Manchester Ship Canal Act 1936
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Ship
Canal
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Act,
1936.
CHAPTER
cxxiv.
An
*4ct to
empower the Manchester
Ship
Canal
AD.
1936.
Company
to
construct certain railways
to
extend
the Oime limited for the construction by the
Company
of
certain other railways
to
authorise
the Company
to
iLballdoll the Manchester and
Salford Junction
Canal
and for other purposes.
[31st July
1936.1
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were
1885
HEREAS the Xanchester Ship Canal Company
(hereinafter referred to as
"
the Company
")
incorporated by the Manchester Ship Canal
Act
48
&
49
Vict.
and by virtue
of
the powers conferred by that Act
c.
chxxviii
and subsequent Acts own and carry on an undertaking
which comprises the Manchester Ship Canal and certain
other canals as well as certain docks lands and premises
in
the city
of
Manchester the city of Salford and
elsewhere and certain railways in connection with the
said canals docks lands and premises:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that the Company
should
be authorised to construct and maintain the
railways in the borough
of
Stretford and the urban
district of Urmston hereinafter described and to divert
or
stop up footpaths in the said urban district
of
Urmston and
to
acquire lands for those purposes:
And whereas the time limited
by
the Manchester
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&
17
Ship Canal (General Powers)
Act
1926
for
the completion
Geo.
5.
of certain railways authorised by that
Act
to be
c.lXXxiii.
constructed by the Company will shortly expire and it
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Manchester Ship
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is expedient that the time for such completion should
be extended:
And whereas among the canals owned by the
Company is the Manchester and Salford Junction
6&7Will.4.
Canal which was authorised by the Act
6
&
7
Will.
IV
c.
cxv.
c.
cxv as a navigable canal between the Rochdale Canal
and the river Irwell:
And whereas part
of
the said Manchester and
Salford Junction Canal was acquired by the Cheshire
Lines Committee and closed and filled up under the powers
38&39\'ict.
and
it
is expedient that
c.
xci.
the Company should be empowered to abandon the
remainder of the said canal and that the powers and
provisions with reference thereto which are contained
in this Act should be conferred and enacted
:
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 plans and sections showing the lines
or
situations and levels of the works authorised by this
Act such plans also showing the lands which the Company
may acquire under the powers of this Act together
with a
book
of reference to the said plans containing
the names of the owners and lessees
or
reputed owners
and lessees and of the occupiers
of
all such lands have
been deposited with the clerk of the county council
of
the administrative county of Lancaster
:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that
it
may
be enacted and be
it
enacted by the King's most
Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent
of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons
in
this present Parliament assemble'd and by the
authority of the same
as
follows:-
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PART
I.
PRELIMINARY.
Short
title.
1.
This Act may be cited
a,s
the Manchester
Act
divided
into
Parts.
Ship Canal Act
1936.
2.
This Act is divided into
Parts
as follows:-
Part 1.-Preliminary.
2
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Act,
1936.
Part 11.-Itailways.
A.D.
1936.
Part 111,-Abandonment
of
Nanchester and
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Part
IV-Miscellaneous.
Salford Junction Canal.
3.
The following Acts and parts of Acts (that
Tncoryora-
The Lands Clauses Acts
;
The Railways Clauses Consolidation
-4ct
1845
;
and
20.
Part
I
(Construction of a railway) of the Railways
26
csr,
27
Clauses Act 1863 (except sections
5
6
7
8
and
c.
$)2.
12
of
that Act)
;
is to
say):-
tiori
of
Acts.
so
far
as
the same are applicable for the purposes
of
and are not varied by
or
inconsistent with this Act are
incorporated with and form part of this Act.
have the several meanings hereby assigned
to
them
tiox
unless there be something in the subject
or
context
repugnant> to such construction
(that
is
to
say)
:-
“
The Company
*’
means the Manchester Ship Canal
Company
;
“
The undertaking
”
means and includes the under-
.
taking carried on by the Company upon
or
in connection with their canals docks and
railways and the real and personal property
lands
works
and appliances acquired
or
provided
by
or
vested in them
for
the purposes thereof;
“
The railways
”
means the Railways
(‘Nos.
1
and
2)
by this Act authorised
;
“
The Manchester Corporation
”
means the lord
mayor aldermen and citizens of the
city
of
Manchester
;
‘‘
The Act
of
1920
”
means the Manchester Ship
10
&
11
Canal Act 1920 as amended by subsequent
Ge0.5.
c.
cxlix.
Acts
;
“The Act
of
19.26” means the Manchester Ship
Canal (General Powers) Act 1926;
“
The Manchester and Salford Junction Canal
”
means the canal between the Rochdale Canal
and the river Irwell authorised by the
Act
6 and
7
Will. IV
c.
cxv (including
all
basins
4.
In this Act the following words and expressions
Ititrrpreta-
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