Metropolitan Streets Act 1867 (c. 134)

Preliminary U.K.

1 Short title. U.K.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Metropolitan Streets Act, 1867.”

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 2, 4 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.

3 Definitions: U.K.

The following expressions for the purposes of this Act shall, unless the context requires a different construction, have the meanings herein-after assigned to them; that is to say,

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• “Commissioner of Police,” beyond the limits of the City of London . . . F3 , shall mean “the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,” and within such limits “the Commissioner of the Police Force of the City of London . . . F3 :”

• “Street” shall include any highway or other public place, whether a thoroughfare or not; and any of the royal parks, gardens, and possessions which are managed by the Commissioners of Works in pursuance of the M1 Crown Lands Acts, 1851, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be public places:

• [F4 “the limits of this Act” means—

(a) the City of London;

(b) the area enclosed in a circle of which the centre is Charing Cross, and the radii are six miles in length as measured in a straight line from Charing Cross.]

• The word “cattle” shall include bull, ox, cow, heifer, calf, sheep, goats, and swine, also horses, mules, and asses, when led in a string or loose.

Textual Amendments

F2 Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F3 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

F4 Words in s. 3 inserted (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II para.16.

Marginal Citations

M1 1851 c. 42.

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Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 2, 4 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.