East Ham Corporation Act 1957
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1957 c. xxxvii |
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Corporation
Act, 1957 Ch. xxxvii
CHAPTER xxxvii
An Act to confer further powers upon the mayor
aldermen and burgesses of the borough of East Ham
and to make further provision for the improvement
health local government and finances of the borough
and for other purposes. [31st July 1957.]
Y17HEREAS—
(1) The borough of East Ham (in this Act called " the
borough ") is a county borough under the government of the
mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough (in this Act
called " the Corporation "):
(2) It is expedient to confer further powers upon the
Corporation and to make further provision with reference to the
improvement health and local government of the borough and
the finances of the Corporation:
(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
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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):—
Citations.
Division of
Act into
Parts.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.—(1)
This Act may be cited as the East Ham Corporation
Act 1957.
(2) The local Acts as defined in section 4 (Interpretation) of
this Act and this Act may be jointly cited as the East Ham
Corporation Acts 1898 to 1957.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Lands.
Part III.—Streets.
Part IV.—Public health.
Part V.—Infectious diseases.
Part VI.—Movable dwellings.
Part VII.—Public order and public safety.
Part VIII.—Weights and measures.
Part IX.—Finance rating etc.
Part X.—Miscellaneous.
Part XL—General.
Incorporation
of Lands
Clauses Acts
3.
The Lands Clauses Acts except sections 127 to 132 of the
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (which relate to the sale
of superfluous lands) and sections 150 and 151 of that Act (which
relate to access to the special Act) (so far as they are applicable
for the purposes and are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act) are hereby incorporated with and form part of this Act.
Interpretation. 4.—(1) In this Act the several words and expressions to which
meanings are assigned by sections 90 110 and 343 of the Public
Health Act 1936 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 otherwise
requires—
" the Act of 1925 " means the Rating and Valuation Act
1925;
" the Act of 1933 " means the Local Government Act
1933;
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936;
" the Act of 1947 " means the Town and Country Planning
Act 1947;
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" the Act of 1950 " means the Public Utilities Street Works PART I
Act 1950; —
cant.
" the appointed day " has the meaning assigned to it by
section 160 (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 borough " means the borough of East Ham;
" the commission" means the British Transport
Commission;
" contravention" includes a failure to comply and
" contravene " shall be construed accordingly;
" the Corporation " means the mayor aldermen and burgesses
of the borough;
" the council " means the council of the borough;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction therefor;
" the electricity authority" means the Central Electricity
Authority;
" the electricity board" means the London 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
borough;
" financial year " means a period of twelve months ending
on the thirty-first day of March;
" food" has the meaning assigned to that expression by
section 135 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955;
" the gas board " means the North Thames Gas Board;
" the general rate fund " and " the general rate " mean
respectively the general rate fund and the general rate
of the borough;
" the Lands Clauses Acts " means the Lands Clauses Acts
as modified by the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of
Compensation) Act 1919 by Part V of the Act of 1947
by the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 by the Town and
Country Planning Act 1954 and by this Act;
" the local Acts " means the local Acts specified in Part I of
the First Schedule to this Act and the orders specified
in Part II of that schedule and so much of the Confirma-
tion Acts specified in Part II as relates to those orders;
" magistrates' court" has the same meaning as in sub-
section (1) of section 124 of the Magistrates' Courts
Act 1952; 3
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