Gas Orders Confirmation Act 1881
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1881 c. ciii |
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VICT.] Gas Orders
Confirmation
Act, 1881. [Ch. ciii.]
CHAPTER ciii.
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by' the AD. ISSI.
Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities
Act, 1870, relating to Brentford Gas, Chichester Gas, Ely
Gas,
Grays Thurrock Gas, Ilford Gas, Kirkham Gas,
Northfleet and Greenhithe Gas, Pinner Gas, Staines
and Egham Gas, Stone Gas, and Waltham Abbey and
Cheshunt Gas ; and to amend the Gas and Water Works
Facilities Act, 1870, in so far as relates to the district of
the Brentford Gas Company. [18th July 1881.J
W
HEREAS under the authority of the Gas and Water Works
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Vict.
Facilities Act, 1870, the Board of Trade have made the c> 7a
several Provisional Orders set out in the schedule to this Act
annexed:
And whereas a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade
under the authority of the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act,
1870,
is not of any validity or force whatever until the confirmation
thereof by Act of Parliament:
And whereas it is expedient that the several Provisional Orders
made by the Board of Trade under the authority of the said Act,
and
set out in the schedule to this Act annexed, be confirmed by
Act of Parliament:
And whereas by section fifteen of the Gas and Water Works
Facilities Act, 1870, it is provided that the said Act shall not
apply to any place within the metropolis, as the same is defined in
the Metropolis Management Act, 1855
:
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And
whereas the gasworks of the Brentford Gas Company are
outside the metropolis, as defined in the Metropolis Management
Act,
1855,
but a small portion of the district of that company is
situate within the metropolis, and it is expedient that the Gas and
Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, should for the purposes of the
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[Ch.
Ciii.] Gas Orders
Confirmation
Act, 1881. [44&45VICT1
A.D.
1881.
Brentford Gas Order hereby confirmed, be construed in the manna
herein-after provided:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Maiest?
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 :
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Gas Orders Confirmation
Act,
1881.
Confirmation 2. The several Orders set out in the schedule to this Act
in schedule annexe^ snaU be m& ^ne same are hereby confirmed; and all the
provisions thereof in manner and form as they are set out
in
the
said schedule shall, from and after the passing of this Act,
have
full
validity and effect.
Construction 3. The Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, shall be
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co^frued as though all places within the limits of the Brentford
Gas Act, 1868, were, for the purposes of the Brentford
Gas Order
hereby confirmed, excepted from the provisions of section fifteen
of
the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870.
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VICT.]
Gas Orders
Confirmation
Act, 1881. [Oh. Ciii.J
The
SCHEDULE of ORDERS. A.D.
ISSI.
1.
BEENTFOEP GAS.—Order empowering the Brentford Gas Company to
raise Additional Capital, to purchase Additional Lands, and to construct
Additional Gasworks.
2.
CHICHESTER GAS.—Order empowering the City of Chichester Gas Com-
pany to raise Additional Capital.
3.
ELY
GAS.—Order
empowering the City of Ely Gas Company (Limited)
to maintain and continue Gasworks, and to make and supply Gas in
the parishes of Holy Trinity, hamlet of Stuntney St. Mary, hamlet of
Chettisham, and parish of the College, Ely.
4.
GEAYS THUEEOCK GAS.—Order empowering the Grays Thurrock Gas
and Coke Company to maintain and continue Gasworks, to construct
new Gasworks, and to make and supply Gas in the parishes of Grays
Thurrock, West Thurrock, Little Thurrock, and Stiflord, all in the
county of Essex.
5.
ILFOED GAS.—Order empowering the Ilford Gaslight and Coke Com-
pany to raise Additional Capital.
6. KIKKHAM GAS.—Order empowering the Kirkham Gas Company (Limited)
to maintain and continue Gasworks, to construct Additional Gasworks,
and to make and supply Gas in the townships of Kirkham, Medlar-
with-Wesham, Westby-with-Plumpton, Bibby-with-Wrea, Freckleton
and Treales, Eoseacre and Wharles, in the parish of Kirkham, all in the
county of Lancaster.
7.
NORTHFLEET AND GREENHITHE GAS.—Order authorising the amalgama-
tion of the Gas Undertakings respectively authorised by the Northfleet
Gas Order, 1879, and the Greenhithe Gas Order, 1878, and authorising
the Northfleet and Greenhithe Gas Company (Limited) to maintain and
continue Gasworks, and to make and supply Gas in part of the parish ol
Northfleet and the entire parish of Swanscombe, in the county of Kent.
8. PINNER GAS.—Order conferring powers for the maintenance and con-
tinuance of Gasworks, and for the manufacture and supply of Gas in
part of the parish of Pinner, and in the several parishes or places of
Ruislip, Harefield, and Ickenham, all in the county of Middlesex.
9. STAINES AND EGHAM GAS.—Order empowering the Staines and Egham
District Gas and Coke" Company (Limited) to construct and maintain
additional Gasworks, and to raise Additional Capital for such purposes.
10.
STONE GAS.—Order empowering the Stone Gaslight and Coke Company
(Limited) to maintain and continue Gasworks, and to make and supply
Gas in the township of Stone and the adjoining townships or places of
Darlaston, Meaford, Oulton, Walton, Aston, Stoke-by-Stone, and Little
Aston, all in the parish of Stone and county of Stafford.
H. WALTHAM ABBEY AND CHESHTJNT GAS.—Order empowering the
Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt Gas and Coke Company to raise Addi-
tional Capital and to maintain Gasworks.
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