Wandsworth, Wimbledon and Epsom District Gas Act 1921
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1921 c. xlii |
CHAPTER
xlii.
An
.\et
to
confer
further
po\.i-ers
on
the
Wands-
AI).
1921.
__
worth
Wiriibledon
and
Epsom
District
Gas
Conipany
sild
for
otlher
purposes.
[28th
July
1921.1
to
as
"
the
,\(at
oE
1912
">
the
TVandsn
orth
and
Putney
Gaslight
and
Coke
Conipmy
the llitcham
and
Wim-
1)lcdon
District
Ciaslight
Company and
the
Epsoni
and
Ewe11
Gas
Coinpariy (hereinafter called
"
the amalga-
niated companies
")
were
anialgaanate!l
and
the
sliare-
iiolclers
in
the
three
companies
were
incorporated
1)s
the
nanie
of
the
"
Wancls\i-ortb
TTiinbledon
and
Epsom
District
Gas Company
"
(in this
Act
called
"
the Company
")
and
the Company
mere
authorised
to
supply gas throughout
the therr existing limits
of
supply
of
the amalgamated
compnnies which were defined
auti
described
in
the
Act
of
1912
as
''
the TTaridswortli limits
"
"
the TTTinililedon
liiiiits
"
and
"
the Epsom limits
"
and
for
the
p~xrpose
of
connecting their niains in
the
Epsoni liiiiits with their
niains in the TTimhledoii liniits the Company were
authorisecl to
lay down
aid niaintnin certain
lines
of
pipes in the parishes
of
Sntton
and
Clteani within
the
limits
of
supply
of
the Sutton
Gas
Company:
i\nd
whereas in addition
to
the public
Acts
to which
they
are
sullject
the
Conipany are subject
to
the
private
Acts
and
Order
set
out
in the First Schedule
to
this
Act
so
far
as
such
private Acts
ttre
not
repealed or amended
:
[Pfqice
Is.
Net.]
A
1
[Ch.
xlii.]
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lvimij/dox
[I
I
&
I
2
GEG.
5.3
Ant1
whereas
ti
stateiiient
of
the authorised capital
-
stocks
of
tlie
Coiiipiiy
aiid
the
staiitlartl tlividentls
per
cent.
itnd
the
stand:trd
prices
for
gas
aiitl
111~
a
stateiiieiii
of
tlir
authorised
loan
capital
of
the
Coi1)pany is
std
forth
in the
Secoiid
Schedule
to
this
,kt
:
hiid
\vliere:ts the prices
now
clinrgctl
1))-
tlie
Compaiiy
for
gas
snpplied
by
tlieiii
to
persons
U-110
coIisiinic?
tlie
saiiir
br
nietri. are fourteen penw
per
therm
I\
itliin the
IYandswortli
limits
fifteeii
and
two-fifths
peiicc:
per
tlieriii
within
tlie
Wim1)ledoii iiiiiits
ant1
sist
11
and
three-iiftllh
pericc per
therm
within tlic
Epsoiu
limits
:
Ant1
U
liereas
by
section
53
of
the
,kt
of
1912
pro-
vihions
\verc
niade
in
regard
to
the
acti1:il
prices
to
l)r
cliaiged
1)s
tlie
Company
for
gas
1
lwoiqlioitt
tli&
different
litnits
of
supply
but
owing to the great inLwase in tho
cost
oC
prodactioii aiid
supplr
of
gas
resultiiig
from
tlie
w;~r
the
actid
prices
rcferretl
to
in
tire
section
tml
their
respectiw equidents
per
tlierin l~ar
no
relation
to
the
presciit selling prices
and
1)~-
the
said
section
tlie
Coin-
paiiy
are
oliliged to charge in the Wim1)ledoii limits the
equivalent
per
tlierm
of
the sum
of
seveiipeiice per
one
thousand cubic feet aid in
the
Epsom limits
t
lie
eqiiira-
lent
per tlierm
of
tlie
sun1
of
one
diiilinq pr
one
thoiksaiitl
cubic
fed
in
excess
of
tlie
price
eli:trg~(l
in
the
Wttiicls-
worth limits
liiit
the cost
o€
tlie
production
and
ssupplr
of
gas in the T;Vinibletlon limits ant1 tlie
Epsom
limits
is
not
as
much
as
the
et] uii
aleiit
pei'
therm
oi
sevenpence
and
one
shilling respectively in
excehs
of
the
cost
of
production
ttiitl
supply
in
the
Tl'ancls~vortli
limits
and
the
provisions
of
the
said scctioii
oprrate hr~liI~7
011
t
lie
con-
suniers
of
gas
in
the
TTinibleclon
and
Ii:psoni
limit5 and
on
the liolclers
of
Wimbledon
aid
Epsom
Stock
:
And
v-hereas
it
is
expedient
that
the
said section
should
be
amended
aiitl
that
the
provisions
coutained
in
this
Act
\\it11
regard
to
the
actual
pricm
to
be
cliarged
by
the
Company throughout
tlie
vhole
of
their limits
of
supply should
lie
made
:
Riid
n-hereas owing to
tlie
fin:tnci:-tl position c:tused
by
the
v-ar
it
is
not pO5Sihk
for
tlio
Company (except
at
a
very
large discount)
to
raise
any
part
of
the
unallocated capital authorised
by
the
Act
of
1912
a~ld
reniaining unissued
and
amouiiting
to
two
huiitlrecl
and
eighty-nine tlioumiid
fonr
lioi~thwl and
seventy-eight
pouiicls thirteen shillings and
eiglitpeiice
either
as
iieiv
uud
B?jsom
Disii.ict
Gns
Act,
1921.
A.1).
1x21.
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