Dartford Tunnel (Extension of Time) Act 1949
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1949 c. xlvi |
| Year | 1949 |
12 & 13 GEO-6 Dartforf
Tunnel (Extension
of Time)
Act, 1949
Ch.
xlvi
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An Act to extend the timeJpf the completion of works
and the compulsory ac^uisitM: ol" lands tintei; the
Dartford Tuflhel Acts 1930 and 1937 and for rother
[30th July 19491] purposes
HEREAS by the Daftford Tunnel Act 1930 (hereinafter 20
& 21
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referred to as " the Act of 193;^*')
the;
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:adrninistratv&i SouMie^ of VESfe* intf Kent (herein
after referred to as " the CounciiS'^-^v^e^in^s^f'fed to con-
struct a
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tunnel (hereinafter referred to as ^ the/tunnel ") for
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vehicular and pedestrian.traffic under the river Thames between
the urban district (now the borough) of Dartford iri?tfie county
of Kent and the urban district of Purfleet (now
the,;
urban district
of Thurrock) in the county of Essex with roads forming
approaches to the tunnels at each end thereof and to acquire
rhpujsorily lands or easements for the purposes therepl:
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And whereas under the Act of 1930 the time for thd; comple-
tion qf-the tunnel was limited to ten years from the passing of
that Act and the powers for the compulsory purcua^etw^iic
were to cease on the thirty^first day of October one th&n^nff
nine hundred and thirty-three:
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And whereas by the Dartford Tunnel Act 193*7 (hereinafter l^dvv/&m&
referred to as-" therAct of; 193K0i additional powers were con-1
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ferred upon the Councils including powers for the construction of
certain " """ *" " ""
^to as fc\|he substituted roads ")
in the said bdfdugh of' 3Dartforfl and :thfe said urban district of
Thurrock in substitution for parts of 'the approach roads
authorised by thfc Act of 1930 and for the acquisition of lands
or easements for the purposes of the substituted roads and for
other purposes:
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