Worcester Corporation Act 1926

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1926 c. xcvii
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5.] Worcester [Ch. XCVii.]
Corporation Act, 1926.
CHAPTER xcvii.
An Act to empower the mayor aldermen and
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1926.
citizens of the city of Worcester to provide and '
work tramways light railways trolley vehicles
and omnibuses to make further provision with
regard to the improvement of the city and for
other purposes. [4th August 1926.]
YTfHEREAS the city of Worcester is a county
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borough under the management and local govern-
ment of the mayor aldermen and citizens of the city
of Worcester (in this Act called " the Corporation "):
And whereas under the powers of the Worcester
Tramways Act 1901 the Worcester and District Light
Railways Order 1901 and the Worcester (Extension)
Light Railways Order 1902 the Worcester Electric
Traction Company Limited (in this Act called " the
company") are the owners of and work tramways and
light railways within the city :
And whereas the Corporation are in negotiation
with the company for the sale to the Corporation of
the undertaking of the company under the said Act
and Orders and it is expedient to empower the Corpora-
tion as soon as they shall have acquired the said
tramways and light railways to work the same and
subsequently to abandon the same or part thereof and
to provide and work vehicles adapted for use upon
roads without rails and moved by electrical power
transmitted thereto from some external source (in this
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XCVii.] Worcester [16 & 17
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Corporation Act, 1926.
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1926. Act called "trolley vehicles") along the routes of the
said tramways and light railways and upon the routes
described in this Act and to confer upon the Corporation
all necessary and convenient powers in regard thereto :
And whereas it is expedient to empower the
Corporation to provide and work omnibuses within
and outside the city as provided in this Act :
And whereas the land of the Corporation in the
city known as Pitchcroft has been used for many years
for the purposes of a racecourse and it is expedient
to confer further powers on the Corporation with regard
to the control and management of the said land and
to enable them themselves to carry on and manage
race-meetings thereon and to exercise the other powers
incidental thereto set out in this Act:
And whereas doubts have arisen with regard to
the validity of the transfer by the guardians of the
Hopmarket in the city of Worcester to the Corporation
of the rights powers estates property and liabilities
vested in or imposed on the said guardians and it is
expedient that the said transfer should be confirmed as
by this Act provided :
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act be enacted :
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be
effected without the authority of Parliament :
And whereas estimates have been prepared by the
Corporation for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and
such estimates are as follows : £
For the provision of trolley vehicles - 42,240
For the provision of electrical equipment
and the construction of other works
necessary for working trolley vehicles 32,780
For the reconstruction of the roads upon
which the tramways and light rail-
ways to be removed or discontinued
under the provisions of this Act are
situate 14,080
For the provision of omnibuses - - 40,000
For the construction and adaptation of
buildings for the purposes of the
trolley vehicles and omnibuses of the
Corporation - - - - - 12,200
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5.] Worcester [Ch. XCVlL]
Corporation Act, 1926.
And whereas the several works included in such A.D. 1926.
estimates are permanent works and it is expedient that
the cost thereof should be spread over a term of years :
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the
Bill for this Act the requirements of the Borough Funds
Acts 1872 and 1903 have been observed :
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may
be enacted and be it enacted by the King'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.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Worcester Corpora- Short title.
tion Act 1926.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows : Division of
Part I.—Preliminary. P^T*0
Part II.—Tramways light railways trolley vehi-
cles and omnibuses.
Part III.—Race meetings on Pitchcroft.
Part IV.—Transfer of property of Hopmarket
Guardians.
Part V.—Financial and miscellaneous.
3.
The following Acts and parts of Acts (so far Incorpora-
as the same are applicable for the purposes and are tion of
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act) are Acts-
hereby incorporated with this Act namely :
(a) The Lands Clauses Acts with the following
exceptions :
The provisions of the Lands Clauses Con-
solidation Act 1845 with respect to the
purchase and taking of lands otherwise than
by agreement and section 127 of that Act
(relating to the sale of superfluous lands);
(b) Section 3 (Interpretation of terms) and Parts II.
and III. of the Tramways Act 1870.
4.
In this Act the several words and expressions Interpre-
to which meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly tation.
or partially incorporated herewith or by the Public
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