County of Kent Act 1981
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County
of
Kent,
Act 1981
c. xviii
ELIZABETH II
1981 CHAPTER xviii
An
Act
to
re-enact with amendments and to extend certain
local enactments in force within the county of Kent;
to make further provision in regard to the improvement,
health and local government of that county; to confer
further powers upon the local authorities of that
county; to empower the Thanet District Council to
acquire by agreement the undertaking of the company
of proprietors of Margate Pier and Harbour; and for
other purposes. [27th July 1981]
V¥7HEREAS-
(1) By virtue of the Local Government Act 1972 (hereinafter 1972
referred to as " the Act of
1972
") the county of Kent (hereinafter
referred to as " the county ") was constituted on 1st April 1974,
so as to consist of an area comprising the county borough of
Canterbury and the administrative county of Kent as existing
immediately before the passing of the Act of 1972:
2 c. xviii
County
of
Kent
Act
1981
(2) Numerous local enactments are in force in the county or
parts of the county and by section 262 of the Act of 1972 it is
provided that, subject to certain modifications, certain of these
shall continue to apply to, but only to, the area, things or persons
to which or to whom they applied before 1st April 1974:
(3) It is further provided by the said section 262 that certain
local statutory provisions shall cease to have effect at the end of
1984:
(4) It is expedient that certain of these should be re-enacted
with amendments and applied to the whole of the county or to
parts of the county; that certain other local statutory provisions
should continue to have effect and that other local statutory
provisions in force in or relating to the county should be repealed:
(5) It is expedient to make further provision for the improve-
ment, health and local government of the county and to extend
and enlarge in various respects the powers of the local authorities
of the county:
(6) It is expedient to empower the Thanet District Council to
acquire by agreement the undertaking of the company of pro-
prietors of Margate Pier and Harbour and to confer further
powers on that council with regard to that undertaking:
(7) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act should be enacted:
(8) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(9) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
requirements of section 239 of the Act of 1972 have been
observed:
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 County of Kent Act 1981.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on 1st November 1981.
Citation
and
commence-
ment.
County
of
Kent
Act
1981
c. xviii 3
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
PART
I
—cont.
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936;^ „
^eJPre^tion-
\^ 1936 c. 49.
" the Act of 1955 " means the Food and Drugs Act 1955;
1955
c 16
" the Act of
1961
" means the Public Health Act
1961;
-^ . (4 & 5 Eliz' 2)*
»
1961
c. 64.
" the Act of
1971
" means the Town and Country Planning
Act 1971;
1971
c. 78.
" the Act of 1972 " means the Local Government Act 1972;
1972
c.
70.
" the Act of 1976 " means the Local Government (Miscel-
laneous Provisions) Act 1976;
1976
c.
57.
" the Act of 1980 " means the Highways Act 1980;
1980
c.
66.
" the appointed day " has the meaning given by section 3 of
this Act;
" contravention" includes a failure to comply, and
" contravene " shall be construed accordingly;
" the county " means the county of Kent;
" the county council" means the Kent County Council;
" daily fine " means a fine for each day on which an offence
is continued after conviction
thereof;
" district" means a district in the county;
" district council" means the council of a district;
" the electricity board " means the London Electricity Board
and the South Eastern Electricity Board or either of
them as the case may require;
" functions " includes powers and duties;
" the generating board" means the Central Electricity
Generating Board;
"local authority" means the county council or a district
council;
" officer " includes servant;
"open space" means any park, pleasure ground or
"open
/T7\e~7S?
space" within the meaning given by section 290 oi the r
J-^o
p^jk^tj.
Act of
1971
under the management of control of a local " ")/
authority; / \
" owner " has the meaning given by section 343 of the Act *f sC *$1
ofl936; s.iw&h
" parish council" means the parish council of a parish in
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"JJA^-)
the county or, where there is no parish council, the * £***&.
parish meeting of such parish; j' \
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