Gainsborough Bridge (Acquisition) Act 1927

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1927 c. lxxxvii
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Gainsborough
Bridge [Ch. lxXXVii.]
(Acquisition) Act, 1927.
CHAPTER lxxxvii.
An Act to authorise the county councils of the
A.D.
1927.
administrative counties of Nottingham and of
the Parts of Lindsey Lincolnshire and the Gains-
borough Urban District Council to purchase and
the Company of Proprietors of Gainsborough
Bridge to sell to them the undertaking and pro-
perty of that Company and for other purposes.
[29th July 1927.]
W
HEREAS by the Act 27 George III cap. xv. intituled
"An Act for building a Bridge at or near the
" Ferry over the River Trent from Gainsborough in the
" County of Lincoln to the opposite shore in the Parish
" of Saundby in the County of Nottingham " (herein-
after referred to as " the Act of 1787 ") the Company of
Proprietors of Gainsborough Bridge (hereinafter referred
to as " the Company") were incorporated and were
authorised to build a bridge over the River Trent from
Gainsborough in the county of Lincoln to Saundby in
the county of Nottingham and to charge tolls for persons
animals and vehicles passing over the said bridge :
And whereas the Company constructed and now
own the said bridge which forms one of the principal
means of communication between the county of Lincoln
and the remainder of the country in addition to being the
only bridge forming a means of communication between
the counties of Lincoln and Nottingham in or near
to the town of Gainsborough and the Company under
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[Ch.
lxxxvli.]
Gainsborough
Bridge [17 & 18
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(Acquisition) Act, 1927.
A.D.
1927.
the authority of the Act of 1787 are charging tolls for
persons animals and vehicles :
And whereas it has been agreed between the Company
on the one hand and the county councils of the adminis-
trative counties of Nottingham and of the Parts of
Lindsey Lincolnshire and the Gainsborough Urban Dis-
trict Council (which councils are hereinafter referred to
as " the three Councils ") on the other hand that subject
to the necessary statutory powers being obtained the
Company shall sell to the three Councils and the three
Councils shall purchase for the sum of one hundred and
thirty thousand pounds the undertaking and property
of the Company with a view to the eventual abolition
of the tolls chargeable for the use of the said bridge
and it is expedient that the agreement for such sale and
acquisition set forth in the First Schedule to this Act
should be confirmed and that the provisions contained
in this Act with respect to the extinguishment of the
said tolls should be enacted :
And whereas with the object of denning in relation
to modern conditions the rights of the three Councils
or the Joint Committee constituted by this Act on their
behalf in regard to the levying of tolls it is expedient
that the tolls set forth in the Third Schedule to this
Act should be authorised for the period during which
tolls are chargeable under the provisions of this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act should be enacted :
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be
effected without the authority of Parliament:
And whereas the three Councils have agreed that
subject to the Minister of Transport agreeing to contribute
one-half of the cost of acquiring the said undertaking
and property and of obtaining this Act they will defray
in the proportions referred to in this Act the remainder
of such cost:
And whereas in relation to the Bill for this Act the
requirements of the Borough Funds Acts 1872 and 1903
so far as the same are applicable to the three Councils
respectively have been observed :
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
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Gainsborough
Bridge [Ch. lxxxvii.]
(Acquisition) Act, 1927.
Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present A.D. 1927.
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 Gainsborough Short title.
Bridge (Acquisition) Act 1927.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows : Act divided
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into
Parts.
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Transfer of undertaking and disso-
lution of company.
Part III.—Constitution and powers of Joint
Committee.
Part IV.—Tolls.
Part V.—Financial and miscellaneous provi-
sions.
3.
In this Act unless the subject or context otherwise Interpreta-
requires tion-
" The Lindsey Council" means the county council
of the administrative county of the Parts of
Lindsey Lincolnshire;
" The Nottinghamshire Council" means the county
council of the administrative county of Notting-
ham;
" The County Councils " means the Lindsey Council
and the Nottinghamshire Council;
"The Gainsborough Council" means the Gains-
borough Urban District Council;
" The three Councils " means the County Councils
and the Gainsborough Council;
" The Joint Committee " means the Joint Committee
of representatives of the three Councils incor-
porated by this Act;
" The county fund " and " the county rate " mean
respectively the county fund and the county
rate of the administrative county of the Parts
of Lindsey Lincolnshire or of the administrative
county of Nottingham according as the context
requires;
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