North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Act 1920
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1920 c. xxv |
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GEO.
5.1
North
-Wetropolitaiz.
Electric
[Ch.
xxv.]
POlCPI.
sLcpp/?J
Act,
1920.
CHAPTER
xxv.
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to
c*oilfitr
fi~~*thel*
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the
North
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1)s
the
North
Jletropolitan Electric Power Supply
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1!)00
tlitl
sort11
_\Ietropolitan Electric Power supply
Company (herrinaftei-
referred
to
a?
"
the
Company
'7
were
iiicorporated and aiitlioriwl
to
supply electrical energy in bulk
within certain liniit
s
therein defined coinprising portions
of
the
couiities
of
Mitldleses Hertford and
F
mex
:
illid \diei*eas
by
fiirtlitar Acts passed in the years 1902
1903
1905 1907
1909
ant1
1914 the limits
of
supply of the
Company hare
been
extended and the powers
of
the Company
for supplying electrical enerqy liave been enlarged and other
powers liare hen conferred
upon
the
Comyaiiy
:
And whereas
it
is exp~dient that further powers
as
in this
Act coiitained
he
conferred upon the Company
:
Ancl whereas the authorised capital
of
the Company under
the aforesaid
Acts
is
1,000,000/.
the whole of which has been
created aiicl issued
ancl
consists
of
599,080 fully paid
up
preference shares
OF
I/.
each
30,002
fully paid
up
ordinary
shares
o€
IO/.
each
and
10,000
ordinary shares of
101.
each
wliicli are
paid
up
ah
to
51.
per share and it is expedient to
authorise the CoinpaiiF
to
raise additional capital as in this Act
provided
:
And whereas
it
is
expedient that the existing Acts relating
to the Company be amended and further provisions with
reference to the Company and their undertaking be enacted as
by this Act provided:
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[Ch.
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17lrlropolifnl?
Elccfric
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11
GEO.
5.1
P0ll.l.f
S?bpp/tJ
Act,
1920.
A.D.
1920.
And whereas the purposes
of
this
,let
cannot
lie
eflected
without the authority
of
l’arliaiiient
:
Nay
it
thcrefore please Your 37ajesty
that
it iiiay
l)e
enacted
ancl
be it enacted
by
the
King’s iiiost Excellent
Jfajesty
1)~-
and
with the advice
and
consent
oE
the
Lords Spiritual
and
Tciiiyoral
and
Comiiions in this present Parlinnient asseiiilded and
1)s
tlie
authority
of
the saiiie
as
follows
:
Short
and
1.-(1)
This
Act
niay
be cited
for
all
piqoses
as
the
collec+i\
e
xorth
Jretropolitan Electric2
Po\\
er
supply
-ict
IW~).
titles.
(2)
The Sorth Metropolitan Electric
Pon
er
Supply
1900
to
1909
the Korth Metropolitan Electric
YOII
cr
Supply
Act
1914
and this
Act
niq-
together
be
cited
a\
tlie
North
Metro-
politan Electric Power Supply Acts
1900
to
1920.
___
lucorporn-
2.
The provisions
OC
tlic
Coiiipanies Clauses Consoiitlatioii
Act
18h5
and
Parts
I.
11.
ancl
111.
of
the Coiiipanies Clauses
Act
1563
as
amencted
by
subsequent
Acts
are
(so
far
as
applic-
able to the
piirposes
of
this Act and except n-here cspressly
1-aried
hy
or
inconsistent uith this
,ict
or
the
existing Acts)
incorporated vith
md
forin
part
of
this
tioii
of
Act\.
1iicorpor;i-
3.
Section
I
.(Eseinpting
Coinpany
from
certain
provisions
of
1!)0i
shall
lie
incor-
tioii
of
.cc-
tion
4
of
i\ct
of
iwi.
porated
~vitli
this Act and liai-e
eifect
as
if re-enacted therein.
luterpreta-
4.
In
this
-Let-
of
Electric Lightiiig Acts)
of
the
tion.
The
\\-or&
aiid
expressions
to
which
iiieaiiiiigs
are
assigned
by
the
Coxiipaiiiw
Claiises
Consolidation
-Let
1s
$5
the Electric Lighting -ict
1SS2
or
the
schedule to
the Electric Lighting (Clanses) Act
I
S89
haw
the
saiii(’
respective
meanings unless thew
he
soiiie-
thiig in
the
suhject
or
coiitest rel)~ignt~nt
to
such
construrat
ion
;
“
The
Conipnny
”
iiieaiic the Sortli
11
etropolitaii Electric
I’ower
Supply Company
;
lhe existing Acts
”
~iiei~ls
the
Korth Metropolitan Elec-
tric
Yower
Supply -icts
1900
to
1909
and
the
Sorth
Xetropoliran
Electric
Power
Supply Act
1914
;
“
The
Act
of
190C
”
“
the ,Ict
of
1903
”
“
the Act
of
1905
”
“
tlie
Act
of
1907
”
“
the
,ict
of
1909
”
aut1
“
the
Act
of
1918
”
iwpectivc~ly
xiieaii
the Xorth
Xetro-
i<
11
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