1—35.F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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36 Duty of public utility undertakers to make reports.
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37 Power to require measures to be taken.
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38F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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39 Grants in respect of measures to secure due functioning of undertakings.
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40—42.F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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43—49.F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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50—55.F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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56—61.F15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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62 Power of local authorities and public utility undertakers to appropriate lands and buildings for purposes of civil defence.
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63—73.F23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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74, 75.F24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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76 Rules as to form of reports.
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77 Penalty for false statements.
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78 Criminal liability of directors, officers, &c.
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79 Power of factory inspectors and local authorities to enter premises and penalty for obstruction.
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80 Service of documents.
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83 Financial provisions.
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85—89.F37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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90 Other provisions as to interpretation.
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90 Other provisions as to interpretation.
(1)
In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:-
“Air-raid shelter” means protection, otherwise than by war-like means or by any article of apparel, from hostile attack from the air, and “an air-raid shelter” means any premises, structure or excavation used or intended to be used to provide air-raid shelter;
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“Appropriate department” means—
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in relation to any railway, canal, inland navigation, dock or harbour undertaking, the Minister of Transport;
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in relation to any gas undertaking, the Board of Trade;
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in relation to any electricity undertaking, the Secretary of State; and
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in relation to any water undertaking, the Minister of Health;
“Civil defence functions” means any functions conferred or imposed by or under . . . this Act;
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“Land,” in any provision of this Act relating to the acquisition of land, includes any interest in land and any easement or right in, to, or over land;
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“Occupier,” in relation to any unoccupied land, premises, building or part of a building, means the person entitled to the possession thereof;
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Provided that, where the estate or interest of any person who under the preceding provisions of this definition would be the owner of any commercial building is the subject of a mortgage, and either the mortgagee is in possession or the rents and profits are being received by a receiver appointed by or on the application of the mortgagee, that estate or interest shall be deemed for the purposes of this definition to be vested in the mortgagee;
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“Public utility undertakers” means any persons authorised by any enactment or order to construct, work or carry on any railway, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, . . . , . . . or water undertaking, and also includes persons who, though not authorised by any enactment or order (other than the Public Health Act 1875, or the Public Health Act 1936,) to do so, are engaged in supplying . . . water to the public, and for that purpose make use of pipes or mains laid in any highway; and “public utility undertaking” shall be construed accordingly.
(2)
Any premises occupied, or persons employed, by public utility undertakers who carry on a railway undertaking, shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to be occupied or employed for the purposes of their railway undertaking, unless the occupation or employment is wholly or mainly for the purposes of some harbour, dock or canal undertaking carried on by those undertakers.
(3)
For the purposes of this Act—
(a)
a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Act) shall be taken to be a public utility undertaker; and
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his undertaking so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service shall be taken to be a public utility undertaking.
(4)
For the purposes of this Act as it applies by virtue of subsection (3) above in relation to a universal service provider the appropriate department is the Secretary of State.
91 Application to Scotland.
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92 Provisions as to Northern Ireland.
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93 Short title and citation.
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