
an Act passed
in
the
Session
of
Parliament holden
I
S,
2
\v.
I.
in
the First
and
Second Years
of
the Reign
of
King
Willicc~n
the
''.
76*
Fourth, Chapter Seventy-six;
an
Act
passed
in the Session
of
Par-
I
P;.
2
\'ict.
liament holcieii in the First
aid
Second Years
of
the Reign
of
Her
present Majesty Queen
Victorirr,
Chapter
One
hundred
and one
;
;LI~
an Act passed in the Session
of
Parliament holden in the Eighth
8
Sr
$1
Vlct.
and Ninth Years
of
the Itcign
of
Her said Majesty, Chapter
One
'*'O1.
huiidrcd
and
one: And whereas it
is
expedient that
some
of
the
Provisions contained in the said Acts should be amended
;
and
also
that
a
Drawback
of
Part of the Duties or Exemption froiii the Duties
payablc in respcct of
Coals
brought into thc Port
of
London,
or
[Local.]
28
P
within
lo'.
14"
C9i
15"
VI[CTORIE,
Cupcslvi.
~
__
2542
The
Coal
.Duties
(London
uiicl
IVestmins!cr
uncl
udjctcent
Counties)
Act,
185.1.
within
a
certain Distance from the General Post
Ofice,
should
be
allowed under certain Restrictions in Cases where such Coals are
conveyed bcyoiid the Distance of Twenty Miles from the Post
Office
aforesaid
:
May
it
therefore
please
Your
hlajcsty
that it iiiay
be
enacted;
and
be
it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majebty,
by
and with the Advice and Consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual and
Temporal, and Coinnions, in this present l'arliamcnt assembled, and
by
the
Authority
of
the sanic,
l'ro\.iaioiis
of
I.
That the said several bcforc-mentioned Acts, and
all
the
Powcrs,
hcfore-nlcn-
Provisions, Clauses, Matters, aiid Things therein respecti~dy con-
tioned
Acts,
except
as
tained, cxcept
such
of them
as
haw hecn altered, varied,
or
repeaied
altered
by
by aiiy
of
the
said
Act.,
or
as
nay
be altered, wried,
or
repealed
hy
this Act,
or
as
are inconsistent with tlic Provisions of this Act, shall
this
Act,
to
reinain
iii
tbrccl.
1)c
in full
Force
and ERect, and shall extend
and
be
construed
to
extend
to
this Act, and shall
operate
with respect to this Act,
nnd
tlie Objects and Purposes thercof, in the
saine
Manner,
and
as
fully
and cffcctually
to
a11 Intents and Purposes whatsoever,
as
if thc same
Powers, Provisions, Clauses, PoIattcrs, and Things
were
repeated
and rc-enacted in tlic
I3ocly
of
this Act
;
and the said several
before-
ineiitionecl Acts and this L4ct shall
be
construed together
as
One
Act.
l'wt
of
Sec-
tion
2.
of
S
d
9
I'ict.
(..
101.
r('-
;1mlcd.
11.
That tlie Second Section of the said
Act
of the Eighth
and
Ninth Years of the Reign
of
Her
prcsciit Majesty, Chapter
One
liundred and one, except that Part thereof which enacts
in
the
Wor&,
f'oll~\~ing
;
that
is
to
say,
'(
That
all
aiid singular the Duties
by
tlie
"
said
Acts
authorized to be Icviccl
upon
Coals, Culm, and C'iiiders
"
contained in any Ship
or
Vcsscl
arriving at hcr Moorings within
"
any Part
of
the Port of
London
at
or
to the
Wcstward
of
Grclresend,
"
or
brought iicar
Lo?don
by the
Grand
J7~12cti0n
or
I'm'dii~~~fo?~
"
Caiials
or
by
the liivcr
Tliclnzes,
and
by
other Acts now
in
force
"
authorized
to be
levied upon Coals, Culm, aiid Cinders brought ncnr
"
Londoii
by certain Railways in thc
sainc
-4cts
particularly
nicntioncd,
"
shall
be
cstended,
nnd
the sanic
are
hereby iinposcd and authorized
"
to bc levied, until tlic Fifth Day
of
Jzi(r/
Oiie
thousand eight hundred
"
and sixtp-two, upon
all
Coals, Culm, and Ciiidcrs brought
to
~11)-
"
Place within the l'ort of
Lon(lon,
or
within the Cities of
London
and
"
Wosfn~i~rstc~i*, and the
Borough of
S'ozcfli
tcark,
or
to
aiiy Place within
"
the Distance of Twenty Miles from the General Post Office in the
"
City of
London,
by
any Ilailway already constructed,
or
hereafter
"
to be constructcd,
or
by
Inland Kavigation,
or
by
any
other
hiocle
"
of
Convepm," shall be and the same
is
hereby repealed.
