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The Public Health and Local Government Act, 1875
The Public Health and Local Government Act 1875 Author:Great Britain Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Part VI.—Bating and Borrowing Powers, andc. Part VII.—Legal Proceedings. Part VIII.—Alteration of Areas and Union of Districts. Part IX.—Local Government Boa... more »rd. Part X.—Miscellaneous and Temporary Provisions. Part XI.—Saving Clauses and Repeal of Acts. 4- In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the following words and expressions have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them; that is to say— In interpretation clauses of Acts of Parliament the word "means" is restrictive, and the words defined canuot be construed throughout the Act in any other sense than that put on them by the interpretation clause: the word "include" is used by way of extension, and admits the ordinary definition of the word defined, as well as the special definition. (See judgment of Erie, J., in Reg. v. Kershaw, 6 E. and B. at p. 1007, 26 L. J. M. C. 19 ; and judgment of Lord Coleridge, C. J., in Plumstcad Board of Works v. British Land Company, 10 L. R. Q. B. at pp. 206 and 207.) " Borough " means any place for the time being subject to the Act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy six, intituled " An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales," and any Act amending the same: " The metropolis" means the City of London and all parishes and places mentioned in schedules A, B, and C to the Metropolis Management Act, 1855 : The Act in 18 and 19 Vic. c. 120. " Local Government District" means any area subject to the jurisdiction of a local board constituted in pursuance of the Local Government Acts before the passing of this Act, or in pursuance of this Act, and " local board " means any board so constituted : " Improvement Act District" means any area for the time...« less