Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Act 1866

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1866 c. 58
Year1866


Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Act, 1866

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

An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating toArdglass, Blackpool (South), Cowes (West), Dawlish, Hopeman, Hornsea, Llandudno, Penzance, Plymouth (Hoe), Redcar, and Scarborough.

[6th August 1866]

W HEREAS a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, is not of any Validity or Force whatever until the Confirmation thereof by Act of Parliament:

And whereas it is expedient that the several Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the said Act, and set out in the Schedule to this Act, be confirmed by Act of Parliament:

Be it therefore 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 Orders set out in Schedule confirmed.

1 Orders set out in Schedule confirmed.

1. The several Orders set out in the Schedule to this Act shall be and the same are hereby confirmed, and all the Provisions thereof in Manner and Form as they are set out in the said Schedule shall, from and after the passing of this Act, have full Validity and Force.

S-2 Short Title.

2 Short Title.

2. This Act may be cited as ThePier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Act, 1866.

The SCHEDULE of Orders.

1. Ardglass .—Amendment of Order.

2. Blackpool (South).—Construction of a Pier.

3. Cowes (West).—Construction of a Pier.

4. Dawlish .—Construction of a Pier.

5. Hopeman .—Improvement of Harbour.

6. Hornsea .—Construction of a Pier.

7. Llandudno .—Construction of a Pier.

8. Penzance .—Construction of a Pier.

9. Plymouth (Hoe).—Construction of a Pier.

10. Redcar .—Construction of a Pier.

11. Scarborough .—Construction of a Pier.

ARDGLASS.

Order for the Amendment of the Ardglass Harbour Order, 1864, and for the Improvement, Maintenance, and Regulation of the Harbour at Ardglass in the County of Down.

Order for the Amendment of the Ardglass Harbour Order, 1864, and for the Improvement, Maintenance, and Regulation of the Harbour at Ardglass in the County of Down.

SCH-1.1 Amendment of Ardglass Harbour Order, 1864.

1 Amendment of Ardglass Harbour Order, 1864.

1. The following clauses of The Ardglass Harbour Order, 1864, in this Order called the Order of 1864, namely, clauses 1 to 18 (both inclusive), 21, and 22, shall be deemed to be expunged therefrom.

SCH-1.2 Undertakers.

2 Undertakers.

2. Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, of Ardglass Castle in the County of Down, Esquire, his heirs and assigns, or other his successors in estate, shall be the undertakers of the works authorized by this Order.

SCH-1.3 Power to take specified lands by agreement.

3 Power to take specified lands by agreement.

3. For the purposes of the works authorized by this Order, the undertakers may from time to time, by agreement, enter on, take, and use all or any part of the lands shown on the plans deposited for the purposes of this Order as intended to be taken for the purposes of the proposed works.

SCH-1.4 Lands Clauses Acts incorporated.

4 Lands Clauses Acts incorporated.

4. The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, except so much thereof as relates to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement, and The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860, are hereby incorporated with this Order.

SCH-1.5 Power to make works.

5 Power to make works.

5. Subject to the Provisions of this Order, and subject also to such alterations (if any) in the deposited plans as the Board of Trade require from time to time before the completion of the works in order to prevent injury to navigation, the undertakers may, in or at the said harbour, and in the lines and on the levels and within the limits of deviation shown on the plans and sections deposited for the purposes of this Order, make and maintain the works shown on the deposited plans.

SCH-1.6 Description of works.

6 Description of works.

6. The works authorized by this Order comprise the following:

The repairing and rebuilding of the pier or quay for a length of 110 feet from the present quay:

The rebuilding and extension of the pier or quay for a further length of 100 feet seawards, and the erection of a beacon on the end of the same:

The deepening of portions of the harbour.

SCH-1.7 Commencement of rates.

7 Commencement of rates.

7. The right of the undertakers to demand and receive rates shall commence from and after the repairing and rebuilding of the pier or quay for a length of 110 feet from the present quay, whether the remaining part of the works authorized by this Order is completed or not, and not sooner; of which repairing and rebuilding a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions having jurisdiction at the port of Ardglass shall be conclusive evidence, which certificate such Chairman shall give on being satisfied of such repairing and rebuilding.

