Middlesex County Council (General Powers) Act 1938
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Middlesex
County
Council
[Ch.
xcix.]
(General
Powers)
Act,
1938.
CHAPTER
xcix.
to
the health improvement and local govern-
ment
of
the county
of
Middlesex
to
confer
further powers on the Council
of
that county
and the local authorities therein
to
make further
provision with reference
to
the Middlesex quarter
sessions the superannuation
of
the officers and
servants and the administration
of
the enact-
ments relating
to
mental treatment and for
other purposes. r29th
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July 1938.1
HEREAS
it is expedient to make further
pro-
w
vision for the health improvement and local
government of the county of Middlesex and
to
confer
further powers upon the Council of that county and
upon the councils of the boroughs and urban districts
comprised therein
:
And
whereas it
is
expedient to make further
provision with regard to the Middlesex quarter sessions
and to amend the provisions of the Middlesex County
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Coxncil Act
1934
relating thereto
:
Aid whereas
it
is
expedient to enact further
provisions with respect to the administration within
the county
of
the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts
1890
to
1930:
And
whereas
it
is expedient to make further
provision for the superannuation of the officers and
An
act
to
make further provision with regard
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lxxxix.
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[Ch.
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GEO.
6.1
(General
Powers)
Act,
1938.
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1938.
servants
of
the Council and to amend the I)m\-isions
-
of the said Act of 1934 in regard thereto:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that
the
other
provisions contained in
this
Act 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 XI11
of
the
have
been complied with
May
it
therefore please
Your
Majesty thatl
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
(’ommons
in
this
present Parliament assembled
and
hy
the
authority
of
the same as follows
:-
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C.
51.
by the
Council
:
PART
I.
PRELIMINARY.
Short title.
1.
This
Act may be cited as the Xiddleses C‘ounty
2.
This Act
is
divided into Parts as follows
:-
Council (General Powers) Act 1938.
Act
divided
int,o
Parts.
Part I.-Preliminary.
Part 11.-Roads town plaiining and amenities.
Part 111.-Local provisions.
Part IV. -Miscellaneous.
Part
Part VI.-Mental hospitals cornmittsee.
Part VI1.-Superannuation
.
Part VII1.-Finance.
Parti
1X.-General.
V.-Chairman and deputy chairman
of
quarter
sessions.
liicorpora-
3.
The Lands Clauses Acts except sectioiis
127
to
tioii
of
3.32
of
the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act
and
Lands
except the provisions with respect exclusively to the
C’auses
purchase and taking
of
lands otherwise than by
Acts.
agreement are hereby incorporated with and form part
e.
18.
s
9
vi&
of
this Act.
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6.1
Middlesex
C’ozcnty
Council
[Ch.
xeix.]
(Gened
Powers)
Act,
1938.
4.-(1)
In this Act the several words and expres-
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1938.
sions to which meanings are assigned by sections
90
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110
220
271
and
343
PARTI-
---cont.
have the same respective meanings unless there be
Interpreta-
something in the subject
or
context repugnant to such
tion.
construction.
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(2)
In this Act unless otherwise expressly enacted
:.::W.
or
unless the subject
or
context otherwise requires-
“the Council” means the county council
of
the
administrative county of Middlesex
;
“
the county
)’
means the administrative county
of Jlliddlesex
;
“
the clerk
”
(except in Part
I11
(Local provisions)
of
this Act) means the clerk
of
the Council;
“the county fund” means the county fund
of
the
Council
;
“
district
’)
means
a
borough or an urban district
in the county;
“
local authority
”
means the council
of
a district;
‘*
highway authority
’)
nieans-
(a)
in the case
of
any county road except
a
claimed road as hereinafter defined and
in the case
of
any other road (not being
a
trunk road) for the time being maintained
by the Council the Council; and
(b)
in the case
of
any other highway
(not being
a
trunk road or
a
highway
repairable by
a
railway
or
canal company)
the local authority
for
the district in which
the highway
is
situate;
‘*
street” and “road
”
include any street road
footpath and any highway;
‘‘
clainied road
’)
means
a
county road in respect
of
which
a
local authority have claimed under
32
of the Local Government Act
1929
19
$20
to exercise and are exercising the functions
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17.
of
maintenance and repair;
‘.
telegraphic line
”
has the same meaning
as
in
the Telegraph Act
1875;
“
Sunday school
”
means any school
in
which
children are assembled
for
instruction on
a
Sunday
or
specially for religious instlriwtion
whether
on
a Sunday
or
not;
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