Poole Borough Council Act 1986
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1986 c. i |
Poole Borough Council Act 1986 c.
i 1
ELIZABETH II
1986 CHAPTER i
An Act to re-enact with amendments certain local
enactments in force within the borough of Poole; to
confer further powers on the Poole Borough Council;
and for other purposes. [ 17th February 1986]
\17HEREAS—
(1)
The
borough
of
Poole (hereinafter referred
to as "the
borough")
is
under
the
management
and
local government
of
the Poole Borough Council (hereinafter referred
to as "the
Council"):
(2) The borough was constituted
on
1st April 1974 by virtue
ofthe Local Government
Act 1972
(hereinafter referred
to as
1972 c.
70.
"the Act
of
1972") and comprises the former borough of Poole:
(3) Certain local statutory provisions were
in
force in the said
, r
former borough
and
by virtue of section 262 ofthe Act
of
1972
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haveeffect
at
the encfoT 1986 subject
to
certain exceptions:
(4)
It is
expedient that certain
of the
said local statutory
provisions should
be
re-enacted with amendments:
(5) It
is
expedient to confer further powers on the Council and
that
the
other provisions contained
in
this
Act
should
be
enacted:
C. 1 Poole
Borough Council
Act 1986
(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 section 239 of the Act of 1972 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 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:—
Citation
and
commence-
ment.
PART
I
PRELIMINARY
l._(l)
This Act may be cited as the Poole Borough Council
Act 1986.
(2) This Act shall come into operation at the end of three
months beginning with the date on which it is passed.
Interpretation.
1936 c.
1972 c.
1984 c.
49.
70.
55.
1981 c. 14.
1949 c. 74.
1980 c. 66.
2.
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
"the Act of 1936" means the Public Health Act 1936;
"the Act of 1972" means the Local Government Act 1972;
"the Act of 1984" means the Building Act 1984;
"the borough" means the borough of Poole;
"contravention" includes a failure to comply and
"contravene" shall be construed accordingly;
"the Council" means the Poole Borough Council;
"fire authority" has the meaning given by section 43 of
the^
Fire Precautions Act 1971; -" ~ ~~
"owner" has the meaning given by section 343 of the Act
of_1936^ ^ •
"premises" includes messuages, buildings, lands, ease-
ments and hereditaments of any tenure;
"public service vehicle" has the meaning given by section
1
of
the
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981; *"—" ^
"seashore" has the meaning given by section 49 (1) of
the
- Coast Protection Act 1949; — ————
"streeT has the meaning given by section 329 of the
Highways Act 1980. -""
Poole Borough Council
Act 1986
c. i 3
PART
II
LANDS
AND
AMENITIES
3.—(1)
In this^ection— ^XT
"the adjacent lands" means the lands acquired by the
mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the former borough
of
Poole
under section 38 (Purchase of lands adjacent
to foreshore by agreement) of the Poole Corporation
Act 1919;
"the Sandbanks Recreation Ground" means the lands in
the borough vested in the Council and known as the
Sandbanks Recreation Ground.
(2) The Sandbanks Recreation Ground shall be deemed to
be
held by
the Council
for
the purposes of section 164 of the Public
Health
Act
1875.
1875
c.
55.
(3)
The
Council
may set
apart
the
adjacent lands
for the
purpose
of
pleasure grounds.
(4)
The
Council
may
erect
and
maintain
on the
Sandbanks
Recreation Ground beach and other huts and similar structures,
shops,
tents, booths
and
stalls
and may let the
same
on
such
terms and conditions
and for
such periods
as
they think
fit.
(5)
The
Council
may
upon
the
Sandbanks Recreation
Ground
and
upon
the
adjacent lands
and,
with
the
consent
of
the owner
of
the foreshore, upon
the
foreshore construct
and
maintain bathing pools, baths, saunas, solariums, leisure
or
sporting
facilities, shelters, pavilions and conveniences and may
demand and take such charges
for
the use thereof or admission
thereto as they think
fit.
(6)
The
Council
may set
apart such part
of
the Sandbanks
Recreation Ground
not
exceeding
in the
whole
1-5
hectares
as
they
may
think
fit as a
parking place
for
vehicles under
section
32 of
the
Road Traffic Regulation
Act 1984.
1984 c.
27.
(7)
(a) The
Council shall
not
exercise upon
the
Sandbanks
Recreation Ground, except within
an
area
or
areas
not
exceeding in the whole
2-1
hectares
in
extent, the power to erect
beach
and other huts and similar structures, shops, tents, booths
and stalls conferred
by
subsection
(4)
above
and the
power
to
construct bathing pools, baths, saunas, solariums, leisure
or
sporting facilities, shelters, pavilions
and
conveniences
conferred
by
subsection
(5)
above.
{b)
No
erection whatsoever shall
be
placed
by the
Council
upon the Sandbanks Recreation Ground within—
(i)
22
metres
of
the western boundary
thereof;
or
(ii)
54
metres
of
the eastern boundary
thereof;
or
Powers
in
relation
to
Sandbanks
Recreation
Ground
and
adjacent
lands.
1919
c.
xliv.
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