Felixstowe Dock and Railway Act 1923
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
[13 & 14
GEO,
5,] Felixstowe Dock and [Ch, lxxx.l
Railway Act, 1923.
CHAPTER lxxx.
An Act to authorise the FeUxstowe Dock and
A-D.
1923.
Railway Company to levy additional rates tolls
and charges to purchase additional lands for
the provision of workmen's dwellings to redeem
debenture stock and for other purposes.
[31st July 1923.]
W
HEREAS by the Felixstowe Railway and Pier
Act 1875 the Felixstowe Railway and Pier Com-
pany were incorporated and were empowered to make
and maintain a railway and pier:
And whereas by the Felixstowe Railway and Dock
Act 1879 (hereinafter referred to as " the Act of 1879 ")
the Felixstowe Railway and Pier Company were em-
powered to construct certain works and the name of that
company was changed to the Felixstowe Railway and
Bock Company:
And whereas under the provisions of the Great
Eastern and Felixstowe Railways Arrangement Act 1887-
the undertaking authorised by the Felixstowe Railway
and Pier Act 1875 was transferred to the Great Eastern
Railway and the name of the Company was changed
to the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company (herein-
after referred to as " the Company ") and other provisions
were made with regard to the undertaking of the
Company:
And whereas the dock and railway and other works
authorised by the Act of 1879 have respectively been
completed and the Companv have carried out the
undertaking authorised by the Act of 1879 :
{Price Is. U. Net] A 1
[Ch.
lxxx.]
Felixstowe Dock and [13 & 14
GEO.
5.]
Railway Act, 1923.
A.D.
1923. And whereas the cost of maintaining and improving
such dock and railway has greatly increased and it is
expedient that the maximum rates tolls and charges
that the Company are authorised to levy at such dock
and in respect of the railway should be altered to meet
modern requirements:
And whereas the Company under the powers of the
Act of 1879 have in respect of the dock and railway
authorised to be constructed under the powers of that
Act raised capital amounting to one hundred and thirty
thousand pounds and have in respect of such capital
issued debenture stock to the amount of twenty-three
thousand five hundred pounds :
And whereas it is expedient to authorise the Company
to pay off or redeem such debenture stock and to have
power to re-borrow moneys for the purposes of the
undertaking of the Company up to the amount of the
debenture stock so paid off or redeemed:
And whereas under the provisions of section 22 of
the Act of 1879 the Company have leased to Messieurs
E. Marriage and Son Limited certain lands comprising
warehouses and other buildings and it would be in the
interest of the trade of the dock that the Company be
empowered to lease such lands and warehouses for a
longer period than the period of five years limited by
that section :
And whereas the Company have in pursuance of
the provisions of section 23 of the Act of 1879 granted
leases of certain lands for the term of ninety-nine years
mentioned in that section and it would be in the interest
of the Company to acquire by agreement the benefit
of such leases:
And whereas it is expedient owing to the heavy
motor vehicle traffic within the dock premises to authorise
the Company to make byelaws for the regulation of such
traffic and to charge tolls in respect of such traffic :
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be
effected without the authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may
be enacted and be it enacted by the King's most
Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in
2
To continue reading
Request your trial