Liverpool Corporation Act 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1969 c. lv |
| Year | 1969 |
Liverpool Corporation
Act
1969
ELIZABETH H
1969 CHAPTER Iv
An Act to confer further powers on the lord mayor,
aldermen and citizens of the city of Liverpool in
relation to walkways; to make further provision for
the improvement, local government and finances of
the city; and for other purposes. [22nd October 1969]
V17HEREAS-
.(l)The city
of
Liverpool (hereinafter referred
to as "the
city")
is a
county borough under
the
management
and
local
government
of
the lord mayor, aldermen
and
citizens
of
the city
acting
by the
council (hereinafter referred
to as "the
Corporation"):
(2)
It is
expedient that provision should
be
made
for the
maintenance, regulation
and
protection
of
high level
and
other
walkways provided
in
buildings
and
other places
for the use of
the public,
and for
supplementing
the
powers
of
the Corporation
to secure
the
provision
of
such walkways
in
connection with
the
development
of
property
in the
city
and by
other means:
(3)
It is
expedient that further provision should
be
made with
reference to
the
local government, improvement
and
finances
of
the city,
and
that
the
powers
of the
Corporation
in
relation
thereto should be enlarged and extended:
2
CH.
1Y
Liverpool Corporation
Act
1969
(4) The objects of this Act cannot be attained without the
authority of Parliament:
(5) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
1933
c.
51.
requirements of Part XIII of the Local Government Act 1933
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, that is to say:—
Short title.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.
This Act may be cited as the Liverpool Corporation Act
1969.
Division
of
Act into
Parts.
2.
This Act is divided into Parts as follows:
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part II.—City walkways.
Part III.—Streets and buildings.
Part IV.—Finance and superannuation.
Part V.—Miscellaneous.
Interpretation.
3.—(1)
In this Act unless the subject or context otherwise
requires—
" city " means the city of Liverpool;
"Corporation" means the lord mayor, aldermen and
citizens of the city acting by the council;
" enactment" includes an enactment in this Act or in any
general or local Act and any order, byelaw, regulation,
rule,
scheme or other instrument "made under any Act
for the time being in force;
" statutory undertakers" means persons authorised by any
enactment to carry on any undertaking for the supply
of electricity, gas, hydraulic power or water in the city,
and includes the Post Office;
" town clerk " means the town clerk of the city and includes
any person duly appointed to discharge temporarily the
duties of that officer.
(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference
in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a referent
to
that enactment as applied, extended, amended or varied by,
or
by virtue of, any subsequent enactment including this Act.
Liverpool Corporation
Act
1969
CH.
lv 3
PART II
QTY WALKWAYS
4.
In this Part of this Act unless the subject or context other- Interpretation
wise
requires— for Part II
of Act
" Act of 1962 " means the Town and Country Planning Act
1962;
1962
c.
38.
" apparatus " means any electric line or works (as respectively
defined in the Electric Lighting Act 1882), mains, pipes
1882
c.
56.
or other apparatus belonging to or maintained by
statutory undertakers; and includes any building or
structure for the lodging therein of apparatus;
" board " means the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board;
" building" includes any structure or erection, and any
part
thereof,
but does not include plant or machinery
comprised in a building;
" carriageway " means a way constituting or comprised in
a highway, being a way over which the public have a
right of way for the passage of vehicles;
" city building surveyor" has the same meaning as in
section 5 of the Liverpool Corporation Act 1921;
W21
c.
body.
"city walkway" means a way or place over which, by
virtue of a declaration under section 7 (Provision and
declaration of city walkways) of this Act, the public
have a right of way or of access on foot only in the
terms of section 5 (What are city walkways) of this Act;
" city walkway bridge " means a bridge, stair, ramp or other
means of access forming part of a city walkway, and
includes the abutments and any other part of a bridge
as so defined, but does not include the right of way
thereover;
" city walkway subway " means a subway forming part of
a city walkway, and includes any stair, ramp or other
means of access to the subway, but does not include the
right of way through the subway;
"development" has the same meaning as in the Act of
1962;
" footway " means a way comprised in a highway which
also comprises a carriageway, being a way over which
the public have a right of way on foot only;
" highway" has the same meaning as in the Highways Act
1959;
1959
c.
25.
"land" means any corporeal hereditament, including a
building, and includes any interest in, or right over,
land;
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