Leicestershire Act 1985
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1985 c. xvii |
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ELIZABETH II
1985 CHAPTER xvii
An Act to re-enact with amendments and to extend certain
local enactments in force within the county of
Leicestershire; to confer further powers on the
Leicestershire 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.
[26th June 1985]
W
HEREAS by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972
1972
c.
70.
(hereinafter referred to as "the Act of 1972") the county
of Leicestershire (hereinafter referred
to
as "the county")
was
constituted on 1st April 1974 so as to consist of an area
comprising the county borough of Leicester and the adminis-
trative counties of Leicestershire and Rutland as existing
immediately before the passing of
the
Act of 1972:
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
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Leicestershire
Act
1985
effect at the end of
1984,
a period
since
extended
by
order of the
Secretary of
State
so as to expire at the end of 1986:
And whereas it is expedient that certain of the said
enactments should
be
re-enacted with amendments and applied
to the whole of
the
county:
And whereas it is expedient at the same time to extend and
enlarge in various respects the powers of the Leicestershire
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
Citation
and
1.—{1)
This
Act may
be
cited
as
the Leicestershire
Act
1985.
commence-
ment. (2) This Act shall come into operation on the expiration
of
three months after the passing of
this
Act.
Interpretation- 2,—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
1936
c.
49,
"the Act of 1936" means the Public Health Act 1936;
"the Act of
1950"
means the Public Utilities Street Works
Act 1950;
"the Act of 1956" means the Leicester Corporation Act
1956;
"the Act of
1961"
means the Public Health Act 1961;
"the Act of 1968" means the Leicester Corporation Act
1968;
"the Act of
1971"
means the Town and Country Planning
Act 1971;
"the Act of
1972"
means the
Local
Government Act 1972;
1950
c.
39.
1956
c.
xlix.
1961
c.
64.
1968
c.
xl.
1971
c.
78.
1972
c.
70.
Leicestershire Act 1985
c. xvii 3
"the Act of 1976" means the Local Government (Miscel- PART l
laneous Provisions) Act 1976;
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"the Act of 1980" means the Highways Act 1980;
1980
c.
66.
"the Act of 1982" means the Local Government (Miscel-
laneous Provisions) Act 1982;
1982
c.
30.
"the Act of
1984"
means the Road Traffic Regulation Act
1984;
1984
c.
27.
"the appointed day" has the meaning assigned to that
expression by section 3 of
this
Act;
"the city" means the city of Leicester;
"contravention" includes a failure to comply, and
"contravene" shall be construed accordingly;
"the county" means the county of Leicestershire;
"the county council" means the Leicestershire 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;
"drain"
has
the meaning given by section
343
of the Act
of
1936;
"the electricity board" means the East Midlands
Electricity Board;
"fire authority", in relation to any premises, means the
authority discharging in the area in which the
premises are situated the functions of fire authority
under the Fire Services Act 1947;
1947
c.
41.
"footway"
has
the meaning
given by
section 329 of the Act
of 1980;
"the
gas
corporation" means the British Gas Corporation;
"the generating board" means the Central Electricity
Generating Board;
"the Leicester council" means the Leicester City Council;
"local authority" means the county council or a district
council;
"officer" includes servant;
"owner" has the meaning given by section 343 of the Act
of 1936;
"parish council" means a parish or town council in the
county;
"premises" includes messuages, buildings, easements and
hereditaments of any tenure;
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