Pembrokeshire County Council Act 1942
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1942 c. x |
| Year | 1942 |
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6. Pembrokeshire County Ch. x.
Council Act, 1942.
CHAPTER x.
An Act to empower the county council of the adminis-
trative county of Pembroke to establish a ferry across
Milford Haven between Hobbs Point at Pembroke
Dock and Neyland and for other purposes.
[29th July 1942.]
HEREAS the county council of the administrative
county of Pembroke (in this Act called " the
Council '') are the owners of a floating landing stage and a
steel bridge connecting the same with the shore at Neyland
in the said county constructed under the powers of the Pem-
brokeshire (Neyland Landing Stage) Order 1929 confirmed
by the Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Act 1929 and
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the said landing stage and bridge and the road leading thereto c- vii-
form parts of a classified highway:
And whereas in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five
the Council purchased from His Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for the War Department the pier and inclined landing
known as Hobbs Point Pier at Pembroke Dock and the said
landing with its approaches was in the year nineteen hundred
and thirty-seven classified by the Minister of Transport as a
Class 1 highway:
And whereas for many years past passengers have been
conveyed across Milford Haven between Neyland and Hobbs
Point by boats and steamers but no franchise or exclusive
right of carrying passengers animals or goods has ever been
granted and no company body or person is under any obliga-
tion to maintain and work a ferry:
And whereas the landing at Hobbs Point is not satisfactory
for the embarkation and disembarkation of vehicles and
passengers and it is expedient that the Council should be
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Council Act, 1942.
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authorised to establish a ferry between Hobbs Point and
Neyland and to construct the floating landing stage by this
Act authorised and that the further powers contained in this
Act in regard to the working of the said ferry should be con-
ferred upon the Council:
And whereas it.is expedient that the other provisions con-
tained in this Act be enacted:
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be effected
without the authority of Parliament:
And whereas estimates have been prepared by the Council
for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and such estimates
are as follows:
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£
For the construction of the floating landing
stage authorised by this Act 39.500
And whereas the work included in such estimates is a per-
manent work and it is expedient that the Council should be
empowered to borrow money as provided by this Act:
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the bill for this
Act the requirements of the Local Government Act 1933 so
far as the same are applicable have been observed by the
Council:
And whereas a plan and section showing the lines and
levels of the work authorised'by this Act and also a book of
reference containing the names of the owners and lessees or
reputed owners and lessees and of the occupiers of the lands
required or which may be taken for the purposes or under
the powers of this Act were duly deposited with the clerk of
the county council for the administrative county of Pem-
broke which plan section and book of reference are in this
Act respectively referred to as the deposited plan section and
book of reference:
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:
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Short title.
Division of
Act into
Parts.
PART
I.
PRELIMINARY.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Pembrokeshire County
Council Act 1942.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows (that is to
say):
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Part I—Preliminary.
Part II—Lands.
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