London Passenger Transport Act 1936
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1936 c. cxxxi |
| Year | 1936 |
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8.1
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Act,
1936.
CHAPTER
cxxxi.
An
Act
to
eniposwr the London Passenger Trans-
A.D.
1936.
port
Board
to provide certain services
of
trolley
vehicles
to
construct
ncw
worlia
to acquire lands
to
rake additional
moneys
to
confer
further
powers on the
Board
and
for
other purposes.
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July
1936.1
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HEREAS by the London Passenger Transport ,4ct
23
gt
24
W
1933
(in this Act called
“
the
,4ct
of
1933
”)
the
Geo.
5.c.
14.
London Passenger Transport Board (in this Act called
”
the Board
”)
were established
:
And whereas it is the duty
of
the Board (inter alia)
so
to
exercise their powers under the Act of
1933
as
to secure
the
provision of an adequate and properly
co-ordirrated system
of
passenger transport
for
the
London Passenger Transport Area and
for
that purpose
to take from time
to
time such steps
as
they consider
necessary for extending
and
improving tlie facilities for
passenger transport in that area in such manner as to
provide most efficiently aid conveniently
for
the needs
thereof:
And whereas the
Board
are the owners of
an
extensive system of tramways light railways and trolley
vehicles in tlie counties
of
London Middlesex Surrey
Essex Hertford acd Kent within the London Passenger
Transport Area
:
And whereas it is expedient that the Board should
be
authorised to rim trolley vehicles upon the routes
described in this Act along certain streets and roads
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in which certain of their tramways and light railways
arc
laic1 and along certain other streets ancl roads and
that the provisioiis contained in
this
Act with respect
thereto should be enacted
:
And whereas it
is
expedient that the Board should be
authorised to make the new works described in this Act
:
And whereas it is expedient
that
the Board should
be authorised to acquire and use lands for the purposes
of the said new works and
for
the other purposes
of their undertaking
:
And whereas it is expedient that the other powers
contained in this Act should be conferred on the Board
and that the other provisions contained in this
-4ct
should be enacted:
And whereas plans showing the lands which may
be taken
or
used compulsorily
for
the purposes or under
the powers of this Act such plans showing the lines
of the said new works and sections showing the levels
of such works with
a
book of reference to such plans
containing the names of the owners and lessees
or
reputed owners and lessees and of the occupiers
of
the
said lands were duly deposited with the respective
clerks of the county councils
of
the administrative
counties of London Middlesex Surrey Essex Hertford
and Buckingham and with the town clerk
of
$he county
borough of West Ham and such plans sections and
book
of
reference are respectively referred to in this
Act
as
the deposited plans sections and
book
of
reference
:
And whereas the objects
of
this Act cannot be
attained without the authority
of
Parliament
:
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 Spiritual and Temporal and Commons
in this present Parliament assembled and by the
authority
of
the same as follows
:-
-
‘
PART
I.
PRELIMINARY.
Short
and
1.-(1)
This Act may be cited as the London
~llective
Passenger Transport Act
1936.
(2)
The London Passenger Transport Acts
1933
titles.
24&25
to
1935
the London Passenger Transport (Interim
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1
EDW.
8.1
Transport
Act,
1936.
Financial Arrangements) Act
1934
the London Pas-
A.D.
1936.
senger Transport (Finance) Act
1935
and this Act may
be cited together
as
the London Passenger Transport
Acts
1933
to
1936.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows
:-
-
c. cxviii.
Division
of
Act into
Parts.
Part I.-Preliminary.
Part 11.-Trolley vehicles.
Part
111.-Works.
Part IV.-Lands &e.
Part V.-Fares rates and charges.
Part
Part VI1.-Financial provisions.
Part VII1.-Miscellaneous provisions
:
VI.-Pro
t
ec tive provisions.
Provided always that save as in this Act specially
provided the division of this Act into Parts shall not
nor shall anything in the titles to such Parts affect the
construction of this Act.
as the same are applicable to the purposes of this Act
tionof
are (except where varied by this Act
or
inconsistent
rcEf"'
with the London Passenger Transport Acts
1933
to
1936)
incorporated with and form part
of
this
Act
and
for the purposes of such incorporated enactments this
Act shall be deemed to be the special Act within the
meaning
of
the said enactments (that
is
to say)
:-
The Lands Clauses Acts except sections
127
to
133
-
3.
The following Acts and parts
of
Acts
so
far
Incorpora-
(inclusive) of the Lands Clauses Consolidation
8
&
9
Vict.
Act
1845;
c.
18.
8
&
9 Vict.
c.
20.
The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act
1845
:
Provided that-
(1)
The expressions
"
parish clerks
"
and
"
clerks of the several parishes
"
in sections
7
8
and
9
of the Railways Clauses Con-
solidation Act
1845
shall as regards the
county of London mean the town clerks
of the metropolitan boroughs
;
(2)
The provisions of sections
18
to
23
(inclusive) of the Railways Clauses Con-
solidation Act
1845
shall far the purposes
of this Act extend and apply to the
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