Nuneaton Corporation Act 1955

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1955 c. xii
Year1955
4 ELIZ. 2
Nuneaton Corporation
Act, 1955 Ch. xii
CHAPTER xii
An Act to make further provision for the improvement
health local government and finances of the borough of
Nuneaton and for other purposes. [27th July 1955.]
Yl/HEREAS
(1) The borough of Nuneaton (in this Act called " the
borough ") in the county of Warwick is a municipal borough
under the government of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of
the borough (in this Act called " the Corporation "):
(2) It is expedient to make further provision with reference
to lands and the improvement health and local government of
the borough:
(3) The Corporation own the Church of England chapel which
is on consecrated ground in the Oaston Road Cemetery in the
borough and it is expedient to provide for the site of the said
chapel and of lands in the said cemetery adjacent thereto being
freed from all restrictions which may affect the same by reason
of the consecration
thereof:
(4) It is expedient to make further provision in regard to the
finances of the Corporation:
(5) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act be enacted:
(6) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(7) 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:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted
and be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty by and
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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. 1. This Act may be cited as the Nuneaton Corporation Act
1955.
Division of
Act
2. This Act is divided into Parts as follows:
into Parts. paft
L_prelirninarVi
Part II.—Lands.
Part III.—Streets.
Part IV.—Sanitation and buildings.
Part V.—Nuisances etc.
Part VI.—Infectious diseases.
Part VII.—Food.
Part VIII.—Parks cemeteries and other municipal property.
Part IX.—Public order and public safety.
Part X.—Finance rating etc.
Part XI.—Miscellaneous.
Part XII.—General.
3.
The Lands Clauses Acts except sections 127 to 132 (which
relate to the sale of superfluous lands) of the Lands Clauses
Consolidation Act 1845 and except the provisions with respect
to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement
(so far as the same are applicable for the purposes and are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act) are hereby
incorporated with and form part of this Act:
Provided that the bond required by section 85 of the Lands
Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 shall be sufficient without the
addition of the sureties mentioned in that section.
Interpretation. 4.—(1) In this Act the several words and expressions to which
meanings are assigned by sections 90 110 and 343 of the Public
Health Act 1936 have the same respective meanings unless there
be something in the subject or context repugnant to such
construction.
(2) In this Act unless the subject or context otherwise
requires
" 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;
Incorporation
of Lands
Clauses Acts.
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" apparatus " has the same meaning as in section 133 (For PART I
protection of certain statutory undertakers) of this Act; —cont.
" authorised security " means any mortgage stock bond or
other security which the Corporation are for the time
being authorised to grant create or issue or upon or by
means of which the Corporation are for the time being
authorised to raise money ;
" the authority " means the Central Electricity Authority;
" the borough " means the borough of Nuneaton ;
" the commission " means the British Transport Commis-
sion ;
" contravention " includes a failure to comply and " contra-
vene " shall
be.
construed accordingly ;
"the Corporation" means the mayor aldermen and
burgesses of the borough;
" the council" means the council of the borough;
" the county " means the administrative county of Warwick
and " the county council" means the county council
of the county;
" daily penalty " means a penalty for each day on which
an offence is continued after conviction;
" the electricity board " means the East Midlands Electricity
Board;
" enactment" includes an enactment in this Act or in any
general or local Act and any order byelaw or regula-
tion for the time being in force within the borough;
" financial year " means a period of twelve months ending
on the thirty-first day of March;
" food " has the same meaning as in the Food and Drugs
Amendment Act 1954;
" the gas board " means the West Midlands Gas Board ;
" the general rate fund" and "the general rate" mean
respectively the general rate fund and the general rate
of the borough;
" the Lands Clauses Acts " means the Lands Clauses Acts
as modified by the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of
Compensation) Act 1919 by Part V of the Act of 1947
by the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 by the Town and
Country Planning Act 1954 and by this Act;
" magistrates' court " has the same meaning as in subsection
(1) of section 124 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952;
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