Tyne and Wear Act 1976
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1976 c. xxxvi |
| Year | 1976 |
Tyne and Wear
Act
1976
c.
xxxvi
ELIZABETH H
1976 CHAPTER xxxvi
An Act to re-enact with amendments certain local
enactments in force within the county of Tyne and
Wear; to confer further powers on the county council
of Tyne and Wear and the councils of the city of
Newcastle upon Tyne and the boroughs of Gateshead,
North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland; to
make further provision in regard to the environment
and local government of the county and those local
authorities; and for other purposes.
[22nd November 1976]
V¥7HEREAS—
(1) By virtue of the Local Government Act 1972 (hereinafter
1972
referred to as " the Act of
1972
") the county of Tyne and Wear
(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:—
District (a)
The county borough of Newcastle upon Tyne—
In the administrative county of Northumberland—
the urban districts of Gosforth and Newburn;
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in the rural district of Castle Ward, the parishes
of Brunswick, Dinnington, Hazlerigg, North
Gosforth and Woolsington;
the Moot Hall and Precincts, Newcastle upon Tyne:
District (b)
The county borough of Tynemouth—
In the administrative county of Northumberland—
the borough of Wallsend;
so much of the borough of Whitley Bay as lies
south of the boundary referred to in paragraph
4
of Part III of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1972;
the urban district of Longbenton;
in the urban district of Seaton Valley, the wards of
Backworth, Earsdon and Shiremoor:
District (c)
The county borough of Gateshead—
In the administrative county of Durham—
the urban districts of Blaydon, Felling, Ryton and
Whickham;
in the rural district of Chester-le-Street, the parish
of Lamesley and the parish of Birtley except
the part in district (e):
District (d)
The county borough of South Shields—
In the administrative county of Durham—
the borough of Jarrow;
the urban districts of Boldon and Hebburn:
District (e)
The county borough of Sunderland—
In the administrative county of Durham—
the urban districts of Hetton, Houghton-le-Spring
and Washington;
in the rural district of Chester-le-Street, so much
of the parishes of Birtley, Harraton and South
Biddick as lie within the designated area of
Washington New Town and also so much of
the said parish of Harraton as lies west of that
designated area and north of the boundary
referred to in paragraph 5 of Part III of
Schedule 1 to the Act of 1972;
in the rural district of Easington, the parishes of
Burdon and Warden Law:
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(2) 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 that date:
(3) It was further provided by the said section 262 that certain
local statutory provisions should cease to have effect at the end
of 1979:
(4) It is expedient that certain of the said enactments should
be re-enacted with amendments:
(5) It is expedient at the same time to extend and enlarge in
various respects the powers of the county council of Tyne and
Wear and the councils of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and
the boroughs of Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside
and Sunderland:
(6) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act should be enacted:
(7) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(8) 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.
This Act may be cited as the Tyne and Wear Act 1976. Short title.
2.—(1) Subject to the next following subsections, and unless Interpretation.
the context otherwise requires, expressions in this Act which are
defined in section 343 of
the
Act of 1936 have the meanings given
by that section.
(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
" the Act of 1936 " means the Public Health Act 1936; 1936 c. 49i
" the Act of 1950 " means the Public Utilities Street Works
Act 1950;
1950
c.
39.
" the Act of
1952
" means the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952; 1952 c. 55.
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