Labouring Classes Dwelling Houses Act 1866

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1866 c. 28
Year1866


Labouring Classes Dwelling Houses Act, 1866

(29 & 30 Vict.) C A P. XXVIII.

An Act to enable the Public Works Loan Commissioners to make Advances towards the Erection of Dwellings for the Labouring Classes.

[18th May 1866]

W HEREAS by ‘The Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act, 1851,’ Powers were vested in certain Local Authorities for the Purpose of facilitating the Erection of Lodging Houses for the Labouring Classes:

And whereas it is desirable that further Provision should be made for facilitating and encouraging the Erection of Dwellings for the Labouring Classes in populous Places:

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:

S-1 Short Title.

1 Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as ‘TheLabouring Classes Dwelling Houses Act, 1866.’

S-2 Act incorporated with 14 & 15 Vict. c. 34.

2 Act incorporated with 14 & 15 Vict. c. 34.

2. This Act shall be deemed to be incorporated with and shall be taken as Part of ‘The Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act, 1851,’ and the Two Acts shall be read and construed together as if they were One Act.

S-3 Application of 24 & 25 Vict. c. 80. to this Act.

3 Application of 24 & 25 Vict. c. 80. to this Act.

3. All the Clauses, Powers, Authorities, Provisoes, Enactments, Directions, Regulations, Restrictions, Privileges, Priorities, Advantages, Penalties, and Forfeitures contained in and conferred and imposed by the Act of the Session of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, Chapter Eighty (Public Works and Harbours Act), and the Acts therein referred to, or any of them, so far as the same can be made applicable and are not varied by this Act, shall be taken to extend to this Act, and to everything to be done in pursuance of this Act, and as if the same were herein repeated and set forth.

S-4 Authorities and Persons to whom Loans may be made.

4 Authorities and Persons to whom Loans may be made.

4. For the Purpose herein-after mentioned, the Public Works Loan Commissioners, as defined by the said Act of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of Her Majesty, may out of the Funds for the Time being at their Disposal from Time to Time advance on Loan to any such Local or other Authority as herein-after mentioned, namely,

Any Council, Board, or Commissioners authorized to carry into execution ‘The Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Act, 1851;’

Any Local or other Authority invested with Powers of Town or Local Government and Rating under any Public General or any Local Act, by whatever Name such Local or other Authority may be called;

Any Local Authority acting under the ‘ Nuisances Removal Act, 1855,’ or any Act or Acts amending the same;

or to any such Body or Proprietor as herein-after mentioned, namely,

Any Railway Company, or Dock or Harbour Company, or any other Company, Society, or Association established for the Purposes of this Act or for trading or manufacturing Purposes;

Any private Person entitled to any Land for an Estate in Fee Simple, or for any Term of Years absolute, whereof not less than Fifty Years shall for the Time being remain unexpired;

And any such Local or other Authority, or any such Body or Proprietor, may from Time to Time borrow from the Public Works Loan Commissioners such Money as may be required for the Purpose of this Act, subject and according to the following Provisions:

S-1 Objects of Loans.

1 Objects of Loans.

1. Such Advance on Loan shall be made for the Purpose of assisting in the Purchase of Land and Buildings, or in the Erection, Alteration, and Adaptation of Build ings to be used as Dwellings for the Labouring Classes, and in providing all Conveniences which may be deemed proper in connexion with such Dwellings:

S-2

2. Any such Advance may be made whether the Local or other...

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