Acton Sewage
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1905 c. cciii |
CHAPTER
cciii.
An
Act
to
authorise
tlie
~~ba11
district couiicil
of
Acton
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IWL
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to
construct and maintain sewerage and sewage
outfall works and
to
make
further provision
for
the
aclmission
of
sewage into the metropolitan
main
drainage
systeiii
frorn
the
i~rbm
district
of
Actoii
and
for
other purposes.
[lltli
August
1905.1
HEREAS
tlie
urban
district
of
Acton iu tlie county
of
w
Niddlcses
(Iiwciii-after
callcd
“
tlic district
”)
is
under
tlro
local government
of
the
urbau
district council
of
Acton
(l~erein-
after called
“
the Council
”)
and
in addition to the
powrs
con-
tained in the general
Acts
in relation
tliercto
powers
were conferred
upon
the Council
by
the
Acton
Urban
District Council Act
1904
for
making i‘urtlier and better provision
for
the hcalth and
local
governmcnt
of
the
district and
for
other
thc purposes mcntioncd
jn
tlic said Act:
And wlicrens
tlic
local
board
of
Acton
as
tlic
sanitary
authority
for
tlic
parish
of
Acton
undor
the
provisions
of
tlic
Public
Health
Act
1873
wcre
by
tho
Provisional Order relating
to
Acton confirmed
by
the Local Govcrnriierit Board’s
l’rovisionnl
Ordcrs Confirmation (Acton &c.)
Act
1881
anthorisetl
to
acqiiiro
lands
and
to construct and maintain tlicreon
vorks
fix
tho
purification
and
disposal
of
thc
sc~v~~c
and
drainage coming
from
part
of
the said parish
:
And whercits tlie local board
of
Sctoii constructcd
the
said
works
and undcr
the
powers
of
the Puhlic Realtli Act
1875
constructed
an
outfall sewer
for
the
purpose
of
discharging the
purified
effluent
commencing at tlicir works aforcsaitl and tcrini-
nating
in the
bccl
of
tlic
liiver
Thanies at
a
point
in
the
parish
[Price
3s.
3d.l
*i
1.
[Ch.
cciii.]
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XDV.
7.1
AD.
1905.
of
Cliiswick adjoining tlic north-eastern
entl
of
tho ishid known
as
Cliiswick
Eyot
:
And n4icrerts by tlic Local
Goreriiinent
Act
1894
tlic rights
powers and duties
of
tlie said local
board
of
Acton
n.crc
trans-
fcrrccl
to
ancl vested in
thc
Council
:
And
wllcreas since the construction
of
the outfall sen"cr
aforesaid the nuniber
of
houses
in
and
tlicl
population
of
thc
part of ilie district serred thereby haw increased largely
ancl
arc
still growing rapidly and the outfall sewcr lias bccomc
inadequate for
thc
present
and
future
needs
of
tlic
district and
it
is expedient that the Council
bo
autlioriscd to construct
ancl
maintain and use
the
scwcr
and
tlic outfall tlicrcfroiii
by
this
_\ct authorised
:
-
And wliercas prior
to
tlie passing
of
tlic Metropolitan Manage-
iiicnt Act
1833
the sewagc aiid drainage froiii all Iionses then
cxisting in tlie part of the parish of Acton other tlian
tlic
parc
herein-bcforc
recited
ciit
crcd
a
certain
sciver
or
brook li1~o~vii
as
tlic
Stamford
Brooli (cast l~rancli
and
wcs
t
l~rnncli)
mliicli
passed
through
tlio
parish
of
,\cton and tlicn t,hrougli
the
parislies
of
Fullia,m and Hammersmith and ultinintcly clischarged
iiito
tlic
lLiver Thaiiies
:
.incl
wlicrcns wit11 tlic
object
of
pi-evcnting sewagc wit~iin
tlic
Inctropolis from
passin?
