Wales and Berwick Act 1746
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1746 c. 42 |
(20 Geo. 2) C A P. XLII.
'WHEREAS through various Accidents Execution of the Powers given by the Act of the twentieth Year of his present Majesty (intituled, ) to the Commissioners thereby authorized to put the same into Execution, within the exact Time, and according to the precise Method thereby directed, hath been, and may be prevented, and the raising the Rates and Duties granted thereby obstructed or delayed;' Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commonsin this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That in all Cases where the said Commissioners have already omitted, or shall at any Time or Times hereafter omit to meet or execute the said Powers, or any of them, within or at the Time or Times, or according to the Manner directed and prescribed by the said Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them, to meet and execute the said Powers at any other Time or Times, and from time to time as there shall be Occasion; and they are hereby authorized and required forthwith, or as soon after the Time or Times at which such Meetings should have been held, according to the said Act, as shall be convenient, to meet and execute the same, so as that the said Rates and Duties may be duly and effectually charged, raised, levied, collected and paid to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, for the Uses in the said Act, notwithstanding any such Omission or Defect; and all Meetings and Acts of the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them, which have been already had or done pursuant (in all other Respects) to the Directions of the said Act, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be good and valid to all Intents and Purposes, notwithstanding such Omission or Defect.
II Two Commissioners may appoint Assessors.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Commissioners, or any two or more of them, shall have Power; and are hereby required to appoint such Assessors, and for such Districts or Divisions, within their respective Limits, as they shall Judge proper, out of the Persons who shall by their...
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