Staffordshire Act 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1983 c. xviii |
Staffordshire Act-1-983
c. xviii 1
ELIZABETH II
1983 CHAPTER xviii
An Act to re-enact with amendments and to extend certain
local enactments in force within the county of
Staffordshire; to confer further powers on the
Staffordshire 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; to make further provision
regarding the trusts respectively relating to the burgesses
and the Silverdale lands of the borough of Newcastle-
under-Lyme and the Coton Field Estate in the borough
of Stafford; and for other purposes.
[21st December 1983]
W
HEREAS by virtue of
the
Local Government Act 1972 1972 c. 70.
(hereinafter referred to as "the Act of 1972") the
county of Staffordshire (hereinafter referred to as "the
county") was constituted on 1st April 1974 so as to consist of
an area comprising the following districts described by
reference to administrative areas existing immediately before
the passing of the Act of 1972:—
The city of Stoke-on-Trent—
the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent:
The borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme—
the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme:
the urban district of Kidsgrove:
the rural district of Newcastle-under-Lyme:
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Staffordshire Act 1983
The borough of Stafford—
the borough of Stafford:
the urban district of Stone:
the rural district of Stafford:
the rural district of Stone:
The borough of Tarn worth—
the borough of Tamworth:
The district of Cannock Chase—
the urban district of Cannock:
the urban district of Rugeley:
in the rural district of Lichfield, the parish of Brindley
Heath:
The district of East Staffordshire—
the county borough of Burton upon Trent:
the urban district of Uttoxeter:
the rural district of Tutbury:
the rural district of Uttoxeter:
The district of Lichfield—
the borough of Lichfield:
the rural district of Lichfield except the parish of
Brindley Heath:
The district of South Staffordshire—
the rural district of Cannock:
the rural district of Seisdon:
The district of Staffordshire Moorlands—
the urban district of Biddulph:
the urban district of Leek:
the rural district of Cheadle:
the rural district of Leek:
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
effect at the end of 1984:
And whereas it is expedient that certain of the said
enactments should be re-enacted with amendments and applied
to the whole or part, as the case may be, of the county:
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Act
1983
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And whereas it is expedient at the same time to extend and
enlarge in various respects the powers of the Staffordshire
County Council and local authorities in the county:
And whereas the trusts relating to the burgesses of the
borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the Silverdale lands in that
borough and the Coton Field Estate relating to lands in the
borough of Stafford, are regulated or affected by existing local
enactments; and it is expedient that the provisions in this Act
should be enacted respecting each of those trusts and lands:
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
1.—<1)
This Act may be cited as the Staffordshire Act
1983.
Citation and
commence-
(2) This Act shall come into operation on the expiration of
mem.
three months after its passing, except that section 37 (Division
of county superannuation fund) of this Act and section 2
(Interpretation) of this Act, so far as material for the purposes
of that section, shall come into operation upon the passing of
this Act.
2.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation.
"the Act of 1936" means the Public Health Act 1936; 1936 c. 49.
"the Act of 1955" means the Food and Drugs Act 1955; 1955 c. 16
"the Act of
1971"
means the Town and Country Planning(4 & 5 Eliz- 2)-
Act 1971; 1971c. 78.
"the Act of 1972" means the Local Government Act
1972;
1972
c.
70.
"the Act of 1976" means the Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976; 1976 c. 57.
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