Baths and Washhouses Act 1847

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Anno Regni VICTORI, Britanniarum Regin,Decimo & Undecimo. An Act to amend the Act for the Establishment of Public Baths and Wash-houses.

(10 & 11 Vict.) C A P. LXI.

[2d July 1847]

'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled : And whereas it is expedient to afford additional Facilities for the Establishment of Public Baths and Wash-houses and open Bathing Places;' be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the LordsSpiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the recited Act, as amended by this Act, and this Act shall be construed and be carried into execution as One Act.

S-II Interpretation of Expressions in recited Act and this Act.

II Interpretation of Expressions in recited Act and this Act.

II. And be it enacted and declared, That the following Words and Expressions in the recited Act shall have in the said Act and this Act the several Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; (that is to say,)

‘Parish’ shall mean not only every Place having separate Overseers of the Poor and separately maintaining its own Poor, but also every Place maintaining its own Poor and having a Vestry:

‘Rate-payers’ shall mean all Persons for the Time being assessed to and paying Rates for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish:

‘Vestry’ shall mean not only a Vestry as defined in the said Act, but also any Body of Persons, by whatever Name distinguished, acting by virtue of any Act of Parliament, Prescription, Custom, or otherwise as or instead of a Vestry or Select Vestry.

S-III Acts of Commissioners of Public Baths, &c. to be valid, notwithstanding Informalities.

III Acts of Commissioners of Public Baths, &c. to be valid, notwithstanding Informalities.

III. And be it enacted, That when any Person shall have been appointed to the Office of Commissioners of Public Baths and Wash-houses for any Parish before the passing of this Act, the recited Act shall be deemed to have been duly adopted for such Parish notwithstanding that there may have been any Defect or Irregularity in or in any way concerning such Adoption; and all Acts and Proceedings of any Person in possession of the Office of such Commissioner, and acting in good Faith as such Commissioner, whether appointed before or after the passing of this Act, shall, notwithstanding his Disqualification or Want of Qualification for or any Defect or Irregularity in or in any way concerning his Appointment to such...

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