Coventry Corporation Act 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1972 c. xxix |
| Year | 1972 |
Coventry Corporation
Act
1972
c. xxix 1
ELIZABETH H
1972 CHAPTER xxix
An Act to confer further powers upon the lord mayor,
aldermen and citizens of the city of Coventry; to make
further provision with regard to the health, local
government, welfare, improvement and
finances
of the
city; and for other purposes. [27th July 1972]
VI7"HEREAS-
(1) The city of Coventry (hereinafter referred to as " the city ")
is a
county borough under the management and local government
of the lord mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city (hereinafter
referred to as " the Corporation "):
(2) It is expedient that further and better provision should be
made with reference to lands and streets and the health, local
government, welfare, improvement and finances of the city and
that the powers of the Corporation in regard thereto should be
enlarged and extended as in this Act provided:
2 c. xxix
Coventry Corporation
Act
1972
(3) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act be enacted:
(4) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(5) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
requirements of Part XIII of the Local Government Act 1933
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, that is to
say :—
PART
I
PRELIMINARY
1.
This Act may be cited as the Coventry Corporation Act
1972.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
Part
Part
Part
Part
Part
Part
Part
I.-
II.-
III.-
IV.-
V.-
VI.-
VII.-
-Preliminary.
—Estates and general purposes.
—General works.
—Planning and development.
—Public protection.
—Transportation and highways.
—Finance.
Part VIII.—-Recreation.
Part IX.—Miscellaneous.
Part X.—General.
Interpretation.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions to which
meanings are assigned by sections 90 and 343 of the Act of
1936
have the same respective meanings, unless there be something in
the subject or context repugnant to such construction.
1933 c. 51.
Short
title.
Division
of
Act
into
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Act
1972
c. xxix 3
(2) In this Act, unless otherwise expressly provided or the
PART
I
subject or context otherwise requires— —com.
"the Act of 1920" means the Coventry Corporation Act
1920; 1920c.lxxxviii.
" the Act of
1933
" means the Local Government Act 1933;
1933
c.
51.
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936;
1936
c.
49.
"
the Act
of
1946
" means
the
Acquisition of Land (Authorisa-
tion Procedure) Act 1946;
1946
c.
49.
"
the
Act of 1957 " means the Housing Act 1957;
1957
c.
56.
" the Act of 1959 " means the Highways Act 1959;
1959
c.
25.
" the Act of 1967 " means the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1967;
1967
c.
76.
" the Act of 1971 " means the Town and Country Planning
Act 1971; 1971c. 78.
"the appointed day" has the meaning assigned to it by
section 73 (The appointed day) of this Act;
" authorised security " means any mortgage, stock, bond or
other security which the Corporation are for the time
being authorised to grant, create or issue or upon or by
means of which the Corporation are for the time being
authorised to raise money;
" the city " means the city of Coventry;
" contravention" includes a failure to comply and
" contravene " shall be construed accordingly;
" the Corporation " means the lord mayor, aldermen and
citizens of the city;
" the council " means the council of
the
city;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction
thereof;
" the electricity board " means the East Midlands Electricity
Board;
" enactment" includes an enactment in this Act or in any
general or local Act and any order, byelaw, scheme or
regulation for the time being in force within the city;
"
financial
year " means a period of
twelve
months ending on
31st March;
" the gas board " means the West Midlands Gas Board;
"the general rate fund" and "the general rate" mean
respectively the general rate fund and the general rate of
the city;
"the generating board" means the Central Electricity
Generating Board;
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