Lee Valley Regional Park Act 1966
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1966 c. xli |
Lee
Valley Regional Park
Act
1966
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ELIZABETH H
1966 CHAPTER xli
An Act to establish the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
for the development, preservation and management for
recreation, sport, entertainment and the enjoyment of
leisure of an area adjoining the river Lee as a regional
park; to confer powers upon the said authority and
certain other authorities, bodies and persons; to enact
provisions in connection with the matters aforesaid;
and for other purposes. [21st December 1966]
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HEREAS owing to the increasing demand for the develop-
ment of land for housing, industrial and other urban
purposes there is an increasing scarcity of land available
for recreation, sport, entertainment and the enjoyment of leisure:
And whereas it is anticipated that the demand for urban
development in the south-east of England will in the future
greatly increase:
And whereas there is in Greater London and the counties of
Essex and Hertford an area adjoining the river Lee which is
suitable for development as a regional park for the purpose of
providing opportunities for recreation, sport, entertainment and
the enjoyment of leisure:
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And whereas it is in the public interest that an authority should
be established, as in this Act provided, to develop, improve,
preserve and manage or procure or arrange for the development,
improvement, preservation and management of the said area for
such purposes as aforesaid:
And whereas it is expedient that for the purposes aforesaid the
powers in that behalf contained in this Act should be conferred
upon the said authority:
And whereas it is expedient that the other powers and provisions
contained in this Act should be conferred and enacted:
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament:
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the Bill for this
1933 c. 51. Act the provisions of Part XIII of the Local Government Act, 1933,
have been observed by the Greater London Council:
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:—
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Lee Valley Regional Park Act
1966.
Interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise
requires—
" the Act of 1933 " means the Local Government Act, 1933;
1961 c. 33. " the Act of
1961
" means the Land Compensation Act, 1961;
1962 c. 38. " the Act of 1962 " means the Town and Country Planning
Act 1962;
1963 c 33. " the Act of 1963 " means the London Government Act
1963;
1965 c. 56. " the Act of 1965 " means the Compulsory Purchase Act
1965;
" the appointed day " means 1st January, 1967;
" the Authority" means the Lee Valley Regional Park
Authority constituted by this Act;
" bridleway " means a way for the following purposes only,
namely, the passage of persons on foot or on horseback
or for leading horses or driving animals of any
description;
" the catchment board" means the Lee Conservancy
Catchment Board;
" the common council " means the common council of the
city of London;
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" the constituent councils " means the councils specified in
subsection (2) of section 4 (Constitution of Authority)
of this Act and " constituent council " shall be construed
accordingly;
" the contributing councils" means the Greater London
Council, the county council of the county of Essex and
the county council of the county of Hertford and
" contributing council" shall be construed accordingly;
" county " means administrative county;
" cycle track " means a way for the following purposes only,
that is to say, the passage of persons on foot or riding
pedal cycles;
" enactment" means any enactment, whether public general
or local, and includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation,
scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an
enactment;
" financial year " means a period of twelve months com-
mencing on 1st April;
" footpath " means a way for the following purpose only,
that is to say, the passage of persons on foot;
" functions " includes powers and duties;
" houseboat" means any vessel, or any part, remains or
wreckage
thereof,
whether or not the same shall be
floating, and whether or not the same is used or capable
of being used as a place of temporary, intermittent or
permanent habitation but does not include any boat or
vessel bona fide used for navigation;
" interest" in relation to land, includes any estate in land
and any right in, over or under land, whether the right
is exercisable by virtue of the ownership of an interest
in land or by virtue of a licence or agreement, and in
particular includes rights of fishing and sporting;
" land " includes land covered by water and any interest in
land;
" the Minister " means the Minister of Housing and Local
Government;
" nature reserve " has the meaning assigned to that expression
by section 15 of the National Parks and Access to the
Countryside Act, 1949; !949 c. 97.
" the park " means the Lee Valley Regional Park as defined
by subsection (2) of this section;
" statutory undertakers " means any persons authorised by
any enactment to construct, work or carry on a railway,
canal, inland navigation, gas, electricity, water or other
public undertaking;
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