The Public Health (London) Act, 1891 : with an appendix containing statutes affecting the metropolis / by Alexander MacMorran and E.J. Naldrett.

  • MacMorran, Alexander.
Date:
1910
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    APPENDIX. THE CANAL BOATS ACT, 1877. (40 & 41 Vict. c. 60.) (a) An Act to 'provide for the Begistration and Becjulation of Canal Boats used as Diuellings. [14th August 1877.] 1. After the expiration of txvelve months after the com- Registration mencement of this Act, or if the regulations of the Local f^^^^'J^^^^^^^ Government Board hereinafter mentioned have not at that time come into force, then after the expiration of six months from the date at which they have come into force (b), a canal boat shall not be used as a dwelling unless it has been registered in accordance with this Act. The owner of a canal boat may register that boat with the registration authority hereinafter mentioned (c) as a dweUing for such number of persons of the specified age and sex as may be allowed under the provisions of this Act; and the boat shall be used as a dwelling only for the number of persons of the age and sex for which it is registered. If a canal boat is used as a dwelhng in contravention of this Act, the master of the boat, and also the owner of the boat, if he is in fault, shall each be Hable to a fine not exceeding twenty shilhngs for each occasion on which the boat is so used. (a) See the amending Act, the Canal Boats Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict, c. 75), post. The marginal notes to this Act are as printed in the second edition of the Statutes Revised. (6) The words in italics at the commencement of this section have been repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1894 {57 & 58 Vict, c. 56). (c) See s. 7, 2J0st. It will be observed that the owner has the choice of several authorities with whom to register. For the definition of onmer, see s. 14, post.