Scunthorpe Corporation Act 1971
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1971 c. lxviii |
| Year | 1971 |
Scunthorpe
Corporation
Act 1971 c. Ixviii
ELIZABETH II
1971 CHAPTER Ixviii
An Act to confer further powers on the mayor, aldermen
and burgesses of the borough of Scunthorpe; to make
further provision with regard to the health, local
government, improvement and finances of that
borough; and for other purposes.
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HEREAS—
(1) The borough of Scunthorpe (hereinafter referred to as
"the borough") is a borough under the management and local
government of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough
(hereinafter referred to as "the Corporation"):
(2) It is expedient that further and better provision should be
made with reference to lands and streets and the health, local
government, improvement and finances of the borough and mat
the powers of the Corporation in regard thereto should be enlarged
and extended as in this Act provided:
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Scunthorpe Corporation
Act
1971
(3) It is expedient that the Corporation should be authorised
to supply heat to premises within and outside the borough
as
in
this Act provided:
(4) It is expedient that further powers should be conferred
on the Corporation in respect of their market undertaking:
(5) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in
this Act should 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
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.
Division
of
Act
into
Parts.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Scunthorpe Corporation
Act 1971.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—Heating undertaking.
Part ni.—Lands.
Part IV.—Streets.
Part V.—Public health.
Pait VI.—Public order and public safety.
Part VII.—Parks, cemeteries and other municipal property.
Part VIII.—Hackney carriages, etc.
Part IX.—Market undertaking.
Part X.—Cultural activities.
Part XI.—Finance.
Part XII.—Miscellaneous.
Part XIII.—General.
Interpretation.
3.—(1)
In this Act the several words and expressions to which
meanings are assigned by sections 90, 110 and 343 of
the
Act
of
1936
have the same respective meanings unless there
be
something
in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.
Scunthorpe Corporation
Act
1971
c. Ixviii 3
(2)
In this
Act unless the subject or context otherwise requires—
PART
I
"the Act of 1933 " means the Local Government Act 1933;
mrC0?!'
"
the
Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936; m6
°c
49
" the Act of 1946" means the Acquisition of Land
(Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946;
1946 c
49
" the Act of 1950 " means the Public Utilities Street Works
Act 1950;
1950
c.
39.
" the Act of 1957 " means the Housing Act 1957;
1957
c.
56.
"
the
Act of 1959 " means the Highways Act 1959;
1959
c.
25.
" the Act of 1960 " means the Road Traffic Act 1960 ;
i960
c.
16.
" the Act of 1962 " means the Town and Country Planning
Act 1962;
1962
c.
38.
" the Act of 1967 " means the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1967;
1967
c.
76.
" apparatus " means any telegraphic line belonging to or
used by the Post Office and includes any works con-
structed for the lodging therein of apparatus;
"the appointed day" has the meaning assigned to it by
section 129 (The appointed day) of this Act;
" the borough " means the borough of Scunthorpe;
" contravention" includes a failure to comply and
" contravene " shall be construed accordingly;
" the Corporation" means the mayor, aldermen and
burgesses 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;
" the electricity board" means the Yorkshire Electricity
Board;
" 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;
"excavation" includes the demolition of any part of a
building or structure situate below ground level;
" the gas board " means the East Midlands Gas Board;
" the general rate fund " means the general rate fund of the
borough;
"the generating board" means the Central Electricity
Generating Board;
" the heating undertaking " means the heating undertaking
authorised by Part II (Heating undertaking) of this Act
and includes all lands, stations, boiler-houses, properties,
works, buildings, machinery, plant, mains, pipes,
apparatus, appliances, easements, rights, powers and
privileges for the time being belonging to or held, used
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