Bournemouth Borough Council Act 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1985 c. v |
| Year | 1985 |
Jfaumemouth Borough Council Act 19§B c. v 1
ELIZABETH H
1985 CHAPTER v
An Act to re-enact with amendments certain local
enactments in force within the borough of
Bournemouth; to confer further powers on the
Bournemouth Borough Council; and for other
purposes. [4th April 1985]
U/'HEREAS—
(< (1) The borough of Bournemouth (hereinafter referred to as
the borough") is under the management and local
government of the Bournemouth Borough Council (hereinafter
\
referred
to as "the Council"):
(2) The borough was constituted on 1st April 1974 by virtue
of the
Local Government Act 1972 (hereinafter referred to as
1972
c.
70.
the Act of 1972") and comprises the former county borough
of
Bournemouth:
(3) Certain local statutory provisions were in force in the
said former county borough and by virtue of section 262 of the
Act of 1972 and the Non-metropolitan and Welsh Counties
c. v Bournemouth Borough Council Act 1985
S.I. 1983/619. (Local Statutory- Provisions) Order 1983 such local statuton
provisions cease to have effect at the end of 1986 subject to
certain exceptions:
(4) It is expedient that certain of the said local statutory
provisions should be re-enacted with amendments:
(5) It is expedient to extinguish rights of turbary over
certain
land in the borough of Poole in the county of Dorset which
has
1957 c. 56. been acquired by the Council under the Housing Act
1957 and
that the Council should be enabled to use that land for the
purposes of their functions under the said Act of 1957 free from
any beneficial interest or any other right therein of the public
or the inhabitants at large:
(6) It is expedient to confer further powers on the Council
and that the other provisions contained in this Act should
be
enacted:
(7) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without
the
authority of Parliament:
(8) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act
the
requirements of section 239 of the Act of 1972 have been
observed:
(9) A plan showing the land to be used or dealt with in
accordance with the provisions of this Act and a book of
reference relating thereto were duly deposited in the office
of
the Clerk of the Parliaments, and in the Private Bill Office,
House of Commons and with the proper officer of the Dorset
County Council which plan and book of reference are in this
Act referred to respectively as the deposited plan and book
of
reference:
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.—(1)
This Act may be cited as the Bournemouth Borough
Council Act 1985.
(2) This Act shall come into operation at the end of
three
months beginning with the date on which it is passed.
Citation and
commence-
ment.
Bournemouth Borough Council Act 1985 c. v 3
2.—(1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires— PART l
"the Act of 1936" means the Public Health Act 1936; interpretation.
"the Act of
1971"
means the Town and Country Planning 1936 c. 49.
Act 1971; 1971c. 78.
"the Act of 1972" means the Local Government Act
1972;
1972
c. 70.
"the Act of 1980" means the Highways Act 1980; 1980
e.
66.
"the borough" means the borough of Bournemouth;
"the Boscombe Pier" means the existing pier and works
authorised and constructed under the Boscombe Pier
Orders;
"the Boscombe Pier Orders" mean the Boscombe Pier
Orders made and confirmed in the years 1887, 1889
and 1891;
"the Bournemouth Pier" means the existing pier and
works authorised, constructed, widened and extended
under the Bournemouth Pier enactments;
"the Bournemouth Pier enactments" means the
Bournemouth Improvement Act 1856, the Order for
1856
c. \c.
altering that Act confirmed by the Local Govern-
ment Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation
(Bournemouth, &c.) Act 1878 and the Bournemouth 1878 c. cixii.
Pier Order 1892; I892c.ccvi.
"contravention" includes a failure to comply and
"contravene" shall be construed accordingly;
"the Council" means the Bournemouth Borough Council;
"fire authority" has the meaning given by section 43 of the
Fire Precautions Act 1971; 1971 c. 40.
"the level of high water" means the level of mean high-
water springs;
"owner" has the meaning given by section 343 of the Act
of 1936;
"the piers" means the Boscombe Pier and the
Bournemouth Pier or either of them, as the case may
be;
"premises" includes messuages, buildings, lands,
easements and hereditaments of any tenure;
"the Public Health Acts" means the Public Health Act
1875 and any Acts amending or extending the same; 1875 c. 55
"public service vehicle" has the meaning given by
section 1 of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981; 1981 c. 14.
"seashore" has the meaning given by section 49 (1) of the
Coast Protection Act 1949; 1949 c. 74.
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