Port Talbot Corporation Act 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1972 c. xlix |
Port
Talbot Corporation
Act
1972
c. xlix
ELIZABETH H
1972 CHAPTER xlix
An Act to repeal or re-enact with amendments local
enactments in force in the borough of Port Talbot; to
enact provisions in relation to the lands, health, local
government, markets, industry and finances of the
borough; to confer further powers on the mayor,
aldermen and burgesses of that borough; and for
other purposes. [26th October 1972]
VI7HEREAS—
(1) The borough of Port Talbot (hereinafter referred to as "the
borough") is a borough under the government of the mayor,
aldermen and burgesses of the borough (hereinafter referred to as
"the Corporation"):
(2) Numerous local enactments are in force in the borough
and it is expedient at this time that those enactments should be
either repealed or re-enacted with amendments:
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Tidbot Corporation
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(3) It is expedient to enact provisions with reference to the
lands,
health, local government, markets, industry and
finances
of
the borough and that the powers of the Corporation in relation
thereto should be enlarged and extended as by this Act provided:
(4) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act should be enacted:
(5) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(6) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
1933
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:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Port Talbot Corporation Act
1972.
Division of 2. This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
Act into
Parts.
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Lands and buildings.
Part ILL—Port Talbot market.
Part IV.—PubMc health.
Part V.—Public order and safety.
Part VI.—Trade administration and licensing.
Part VII.—Finance.
Part VHL—Miscellaneoas.
Part BL^General
Interpretation.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions to which
meanings are assigned by the provisions of section
343
of the Act
of
1936
have tie same respective meanings unless there be some-
thing in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.
Port
TxObot Corporation
Act
1972
c. sfix 3
(2) In this Act unless otherwise expressly enacted or unless the
PART
I
subject or context otherwise requires the following expressions —amt-
have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:—
"the Act of 1933" means the Local Government Act 1933;
1933
c
51.
"the Act of 1936" means the Public Health Act 1936;
1936
c.
49.
" the Act of 1955 " means the Food and Drugs Act 1955;
1955
c.
16.
(4 & 5 Eliz. 2.)
" the Act of 1967 " means the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1967 as printed pursuant to section 133 of the Transport
1967
c.
76.
Act 1968;
1968
c.
73.
" apparatus " has the meaning assigned to it by section 150
(For protection of certain statutory undertakers) of
this Act;
" the appointed day " has the meaning assigned to it by
section 4 (The appointed day) of this Act;
" the borough " means the borough of Port Talbot;
" bulk refuse container" means a container, of not less than
one cubic yard nominal capacity, designed or adapted
to be emptied of refuse
by
mechanical means into a refuse
vehicle of the Corporation;
" contravention " includes a failure to comply and " contra-
vene " shall be construed accordingly;
"the Corporation" means the mayor, aldermen and
burgesses of the borough acting by the council;
" the council" means the council of the borough;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction;
"the docks board" means the British Transport Docks
Board;
" the electricity board " means the South Wales Electricity
Board;
" enactment" includes an enactment in this Act or in any
public general or local Act and any order, 'byelaw,
scheme or regulation for the time being in force within
the borough;
" the gas board " means the Wales Gas Board;
"the generating board" means the Central Electricity
Generating Board;
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