into tlic
Rimr
Tliaincs
tlic said
Stainford Brooli
scwcr
to
tlic
cxtcnt
nicntioncil therein
mas
by
tlic said Act
oC
lStij
with otlter
sewers
wstcd
in the
Uctrc-
politan
Board
of
IT'orks
and
by
tlic said Board
wm
diverted
fiorri
tlie
said
riwr
;inti
connectctl witli tlic scn-cr
of
tlic mctropolitan
mai~ dminagc
system
and
tlicrel)y
tlic
wliolc natural
flow
of
the
said
brooli
and
tiic
scwagc
:incl
drainage
01'
Ilic
houses
in
the
snit1 part
of
tlio parish
of
Actoil
mere
causcd
to
flow
into
tllc
>ystem of main iiitercepting
sewers
and
out fall
works
ancl
lvvorlis
for
the
trcatnient
and
disposal
of
tlic
sewage of tlic metropolis
constructed
under
tlie
powers
of
tlic
said Act
and
0th
Acts
amending the
same
and tho
said
Stamford
Brook
scwcr
and
thc
said intcrccpting sen-crs and outfall
works
and
works wcrc su1)-
scquently transferred
from
tlic said
Board
to
and
vcstcd
in
tlic London County Council (licrcin-aftcr called
"
tlic
London
Council
">
:
And
wlicrcns
at
tlie tiiitc
of
tlic diversion
of
thc
said
Stam-
ford Brook
sewer
as
aforesaid tlic nuniber
of
houses
and tlie
population clraining tliercinto
mrc
comparatively
small
but
owing
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st?rl:ogc
Act,
1905.
[Ch.
cciii.]
to
tlic
rapid
iiicreasc tliweoi
tlic
cxpcnsc
of
dcnling with and
A
D.
190;.
disposing
of
sen-age
and drainage coniiiig from thc parish
of
Acton iiicrcasccl and
the
said parish did not
contrilmte
to
thc
niaintcnancc
of
tlie main drainage system
of
tlic
iiietropolis
or
the disposal
of
tlic
sc~vagc
therefrom
and
disputcs and litigation
arosc
and
ensued bctwccn
tlic
said
local
boi~rd
or
the
Council
oil
tlic
one
liniitl and tlic said SIctropolitnn
Board
or
tho
L~ndon
Council
on
tlic otlicr ani! in tlic rcsult it
was
cnncted
by
tlic
London
County Council (Acton
Sewagc)
Act
1895
[licrciu-aftcr
called
“
tlic Act
oi
1895
”)
that
tlic Council slioulcl in rcspcct
of
tlic
scwagc
of
tlie district conrcycd
as
aforesaid
by
tlic
said
Stamford
Brook
sewcr
malie
to
tlic
London
Couiicil for tlic
futurc iisc
of
tlic
nictropolitan ninin
drainage
systcrn thc pay-
ments therein provided and subject to
tlie
terms conditions
and
stipulations tlicrein
set
forth
:
And
whereas
the
population of thc district is rapidly
increasing
and
grcat difficultics
exist
in
conveying
away
and disposing
cf
tLe
scwagc
tlicrcfrorn but tlic
sen-crs
and
works
of
thc mctropolitan
iiiain
drainage
sj-stcm
sitimtc in tlic county
of
London
wijoiiiing
tlic district could and ought to
be
utilised
for
that
purposc
atid
tlicreforc
it
is
cspcdicnt
tlint
tlic London Conncil
sliould
lic
required and authorised to rcccive deal with
and
dispose
of
scwngc
from
tlic
portion
of
tlic district which
nom
they
arc not requirecl
so
to
do
and
to
do
all things rcquisitc tlicrcfor
as
liy
this
Act
providccl
:
,Znd
whcrcas
it
is
cxpcdicnt that tlic
London
Council shonld
be
rclic:i-cd
irom
tlic
oblixation
to
disposc
of
tlic
fiood
unter
of
tlic
tlislrict flowing
into
tlie Stamford
Brook
sewer
(east
branch
and
west
lirancli)
aiitl
that
tli~ saiiic
shoultl
bz
discliargcd into
tlic
liivcr
T1ian;cs
by incans
of
tlic
sew(’r
constrldxd undcr tlic
authority
of
tliis
Act:
And
wlicreas
it
is
espcddicwt that
tlic
Councd
slioultl
be
cwablccl
to raise
moneys
for
Ilis
purposes
of
this Act:
Ancl
wliercn5
it
is csl)ccdicnt that the otlicr provisions
of
tliis
Act sliould bc maclc
:
Aud
whcrcas
tlic
purposes
of
tliis Act cannot
bc:
attained
wit hut the au tliority
ol’
I’arlianicnt
:
Aiid
wlicrras estimatcs havc
IICC~
P’cljiLrCd
by
tlic
Council
for
the
purposes hcrcin-aftcr
nicn
tioncd
in respcct
of
wliicli they
are
by
this Act authorised to
borrow
moncy
ancl
such
cstiniatcs
arc
as
follows
:-
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