Frinton-on-Sea Defences Act 1903
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1903 c. cxvi |
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EDW.
7.1
F?hton-on-Sea
#ea
DefcjLces
Act,
1903.
[Ch.
cxvi.]
CHAPTER
cxvi.
An Act
to
authorise the council for the urban district
of
A.D.
1903.
Frinton-on-Sea in
the
county
of
Essex
to
construct and
maintain sea walls and other
works
at Frintou-on-Sea
and
to
improve
and
regulate the sea front
of
the said
district and
for
other purposes. [elst July
1903.1
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HEREAS
the urban district
of
Frinton-on-Sea in the county
w
of
Essex
is
an
urban district within the meaning
of
the
Local Goyernmelit Act
1894
and
is
under the jurisdiction
of
the
council for the urban district
of
Frinton-on-Sea (in this Act calIed
‘‘
the Council
”)
:
And
whereas the Council have lately acquired certain
OF
the
lands on the sea front abutting
on
the
cliff
and known
as
“the
Greensward
”
and the cliffs and beach
as
and for recreation grounds
for the benefit
of
the inhabitants of Frinton-on-Sea and all the
property rights and interest
OP
Richard Powell Cooper (if
any)
in
the foreshore fronting the same
:
And
whereas the sea has
for
many
years encroached
upon
the cliff fronting the
said
district
and
it is expedient; that the
Council be authorised
to
construct the sea defence
works
herein-
after described
and
to
improve and make regulations
for
the use
of
the portions of the Greenmwrd aforesaid and the said cliffs
and foreshore
and
that powers bc conferred
upon
the Council
as hereinafter contained in that behalf
:
And whereas the purposes
of
this Acl cannot be effected
witinout the authority
of
Parliament
:
And whereas estimates have been prepared by the Council
of
the amount required for carrying into effect the powers by this Act
conferred upon the Council in connection witli the
sea
defence
works and improvement
of
the cliffs aud
Greensward
by this Act
authorised including the cost
of
the acquisition
of
tbe Greensward
[Pyice
1s.
6d.)
A.
I.
[Ch.
cxvi.]
F~i~ito~z-ol:-Xen
Sea
Bpfccliccs
Aci,
1903.
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A.D.
1903.
and tlie existing kiosk thereon and the purchasc
of
land
requirecl
for such
works
and such estimates
amount
to eighteen thousalid
eight hundred
and
sixty pounds
:
And
whereas
the
several
works included
in
such
cstim.
t
es
are
permanent
wo~ks
and
it
is expedient that the cost thereof slmulcl
be spread over
a
term of years
:
And
whereas
nu
absolute majority of the
tvliolc
number
of
the
Council
at
a
meeting held
on
the twcnty-fifth
clap
of
Octoller
one
thousniid njEe hundred and two after
ten
clear days’ ncltice
by
public advertiseinent
of
siich meeting
aiid
of the
purposcs
thereof
in
the East Essex Advertiser
ancl
Clacton News
a
local
newspaper
published
and
circulating in
the
district (such notice being
in
addition to the ordinary notices required for summoning such
meetin
g)
resol\-ed that
the
expense in
relation
tjo
pc‘rnotiiig
the
Bill for
this
Act should
be
charged
on
the district fuiid
and
general
district
rate
:
And whereas such resolution
nas
published twice in the said
newspaper and has received the approval
of
tlie Local Government
Board
:
And whereas tlie propriety
OC
the
promotion of the Bill
for
this Act
was
confirmed
hy
an absolute majority
o€
tlie
whole
number
of
the Council
at
a
further meeting held in pursuance of
a
similar notice on the
tn
enty-fourth
day
of January one thousand
nine hundred and three
being
not
less
than fourteen days after
tlw
dei2osit
-
of
tlic
Bill in
Yarliameiit
:
And
vhei,eas the owners and ratepayers
of
tlie district by
resoluiion
in
the iiiaaner proviclecl by Schedule
111.
annexed to
tile Public Health Act
lS75
with respect
to
resolutions of owners
and ratepayers under that
,kt
conscntcd to
the
promotion
of
the
Bill
for
this
Act:
And
whereas plans
and
section,; describing the lilies situations
and levels of
the
works
by
this Act authorised and the lands
intended to be taken or
used
coiiipulsorily under the
powers
of
illis
Act
and
a
book
of
reference to those
plans
containing
the
1miies
of
the
OM
iicrs
;mi!
lcssces or reputed owners
and
lessees
ancl
of
the occupiers
of
lands
required
or
which niay be taken
or
used
for the purposes or under the powers of this Act were
duly deposited with the clerk of the peace
for
the countv
of
Essex
aiid are
in
this
Act
referred
to
as
“the deposited plans sections
and
book
of
reference
”
:
May
it
therefore please Your Majesty that
it
may
be
cncictecl
and be
it
enacted by thu Eing’s
most
Excellent Majesty by
and
with
the advice
and
consent of the Lords Spiritual and ’lemporal
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