Liverpool Corporation Act 1972
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Liverpool Corporation
Act
1972
c. xli 1
ELIZABETH H
1972 CHAPTER xli
An Act to confer further powers on the lord mayor,
aldermen and citizens of the city of Liverpool in relation
to taxicabs and private hire vehicles; to empower them
to assist The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company; to
amend certain agreements for the supply of water in
bulk; to make further provision for the improvement,
local government and finances of the city; and for other
purposes. [9th August 1972]
V17HEREAS-
(1) The city of Liverpool (hereinafter referred to as" the city ")
is a
county borough under the management and local government
of the lord mayor, aldermen and citizens of the city acting by
the council (hereinafter referred to as " the Corporation "):
(2) It is expedient to make further provision with reference
to taxicabs and private hire vehicles and with reference to the
improvement, local government and
finances
of
the
city, and that
the powers of the Corporation in relation thereto should be
enlarged and extended:
(3) It is expedient that the Corporation should be empowered
to assist The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company:
(4) It is expedient that certain agreements for the supply of
water in bulk should be amended:
(5) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act should be enacted:
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(6) The objects of this Act cannot be attained without the
authority of Parliament:
(7) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
1933
c.
51.
requirements of Part XIII of the Local Government Act 1933
have been observed:
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
Short title.
Division of
Act into
Parts.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Liverpool Corpor
1972.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Taxicabs and private hire vehicles.
Part III.—Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.
Part IV.—Water.
Part V.—Finance.
Part VI.—Miscellaneous.
Part VII—General.
Interpretation
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions to which
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.
1921
c. baiv. (2) In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise
requires—
" the Act of 1921 " means the Liverpool Corporation Act
1921;
" the Act of 1933 " means the Local Government Act 1933;
1936
c.
49.
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936;
"the Act of 1966" means the Liverpool Corporation
1966
c.
xL
(General Powers) Act 1966;
" the city " means the city of Liverpool;
Liverpool Corporation
Act
1972
c. xB 3
"contravention" includes a failure to comply and
PART
I
"contravene" shall be construed accordingly; —com.
" the Corporation " means the lord mayor, aldermen and
citizens of the city acting by the council;
" the council" means the council of
the
city;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day or part of a day on
which an offence is continued after conviction
thereof;
" enactment" includes an enactment in this Act or in any
general or local Act, and any order, byelaw, scheme or
regulation for the time being in force within the city;
" the town clerk " means the town clerk of the city and
includes any person appointed by the Corporation to
discharge temporarily the duties of that officer.
(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference
in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to
that enactment as applied, extended, amended or varied by, or
by
virtue of, any subsequent enactment including this Act.
PART II
TAXICABS AND PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES
4.
In this
Part of this Act,
unless
the subject or context otherwise Interpretation
requires- for Part IL
"the Act of 1847" means the Town Police Clauses Act
1847;
1847
c.
89.
" the Act of 1972 " means the Road Traffic Act 1972;
1972
c 20.
"appointed day" has the meaning assigned to it by
section 37 (The appointed day) of this Act;
" authorised officer" means any officer of the Corporation
authorised in writing by the town clerk for the purposes
of this Act;
" a current licence " means a licence in force at the time in
question;
"driver's badge" means, in relation to the driver of a
taxicab, any badge issued by the Corporation under
byelaws made under section 68 of the Act of 1847
and, in relation to the driver of a private hire vehicle,
any badge issued by the Corporation under byelaws
made under section 31 (Byelaws) of this Act;
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