Belfast Improvement Act 1878
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1878 c. clxxx |
| Year | 1878 |
[41
& 42
VICT.]
Belfast Improvement
Act,
1878. [Ch. clxxx.]
CHAPTER clxxx.
An
Act to
authorise
the
construction
of New
Streets
and
A.D.
1878.
other Works
in the
borough
of
Belfast,
and to
make further
provision
for the
improvement
and
government
of the
borough
; and for
other purposes.
[22d
July 1878.]
W
HEREAS
the
borough
of
Belfast
is
governed
hy the
mayor,
aldermen, and burgesses thereof acting
by the
council
(in
this
Act called
"
the Corporation
"),
and
powers
for the
regulation
and
management
of the
borough have been from time
to
time conferred
upon
the
Corporation
by the
following Acts; (namely,)
An
Act
passed
in the
eighth
and
ninth years
of the
reign
of Her
present Majesty, intituled "An Act
for the
improvement
of the
borough
of
Belfast;"
An
Act
passed
in the
ninth
and
tenth years
of the
reign
of
Her
present Majesty, chapter two hundred and ninety-four, intituled
"An
Act for
better lighting
and
improving
the
borough
of
.Belfast;"
An
Act
passed
in the
tenth
and
eleventh years
of the
reign
of
Her present Majesty, chapter
two
hundred
and
fifty-four,
intituled
" An Act for the
further improvement
of
the borough
of Belfast;"
The Belfast Improvement Act, 1850;
The Belfast Borough Extension Act, 1853
;
The Belfast Award Act, 1864;
The County Antrim
and
Belfast Borough Act, 1865
;
The Belfast Burial Ground Act, 1866
;
The Belfast Borough Act, 1868
;
The Local Government Board (Ireland) Provisional Order
(Belfast) Confirmation Act, 1873
;
and
The Belfast Corporation Gas Act, 1874;
and
the
said Acts
or
some
of
them are herein-after referred
to
by the
date
of the
year
in
which they were severally passed
:
\Local.-i80^
A 1
8&9 Vict.
c. cxlii.
9 & 10 Viet.
c. cexeiv.
10 & 11 Vict.
c. ccliv.
13 &
14
Vict.
c. cviii.
16
& 17
Vict,
c. cxiv.
27
&
28 Vict.
c. cxcviii.
28 &
29
Vict.
c. clxxxiii.
29 &
30
Vict.
c. cxiii.
31
& 32
Vict.
c. cxvii.
36
& 37
Vict.
c. cxcix.
37 &
38
Vict.
c. cxxv.
[Oh.
Clxxx.] Belfast Improvement Act, 18*78. [41 & 42 VICT.]
A.D.
1878. And whereas the construction of the new streets and street
improvements and the diversion of the River Blackstaff herein-after
described will be of public advantage, and it is expedient that the
Corporation should be empowered to effect the same :
And whereas the powers of the Corporation under the recited
Acts with respect to streets and buildings in the borough are in
some respects insufficient, and it is expedient that they should be
amended and extended, and that further and other powers of
management and regulation should be conferred upon the Corpo-
ration :
And whereas by the Acts of 1865 and 1868, the Corporation are
authorised to make and levy the general purposes rate, and by the
Act of 1873 to borrow money upon the security
thereof,
and there is
now due and owing by the Corporation on mortgage of the said
rate twenty-seven thousand and forty-six pounds six shillings and
fourpence or thereabouts :
And whereas by the Act of 1865 (section fifty-two) it is provided
that the amount of the general purposes rate levied in any year
shall not exceed the sum of two shillings in the pound upon the
annual value of rateable property within the districts from time to
time lighted and watched by the Corporation under the provisions
of the Act of 1845, and of any Act or Acts modifying and extending
the same, and of the Act of 1865, and the sum of one shilliug and
sixpence in the pound upon the annual value of all other property
within the borough:
And whereas it is expedient that the Corporation should be enabled
to borrow further money for the purposes of this Act, and upon the
security of the general purposes rate, and to increase the amount
of that rate, and that the powers herein-after contained should be
conferred upon them, and that the said recited Acts should be in
divers particulars amended :
And whereas plans and sections showing the lines, situation, and
levels of the works by this Act authorised, and plans showing the
lands which may be acquired under the powers of this Act, and a
book of reference to those plans containing the names of the owners
and lessees, or reputed owners and" lessees, and of the occupiers
of such lands, have been deposited with the clerks of the peace
for the county of Antrim and the borough of Belfast, and
,
are
in this Act referred to as the deposited plans, sections, and book
of reference:
And whereas the objects aforesaid 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
2
[41 & 42 VICT.] Belfast Improvement Act, 1878. [Oh. clxxx.]
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, A.D. 1878.
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same,, as follows ; (that is to say,)
PART I.
INTRODUCTORY.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Belfast Improvement Act, Short title.
1878.
2.
This Act shall commence and take effect on and after the Commenee-
day of the passing
thereof.
ment of Act
3.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Lands Clauses Incorpora-
Consolidation Act, 1845 (as the same is amended by the Lands Uon^oi
Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860), the "Railways s
& 9
vict.
Act (Ireland), 1851, the Railways Act (Ireland), 1860, the Railways l3^ 24 Vict
Act (Ireland), 1864, and the Railways Traverse Act, are (except
J'1"6;
where expressly varied by or inconsistent with this Act) incor-
c.
70.
porated with and form part of this Act. c.
97.
27 & 28 Vict.
PART II. u&'.svkt.
c. 70.
INTERPRETATION .
4.
In this Act, and subject to the provisions of this Act, the Interpreta-
several words and expressions to which meanings are assigned by tlon °
the Acts wholly or partially incorporated therewith have the same
respective meanings, unless there be something in the subject or
context repugnant to such construction :
The following terms have the same meanings as are assigned to
them respectively in the Act of 1845; (namely,) "person,"
" oath," "justice," "two justices," " lands," " the council,"
" the. mayor," " the town clerk," " the treasurer :"
The terms "the surveyor" and "owner" have the same
meanings as are assigned thereto respectively in the Act of
1865:
The expression "the general purposes rate" means the rate
authorised to be levied under that name by the Acts of 1865
and 1868 and this Act:
The expression " the Local Acts " means and includes all the
herein-bef ore recited Acts and this Act:
" The borough
"
means the borough of Belfast:
"Improvement" includes any new street or widening of street
by this Act authorised :
" Constable " includes any sub-constable, officer, or member of the
Royal Irish' Constabulary : A 2 3
terms.
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