Hampshire Act 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1983 c. v |
Hampshire Act 1983
ELIZABETH H
1983 CHAPTER v
An Act to re-enact with amendments and to extend
certain local enactments in force within the county of
Hampshire; to confer further powers on the Hampshire
County Council and local authorities in the county; to
make further provision with regard to the environment,
local government, improvement, health and finances
of the county; and for other purposes. [9th May 1983]
W
HEREAS by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972
1972
c.
70.
(hereinafter referred to as " the Act of 1972 ") the county
of Hampshire (hereinafter referred to as " the county ")
was constituted on 1st April 1974 so as to consist of an area
comprising the following districts described by reference to
administrative areas existing immediately before the passing of
the Act of
1972:—
The city of Portsmouth—
the county borough of Portsmouth:
The city of Southampton—
the county borough of Southampton:
The city of Winchester—
the borough of Winchester;
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the rural district of Droxford;
the rural district of Winchester except the parishes in the
borough of Eastleigh:
The borough of Basingstoke and Deane—
the borough of Basingstoke;
the rural district of Basingstoke;
the rural district of Kingsclere and Whitchurch:
The borough of Eastleigh—
the borough of Eastleigh;
in the rural district of Winchester, the parishes of Botley,
Bursledon, Fair Oak, Hamble, Hedge End, Hound and
West End:
The borough of Fareham—
the urban district of Fareham:
The borough of Gosport—
the borough of Gosport:
The borough of Havant—
the urban district of Havant and Waterloo:
The borough of Rushmoor—
the borough of Aldershot;
the urban district of Farnborough:
The borough of Test Valley—
the borough of Andover;
the borough of Romsey;
the rural district of Andover;
the rural district of Romsey and Stockbridge:
The district of East Hampshire—
the urban district of Alton;
the urban district of Petersfield;
the rural district of Alton;
the rural district of Petersfield:
The district of Hart—
the urban district of Fleet;
the rural district of Hartley Wintney:
The district of New Forest—
the borough of Lymington;
the rural district of New Forest;
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the rural district of Ringwood and Fordingbridge except
the parishes of Hum and St. Leonards and St. Ives,
so much of the parish of Christchurch East as lies
west of the boundary referred to in paragraph 8 of
Part III of Schedule
1
to the Act of
1972
and so much
of the parish of Sopley as lies west of the boundary
referred to in paragraph
9
of Part III of that Schedule:
And whereas numerous local enactments were in force in parts
of the said area and by section 262 of the Act of 1972 it was
provided that, subject to certain modifications, certain local
statutory provisions should continue to apply to the area, things
or persons to which or to whom they applied before 1st April
1974:
And whereas it was further provided by the said section 262
that certain local statutory provisions should cease to have effect
at the end of 1984:
And whereas it is expedient that certain of the said enactments
should be re-enacted with amendments and applied to the whole
or part, as the case may be, of the county:
And whereas it is expedient at the same time to extend and
enlarge in various respects the powers of the Hampshire County
Council and local authorities in the county:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions contained
in this Act should be enacted:
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be effected without
the authority of Parliament:
And whereas 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 Hampshire Act 1983. Citation and
commence-
(2) This Act shall come into operation on the expiration of ment.
three months after its passing, except that section 7 (Touting,
hawking, photographing, etc.) and section 2 (Interpretation) of
this Act, so far as material for the purposes of that section, shall
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