Poole Corporation Act 1965
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1965 c. xxx |
| Year | 1965 |
Poole Corporation
Act
1965
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ELIZABETH H
1965 CHAPTER xxx
An Act to confer further powers upon the mayor, aldermen
and burgesses of the borough of Poole, to make
further provision for the control of Poole Bridge and
for the improvement, health, local government and
finances of the borough; and for other purposes.
[5th August 1965]
V17-HEREAS-
(1) The borough of Poole (in this Act called " the borough ")
in the county of
Dorset,
is a municipal borough under the govern-
ment of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough (in
this Act called " the Corporation "):
(2) It is expedient to alter the provisions of the enactments
controlling Poole Bridge in the borough:
(3) It is expedient to provide for the transfer of certain turbary
rights over lands in the borough (which rights have not been
exercised for many years):
(4) It is expedient to make further provision with reference to
streets and the improvement, health, local government and
finances of the borough:
(5) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act be enacted:
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(6) A plan showing the lands to be used or dealt with in
accordance with the provisions of
this
Act and a book of reference
containing the names of
the
owners and
lessees,
or reputed
owners
and lessees and of the occupiers of such lands and describing
the
same were duly deposited in the office of the Clerk of
the
Parlia-
ments and in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons
and with the clerk of the county council of the administrative
county of Dorset which plan and book of reference are in this
Act referred to respectively as the deposited plan and book of
reference:
(7) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(8) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
c.
51.
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 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 Poole Corporation Act 1965.
Division of 2. This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
parts
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Poole Bridge.
Part III.—Lands.
Part IV.—Streets.
Part V.—Public health.
Part VI.—Public order and public safety.
Part VII.—Window cleaners.
Part VIII.—Cultural activities.
Part IX.—Finance.
Part X.—Miscellaneous.
Part XL—General.
Interpretation.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions to which
c.
49.
meanings are assigned by sections 90 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.
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(2) In this Act
unless
the subject or context otherwise requires— PART l
" the Act of 1933 " means the Local Government Act, 1933; c.
51.
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act, 1936; c. 49.
"the Act of 1946" means the Acquisition of Landc.49.
(Authorisation Procedure) Act, 1946;
" the Act of 1950 " means the Public Utilities Street Works c 39
Act, 1950;
"the Act of 1959" means the Highways Act, 1959; c.
25.
" the Act of 1962 " means the Town and Country Planning c 38
Act, 1962;
" the appointed day " has the meaning assigned to it by
section 51 (The appointed day) of this Act;
" the borough " means the borough of Poole;
" bulk refuse container " means a container, of not
less
than
1 cubic yard nominal capacity, for refuse designed or
adapted to be emptied by mechanical means into a refuse
vehicle of the Corporation;
" code of 1892 " has the same meaning as in section 173 of
the Act of 1959;
"contravention" includes a failure to comply and
" contravene " shall be construed accordingly;
" the Corporation " means the mayor, aldermen and bur-
gesses of the borough;
" the council" means the council of the borough;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction;
" enactment" includes an enactment in this Act or in any
general or local Act and any order, byelaw, scheme or
regulation for the time being in force within the borough;
" the general rate fund " means the general rate fund of the
borough;
"magistrates' court" has the same meaning as in the
Magistrates' Courts Act, 1952; c. 55.
" the Minister " means the Minister of Housing and Local
Government;
" statutory borrowing power " includes a power of borrowing
money conferred on the Corporation by or under any
enactment except paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of
section 215 of the Act of 1933;
"statutory undertakers" means any company, body or
person authorised by an Act of Parliament or order
having the force of an Act to supply electricity, gas or
water;
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