Commissioners Clauses Act 1847

Access to special Act U.K.

And with respect to access to the special Act, be it enacted as follows:

110 Copies of special Act, to be kept by commissioners at their office, and deposited with the clerks of the peace, &c. and to be open to inspection. U.K.

The commissioners shall at all times after the expiration of six months after the passing of the special Act keep in their principal office of business a copy of the special Act, printed by the printers to her Majesty, or some of them, and shall also within the space of such six months deposit in the office of the clerk of the peace in England or Ireland, and of the sheriff clerk in Scotland, of the county in which the undertaking is situate, a copy of such special Act, so printed as aforesaid; and the said clerk of the peace and sheriff clerk respectively shall receive, and they and the commissioners respectively shall keep, the said copies of the special Act, and shall permit all persons interested to inspect the same, and make extracts or copies therefrom, in the like manner, and upon the like terms, and under the like penalty for default, as is provided in the case of certain plans and sections by the M1 Parliamentary Documents Deposit Act 1837.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 References to clerk of the peace to be construed (E.W.) as references to proper officer of local authority: Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 8 para. 1(2) and Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 4(1)(b)

C2 Reference to sheriff clerk of a county to be construed as reference to a sheriff clerk of sheriff court district concerned: Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. I para. 1(3)

C3 S. 110 incorporated (E.W.S) (18.6.2001) by S.I. 2001/2184, art. 2

S. 110 incorporated (E.W.S) (18.6.2001) by S.I. 2001/2185, art. 2

Ss. 109-111 incorporated (with modifications) (7.1.2003) by 2002 c. v, s. 3(3)(4) (with s. 23)

C4 Ss. 109-111 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (29.12.2007) by Maryport Harbour Revision Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3463), arts. 1(1), 3(3), 3(4) (with arts. 78, 80, 81)

C5 Ss. 109-111 incorporated (1.6.2009) by Berwick Upon Tweed Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1231), arts. 1(1), 2

C6 Ss. 109-111 incorporated (E.W.S.) (21.5.2010) by The Newlyn Pier and Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1462), arts. 1(1), 3

Marginal Citations

M1 1837 c. 83.

111 Penalty on commissioners failing to keep or deposit such copies. U.K.

If the commissioners fail to keep or deposit, as herein-before mentioned, any of the said copies of the special Act, they shall forfeit [F1 level 2 on the standard scale][F2 level 1 on the standard scale] for every such offence, and also five pounds for every day afterwards during which such copy shall be not so kept or deposited.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted (E.W.) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46

F2 Words substituted (S.) by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Ss. 109-111 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (29.12.2007) by Maryport Harbour Revision Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3463), arts. 1(1), 3(3), 3(4) (with arts. 78, 80, 81)

C5 Ss. 109-111 incorporated (1.6.2009) by Berwick Upon Tweed Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1231), arts. 1(1), 2

C6 Ss. 109-111 incorporated (E.W.S.) (21.5.2010) by The Newlyn Pier and Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1462), arts. 1(1), 3

C7 S. 111 incorporated (E.W.S) (18.6.2001) by S.I. 2001/2184, art. 2

S. 111 incorporated (E.W.S) (18.6.2001) by S.I. 2001/2185, art. 2

Ss. 109-111 incorporated (with modifications) (7.1.2003) by 2002 c. v, s. 3(3)(4) (with s. 23)

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Textual Amendments

F3 S. 112 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (c. 66)