Thames Conservancy Act 1894
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1894 c. clxxxvii |
| Year | 1894 |
[57 & 58 VICT.] Thames
Conservancy
Act, 1894. [Oh. Clxxxvii.]
CHAPTER clxxxvii.
An Act to amend the constitution of and consolidate AJ)-1894-
amend and extend [the statutory powers of the Con-
servators of the River Thames to make further
provision for the preservation and improvement of
the said River for purposes of Navigation for profit
and pleasure and as a source of Water Supply for the
Metropolis and the Suburbs thereof and for other
purposes. [17th August 1894]
W
HEREAS by the Thames Conservancy Act 1857 the Conser-
vators of the River Thames (in this Act called " the
Conservators ") were incorporated and by that Act and the other
Acts mentioned in Part I. of the First Schedule to this Act the
constitution of the Conservators was originally prescribed and from
time to time altered :
And whereas under or by virtue of the Acts mentioned in the
said First Schedule (which Acts are respectively referred to in this
Act by the titles assigned to them respectively in the third column
of the said schedule) certain property powers rights authorities
privileges duties and obligations are vested in exercised by or
conferred or imposed upon the Conservators :
And whereas it is expedient that the constitution of the Conser-
vators be altered and that the enactments of the said Acts specified
in the fourth column of the said First Schedule be consolidated with
amendments as in this Act appears :
And whereas having regard to the large quantities of the waters
of the River Thames used for purposes of domestic supply in the
Metropolis and the suburbs thereof and to the constant increase of
population and of sources of pollution in the catchment area of the
said river it is expedient that the powers of the Conservators for
preventing pollution of the waters of the River Thames be enlarged
and made exerciseable over an extended area that provision be made
with respect to the quantities of water which may be abstracted
[Price 8s. 3d.] A 1
[Oh. clxxxvii.] Thames
Conservancy
Act, 1894. [57 & 58 VICT.]
A.D.
1894.
from the said river by certain water companies and that provision
— be made for increased annual contributions by some of such
companies to the funds of the Conservators :
And whereas it is expedient that the powers of the Conservators
for preserving freeing from obstruction and improving the navi-
gation of the River Thames whether for profit or pleasure be
extended as in this Act appears:
And whereas there are charged upon the property and income of
the Conservators at different rates of interest with different priorities
and differently secured sums amounting in the aggregate to the
sum of ninety-four thousand seven hundred pounds borrowed before
the passing of the Act of 1857 by the mayor aldermen and commons
of the city of London in common council assembled for the purposes
of the River Thames below the City Stone above Staines Bridge
and sums amounting in the aggregate to the sum of eighty-eight
thousand four hundred pounds borrowed before the passing of the
Act of 1866 by the Commissioners acting under the Acts mentioned
in Part II. of the said First Schedule for the purposes of the said
river above the said City Stone and sums amounting, in the aggre-
gate to seventy-seven thousand nine hundred and six pounds eight
shillings and one penny borrowed by the Conservators for the
purposes of the said river above the said City Stone:
And whereas it is expedient that the Conservators be authorised
to borrow for the purposes of this Act as herein-after appears:
And whereas it is expedient that the Conservators be empowered
to consolidate their existing debts and for that purpose and for the
purpose of raising all or any of the moneys by this Act authorised
to be borrowed to create and issue debenture stock in manner
herein-after appearing :
And whereas the objects of this Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament:
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.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Thames Conservancy Act 1894.
2.
The Lands Clauses Acts except the provisions thereof relating
to access to the special Act
2
Short title.
Incorpora-
tion of parts
of Acts.
[57 & 58 Vic*.] Thames
Conservancy
Ad, 1894. [Oh. clxxxviij
Sections 64 to 68 70 to 88 99 and 101 to 104 of the Commis- A.D. 1894.
sioners Clauses Act 1847 except so much of the said section 104 as
incorporates with that Act any of the provisions of sections 141 150
and 157 to 161 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 ;
and
Sections 28 51 54 55 and 62 of the Harbours Docks and Piers
Clauses Act 1847;
so far as the same are applicable for the purposes of and are not
varied by or inconsistent with this Act are incorporated with and
form part of this Act:
Provided that the provisions of the Commissioners Clauses Act
1847 so incorporated shall for the purpose of such incorporation be
read as if—
(1) The word " Conservators " had been therein inserted instead
of the word " Commissioners " wherever the same appears;
(2) The word " secretary " had been therein inserted instead of
the word " clerk " wherever the same appears;
(3) In section 65 the list of officers therein mentioned included
engineers surveyors lock-keepers water bailiffs collectors and
inspectors :
And provided that the provisions of the Harbours Docks and"
Piers Clauses Act 1847 so incorporated shall apply to the Thames
as if the Thames were a harbour by this Act authorised to be
constructed and as if the word " Conservators " had been in those-
provisions inserted instead of the word " undertakers " wherever the-
same appears.
3.
In this Act the following words and expressions have the Interpret a-
meanings hereby assigned to them respectively unless there be tlon>
something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction
namely :—
The word " Conservators" means Conservators of the River
Thames whether before or after the passing of this Act;
The expression " the Common Council " means the mayor alder-
men and commons of the city of London in common council
assembled;
The expression " the Trinity House " means the master wardens
and assistants of the guild fraternity or brotherhood of the
Most Glorious and Undivided Trinity and of Saint Clement in
the parish of Deptford Strond in the county of Kent commonly
called " the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond ";
The expression " the Watermen's Company " means the master
wardens and commonalty of watermen and lightermen of the
River Thames; A 2 3
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