Bridges Act 1530
Status: Repealed |
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The Bridges Act 1530
It was passed in 1531. It was intended to ensure the upkeep of bridges, which at the time were usually made of wood and required regular maintenance in order to keep them open.
Section 3 ceased to have effect by virtue of section 311 of, and Schedule 23 to, the
Section 1
In this section, the words "whereof one to be of the quorum" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
Section I empowered justices of the peace to look into matters of broken bridges and to arrange for their repair or rebuilding by, or at the expense of, those who were responsible for their maintenance.
Section 2
Under section II, in cases where those responsible could not be determined, the burden would fall on the inhabitants of the city or town the bridge was situated in; if it lay outside a town, then the burden would fall on the shire or riding as a whole.
Section 3
In this section, the words "or iiii of the said justices at the leaste whereof one to be of the quorum", the words from "to call before them the constables" to "inhabitauntes shall have power and auctoritie", and the words from "and after such taxacion made" to "delyver to the owner thereof" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
Section III provided that in these cases, the justices of the peace were empowered to call before them the
Section 7
In this section, the words "whereof one to be of the quorum" were repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948.
Bridges Act 1803
Act of Parliament | |
Relates to | Plymouth Corporation Act 1923 |
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Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Bridges Act 1803 (
See also
References
- ^ short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
- ^ R v Mashiter (1837) 6 Adolphus and Ellis 153. Reprinted in Reports of Cases argued and determined in the English Courts of Common Law. T & J W Johnson. Philadelphia. 1839. Volume 33. Page 34.
- ^ "Highways Act 1959" (PDF).
- ^ The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 19.
Other reading
- Tudor Constitutional Documents, AD 1485-1603, by J.R. Tanner. Cambridge University Press, 1951. p. 495.