Sections
75.
111.
That the SevcntJ--fifth and Seventy-sixth Scctions of
the
said
Act
of
the First
:incl
Second Years
of
the Iicign of
King
Wiflitcnz.
the
Fourth,
,1r1d
76.
01'
1
k
1
LY.4.
-~
The
Coal Diities
(London
and
Ilkstminster
nncl
adjacent Counties)
Act,
1551.
Fourth, Chapter Seventy-six, rchting to Certificates required to be
c.
76,
and
sent
by
Fitters
or
other
Persons
vending
or
delivering Coals for the
Sections
Port of
Lo?zdo?z,
and the Sintli and Tcnth Sections ofthe said Act of
1
the First and Second Ycars of the lkign of
Her
present Majesty,
~-101-
re-
Chapter One hundred and
one,
rclating to Declarations to be niade
by Fitters
of
Coals
and
Masters of Ships, and to the Allowance
of
Drauhcks
on Coals exported from thc Port of
London,
shall be and
the saiiic are hereby repealed.
-__._
~~-
-
~
9.
and
IO.
of
2
Vict.
pealed.
IV.
That every Fitter
or
other Person vending
or
delivering Coals,
Certificate of
to
be
brought
or
taken to the Port of
London
by
any Vessel, shall
~~~~~~~~tv
send
in a Letter, directed to tlic Clcrli and Registrar of the Coal
ofsea-borll;
Market, and posted at sonic
Post
Officc
011
the
Day
on which the
Coalst0
01-
given
by
the
T'essel
containing
such
Coals shall sail
011
any such Voyage,
or
shall
~i~~~~,
(live to tlic 3Iastcr of
such
S'cs;;cl 1)efore thc
same
shall sail
on
every
registered
at
or
any
such
Voy:ige
n
Certifcatc, to be called
a
Fitter's Certificate,
o,l
according to the
Vonn
Sunibcr
1
in Schedule
(A.)
annexed to this
tlie
Arrival
Act, signed
by
such
ITittcr
or
other Person
as
aforesaid, containing
Of
slli~J.
the
Day
of the
h1o:ith
and
Year
of
such Loading, the Master's and
Ship's S:mcs,
aixl
the Quantity of Tony, and thc Name of the Colliery
out
of
which
the said
Coals
slid1
have been wrought and gotten, and
the Price paid
by
tlic Master for each and
evcry
Sort of Coals loaded
on
board
ench and ever)- such Vessel
;
and in
casc
any such Fitter
or
other
Person
aq
aforesaid shall neglect
or
omit
or
refuse to send
or
give
such
Certificate
as
aforesaid,
or
shall give
or
make
any
false
Certificate, every such Fitter
or
Person
so
offending shall
f'or
every
~uch Offence forfeit
and
pay any Sum not exceeding One hundred
Pounds
;
and
whcrc
such
C'ertificatc shall
be
given to the Master
of
any
Vcsstl,
he
shall, within Twenty-four
IIours
after the Arrival
of
his Vessel in
the
Port of
Lo11do12,
deliver
or
cauw to be delivered
wch
Ccrtiiicatc
at the
Office
of'
the Clerk
and
Registrar of the
Coal
3raricet
;
and
if
he
shall
fail
or
ncgkct
so
to
do,
he
shall for every
wch
Offcncc forfeit
and
pay
:iny
Smii not exceeding One hundred
l'oun
(IS.
the
Coal
Tl
V.
That if any Fitter's Certificate,
which
sllall
have
becn delivered
If
Crrtificate
to the
Master
of
any
Vesicl,
slid1
be
acciclcntally lost
or
destroyed,
be
destroj
lost
d,
Or'
or
or
in
case
any Vessel which shall have bccn originally loaded
or
Destirlatioli
entered Outwards for Esportotion,
or
f'or
any other Place than the
ofvcs~l
Port of
London,
shall
aftvrwartls
change her Destination, and arrive
31astt,r
to
at
or
come into the Port
of
I,o~do?z
without any Fitter's Certificate
mahe
n
l>t.
having
been
obtained
or
provitled,
thcii and in every such Case the
c'nlvtlv'i.
3Iastcr of
such
Vcsscl
s!icill,
lyithin Twenty-four
Hours
after the
-4rriv:d of such Vessel at her 31oorings in the Port of
Lo?itlon,
11laIte
B
Ileclaration according
to
the
Form
Suiiibcr
2
in
Ycheduk
(14.)
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clinagec!.
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