SCH-1.8 Application of rates.

8 Application of rates.

8. The rates received under this Order shall be applicable for the purposes and in the order following:

(1) (1.) In paying the expenses of, and connected with the applying for, obtaining, and making of this Order.

(2) (2.) In paying the expenses of the maintenance, management, and regulation of the existing harbour and works, and of the works authorized by this Order.

(3) (3.) And as to the surplus revenue of the harbour, that is to say, so much of the rates as remains after answering the purposes aforesaid, the same shall be applicable by the Undertakers to and for their own proper use and benefit.

SCH-1.9 Pilotage, &c.

9 Pilotage, &c.

9. The Undertakers shall be a pilotage authority and a local authority within the meaning of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and Acts amending the same, with all the powers thereby conferred on pilotage authorities and on local authorities.

SCH-1.10 Incorporation of Order of 1864.

10 Incorporation of Order of 1864.

10. The provisions of the Order of 1864 (save the clauses in this Order specified as expunged therefrom) shall remain in full force, and shall be read together with this Order as one Order, the Undertakers being substituted for the Company.

SCH-1.11 Short title.

11 Short title.

11. This Order may be cited as The Ardglass Harbour Order, 1866, and this Order and the Order of 1864 may be cited together as The Ardglass Harbour Orders, 1864 and 1866.

BLACKPOOL (SOUTH).

Order for the Construction, Maintenance, and Regulation of a Pier at Blackpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

Order for the Construction, Maintenance, and Regulation of a Pier at Blackpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

SCH-1.1 The undertakers.

1 The undertakers.

1. The South Blackpool Jetty Company (Limited), in this Order called the Company, shall be the undertakers of the works authorized by this Order.

SCH-1.2 Power to take specified lands by agreement.

2 Power to take specified lands by agreement.

2. For the purposes of the works authorized by this Order, the Company may from time to time, by agreement, enter on, take, and use all or any part of the lands shown on the plans deposited for the purposes of this Order as intended to be taken for the purposes of the proposed works.

SCH-1.3 Lands Clauses Acts incorporated.

3 Lands Clauses Acts incorporated.

3. The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860, (except so much thereof respectively as relates to the purchase and taking of lands otherwise than by agreement,) are hereby incorporated with this Order.

SCH-1.4 Power to make works.

4 Power to make works.

4. Subject to the provisions of this Order, and subject also to such alterations, if any, in the deposited plans as the Board of Trade require from time to time before the completion of the works in order to prevent injury to navigation, the Company may, on the lands taken by them under this Order, and in the lines and according to the levels and within the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans and section, make and maintain the works shown on the deposited plans.

SCH-1.5 Description of pier.

5 Description of pier.

5. The works authorized by this Order comprise the following:

A promenade pier, jetty, and landing place commencing at a point on the shore near the Wellington Hotel, and opposite Chapel Street, in Blackpool, in the township of Layton-with-Warbrick, and parish of Bispham, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and extending thence into the sea in a westerly direction a distance of one thousand six hundred feet or thereabouts;

and all necessary works and conveniences for the embarking and landing of passengers, goods, and merchandise, and other purposes.

SCH-1.6 Rates according to Schedule.

6 Rates according to Schedule.

6. The Company may demand and receive in respect of the vessels, goods, persons, and things described in the Schedule to this Order any sums not exceeding the rates in that Schedule specified.

SCH-1.7 Certain fishing vessels under stress of weather exempt from rates.

7 Certain fishing vessels under stress of weather exempt from rates.

7. Fishing vessels belonging to countries with which for the time being treaties exist exempting from duties and port charges such vessels when forced by stress of weather to seek shelter in the ports or on the coast of the United Kingdom shall, when forced by stress of weather to make use of the pier authorized by this Order, and not breaking bulk while making use thereof, be exempt from rates leviable under this Order.

SCH-1.8 Company may contract with persons for the use of the pier.

8 Company may contract with persons for the use of the pier.

8. The Company may grant to passengers and promenaders or others pass tickets for the use of the pier on such terms and for such a period, not exceeding one year, as are agreed on, but so that no preference be given to any person. Such a pass ticket shall not be...

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