Dudley Corporation Act 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1969 c. liii |
Dudley Corporation
Act
1969
Co. M 1
ELIZABETH II
1969 CHAPTER liu
An Act to re-enact with amendments and to extend
certain local enactments in force in the county borough
of
Dudley;
to confer further powers upon the mayor,
aldermen and burgesses of that borough; to make
further provision in regard to the health, local
government, improvement and finances of that
borough; and for other purposes.
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HEREAS—
(1) By virtue of the West Midlands Order 1965 (hereinafter s.l. 1965/2139,
referred to as " the Order of 1965 "), the county borough of
Dudley was altered on the 1st April, 1966, so as to consist of the
area shown by a continuous red line on the boundary maps
referred to in article 4 of the Order of 1965 and being—
(a) with alterations the area of the said borough;
(b) with alterations the area of the urban district of Brierley
Hill in the administrative county of Stafford;
(c) the greater part of
the
urban district of
Sedgley
in
the
said
county;
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(d) parts of the boroughs of Rowley Regis and Tipton and
of
the urban districts of Amblecote and Coseley in the said
county;
(e) parts of the parishes of Himley and Kinver in the rural
district of Seisdon in the said county;
(/) parts of the borough of Stourbridge in the administrative
county of Worcester;
as they existed immediately before the 1st April, 1966:
(2) Numerous local enactments were in force in parts of the
said area and by article 51 of the Order of 1965 it was provided
that the provisions of any such enactment should continue
to apply to those parts of that area and certain specified enact-
ments were extended to apply to the whole of
the
county borough
of Dudley as constituted by the Order of 1965 (hereinafter
referred to as " the borough "):
(3) It was further provided by the said article 51 that the said
local enactments should on the 31st December, 1970, cease to
have effect:
(4) It is expedient that certain of
the
said enactments should
be
re-enacted with amendments and applied to the whole of the
borough:
(5) It is expedient at the same time to extend and enlarge in
various respects the powers of
the
mayor, aldermen and burgesses
of the borough and to make further provision in regard to the
health, local government, improvement and finances of the
borough:
(6) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act should be enacted:
(7) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(8) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
1933
c.
51.
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:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short
title.
h This Act may be cited as the Dudley Corporation Act 1969.
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2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:— PART I
—cont.
Part I.—Preliminary. Division
of
, ,. Actinto
Part II.—Heating undertakiiig. Parts.
Part III.—Lands.
Part IV.—Streets.
Part V.—Sanitation and buildings.
Part VI.—Nuisances.
Part Vn.—Food.
Part VOL—Parks, cemeteries and other municipal property.
Part DC—Control of boxing and wrestling entertainments.
Part X.—Cultural activities.
Part XI.—Fire precautions.
Part XII.—Public order and public safety.
Part XIII.—Finance and superannuation.
Part XIV.—Miscellaneous.
Part XV.—General.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions to which Interpretation.
meanings are assigned by sections 90, 110 and 343 of the Public
Health Act 1936 have the same respective meanings unless
1936
c.
49.
there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such
construction.
(2) In this Act unless otherwise expressly enacted or unless the
subject or context otherwise requires, the following expressions
have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—
" the Act of
1933
" means the Local Government Act 1933;
1933
c.
51.
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936;
"the Act of 1946" means the Acquisition of Land 1946c.49.
(Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946;
" the Act of 1950 " means the Public Utilities Street Works
1950
c.
39.
Act 1950;
" the Act of 1957 " means the Housing Act 1957;
1957
c.
56.
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