Leicester Corporation Act 1956

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1956 c. xlix
Year1956
4
& 5
Euz. 2
LeicesterCorporation
Act,
1956 Ch. xlix
CHAPTER xlix
An Act to confer further powers upon the lord mayor
aldermen and citizens of the city of Leicester with
reference to lands streets and buildings and the local
government health improvement and finances of the
city to confer further powers upon them and to make
further provision with reference to their transport
water markets and cemetery undertakings to enact
provisions with reference to public entertainments and
the welfare of aged persons to empower the Corpora-
tion to establish an undertaking for the supply of heat
to premises and for other purposes.
[17th May 1956.]
W
HEREAS the city of Leicester (hereinafter referred to as
" the city
")
is a municipal borough subject to the Acts
relating to municipal corporations and is a county
borough within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1888
and is under the management and local government of the lord
mayor aldermen and citizens of the city (hereinafter referred
to
as
" the Corporation "):
And whereas it is expedient that further and better provision
should be made with reference to lands streets and buildmgs and
for the local government health and improvement of the city
and that the powers of the Corporation in relation thereto should
be
enlarged and extended
as
by this Act provided:
And whereas it is expedient that the provisions contained in
this Act for the welfare of aged persons should be enacted:
And whereas the Corporation are under various Acts and
Orders authorised to operate a passenger road transport under-
taking both
within and without
the
city:
Ch.
xlix
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Act, 1956 4 & 5 ELIZ. 2
And whereas the Corporation have ceased to operate tram-
cars upon the various tramway routes authorised by the said
Acts and Orders and it is expedient that the discontinuance and
abandonment of such tramways should be confirmed:
And whereas it is expedient that further and better provision
should be made and that further powers should be conferred on
the Corporation in connection with their said passenger road
transport undertaking:
And whereas the Corporation supply water under statutory
powers within limits which comprise the city and certain areas
adjacent thereto and it is expedient that the said limits should
be altered and that as altered they should be redefined as by
this Act provided:
And whereas it is expedient that certain of the provisions of
the enactments relating to the water undertaking of the Corpora-
tion should be repealed or amended as by this Act provided and
that further powers should be conferred upon the Corporation in
respect of their said water undertaking:
And whereas the Corporation own and operate under statutory
powers various markets and various fairs are held in the city and
it is expedient that further and better provision should be made
as in this Act provided with respect to the tolls charges and
rents to be taken or charged in respect of such markets and for
the better management and regulation of such markets and fairs:
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of certain
cemeteries and a crematorium in the city and it is expedient that
such provisions as are contained in this Act relating thereto
should be enacted and that further powers should be conferred
upon the Corporation in connection therewith:
And whereas it is expedient that the Corporation should be
authorised to supply heat to premises in the city and for that
purpose to acquire lands and to construct works:
And whereas it is expedient that further provision should be
made with reference to the finances of the city as by this Act
provided:
And whereas it is expedient that the further powers contained
in this Act should be conferred on the Corporation and that the
further provisions contained therein should be 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
Act the requirements of Part XIII of the Local Government Act
1933 have been observed:
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4 & 5 Euz. 2
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Act, 1956 CL xfix
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 (that is to say):
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.
This Act may be cited as the Leicester Corporation Act Short title.
1956.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Lands.
Part III.—Streets.
Part IV.—Public health.
Part V.—Police.
Part VI.—Entertainment licences.
Part VII.—Parks and baths.
Part VIIL—Movable dwellings.
Part IX.—Weights and measures.
Part X.—Transport
Part XI.—Water supply.
Part XII.—Markets.
Part XIII.—Cemeteries.
Part XIV.—District heating.
Part XV.—Finance and rating.
Part XVI.—Cultural activities.
Part XVII.—Miscellaneous.
Part XVIII.—General.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions to which Interpretation.
meanings are assigned by sections 90 and 343 of the Act of 1936
have the same respective meanings unless there be something in
the subject or context repugnant to such construction and in this
Act unless the subject or context otherwise requires
" the Act of 1868 " means the Leicester Improvement Drain-
age and Markets Act 1868;
" 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;
Division
of
Act into
Parts.
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