Lowestoft Corporation Act 1920
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1920 c. xc |
CHAPTER
xc.
An
Aic.t
t,o
authorise the inavor aldermen
and
burgesses
AD.
1920.
__
ol’
tlic borougll
of
Louwtoft
to
provide and work
troll(.!-
vehicles
a~id
motor
omnibuses
to
make further
pro
vision
with regard to
t,he
supply
of
electricity with
rcgurd to the health
1ocd
government and improw-
iwn1
of
thc borough the consolidation
oi
the
ratcs
in
tlic
borough
and
for
other purposes.
[4th
August
1920.1
[HERESS
the
borough
of
Lowestoft
(in
this
Act,
called
“the borough
”)
is
under
the local government of the
mayor aldermen and hurgesses of the borough (in this Act
called
“
the Corporation
O’)
:
And
whereas the
Corporatioil
are the owners
of
and
work
tramrv-ays
within the borough
:
And
whereas
it
is
experlient
to
ailthorise
the Corporation to
provide and
work
xithin
the
borough ineclianically propelled
vehicles adapted for
iise
\\ithotit rails upon roads moved
by
electrical power tmnsmitted thewto
from
some external source
(in
this Act cdlecl
“
trolley vehicles
”)
and motor omnibuses and
to confer
upon
tlte Corporation
all
necessary pow-ers with regard
thereto
:
&lntl
U
hweas
tl1e
C‘orporatio~l are empot\ ered to supply
elecli*icity
U
itliiu
t11c
1)oroiigli
and
it
is
vxpedient that the
further provisioiis \!-it11 wgnrd to
the
supply
of
electricity set
forth
in
this Act should
be
enacted:
And
whereas
it
is
expedient
to
make further provision with
r~gard
to
the
eets
;ind
hiiilclings
in
the
borough and that
’
Prii~c~
1.9.
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\
1
[Ch.
XC.]
Ihzwstofl
Corporntioit
,4rf,
1920.
[lo
&
11
GEO.
6.1
A.D.
1x0.
the powers of the Corporation in relation to the health local
government and improvement
of
the borough be enlarged as
by
this Act provided:
And whereas
all
the expenses
of
the Corporation whether
as
a
municipal
or
a
sanitary authority or otherwise are payable
out of the borouqh fund and borough rate
or
out of the district
fund and general district rate
oE
tlie borough subject
so
far
as
the said rate is made for the purposes
of
the Public Health
Acts to provisions
for
differential rating in certain cases:
And whereas the parish of Lowestoft is coterminous with
the borough and
it
is expedient that the contriliiztion of such
parish to the borough rate should lie levied as part and he paid
out
of
the poor rate
for
the said parish and that in relation
thereto the provisions contained in this Act
for
differential rating
in certain cases in lieu
of
the existing pro\-isions
for
differential
rating as herein-before recited
be
enacted
:
And whereas
it
is expedient
to
autliorise the transfer to
and vesting in
the
Corporation
of
tlie lands commonly called
“
the
Battery Green” in tlie
borough
anti to enable the Corporation
to purchase and hold the rights (if any)
01
the Crown and the
Secretary
of
State for the War Department in the said Battei-y
Green and
also
to purchase and hold the lands and buildings in
the borough known as
“
the
Old
Battery
”
(otherwise the Coast,
Guard Station) and to apply to
all
the said lands tlie ]iro~-isions
of
the Lowestoft Improvement Act
18.74
and the Lowestoft
relating to the Loirestoft
Lamp
Lands
:
tained in this
Acr;
he enacted:
-
And whereas
it
is expedient that the other provisions con-
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
the Borough Funds Acts
1872
ancl
1903
have been observed aiid the a,pproval
of
the Xinister
of
Health has been obtained
:
Xay
it
therefore please Yoar Xajesty 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 ancl Temporal
and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the
authority
of
the same as follows (that is to say)
PART
I.
.%.I).
l!)?O.
1.
This Act may he
cited
as the Tiornestoft Corporation Act
hllo!’t
titie.
PIimixis
\
I;Y.
1920.
2.
This Act
is
divided into
Parts
as
follows
:
-
Divi-ioii
of
Act
iiito
Pa
T
t
c
.
Part
Part 11.-Trolley Vehicles Omnibnhes
and
Tram-
Part
[TI.--
Hlectricity.
Part
IIT.--
Streets aid lhilclings.
Pari
\’.-Sewers Drain.;
&c.
Part
I-T.--
Tnfectious
llisease
siid
Sanitary I’rovi-
Part
VII.
-
Police
and
Hackney Carriages.
Part
lrITT.
-Rating.
Part
IS.
-Financial aid JLi.;cellaneous Provisions.
I.
-
L’r
el
i
mi nary
.
ways.
\ions.
3.
The: Lancl.; Clau\es Act.; (except section
127
of
the Tlands
~iicorpoi-a-
Clauses Coiisoiidation hct
1845
and
except the pro\-isions with
tion
Of
respect to the purchase
and
taking of lands otherwise than
by
agreement)
so
far
as
they are applicable for the purposes ancl
are not inconsisteiit with the provisions
of
this
,kt
are liereby
incorporated with
and
form
part
oI
this Act.
4.-
(1)
In
this
14ct
the sr~eral words arid expressions to
Ir,terple-
which meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly or partially
t~~1im.
incorporated herewith
or
by
the Public Health Acts have
the
same respective meanings unless there
be
soniething in the
subject
or
contest repugnaiii t,o such consti*uctioi~
(2)
In
this -ict unless the subject
or
context otherwise
“
The Corporation
”
nieans
the
mayor
aldermen
and
burgesses
requires-
of the
borough
of
Lowestoft
;
The
1)orough
”
nieaiis the borough of Lowestoft
;
“
The council”
means
the council of the horough;
“
The mayor
”
“
the town clerk
”
“
the surveyor
”
“
the
treasurer
”
“
the medical officer
’’
and
“
the inspector
of
nuisai~ces” mean respectively the mayor the
town
clerk the siir’c-eycr the treasurer
the
medical officer
of
health
ancl
aiq-
inspector
of
nuisances
of
the borough
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