35 & 36 Vict. 62 & 63 Vict., prosecuting or defending any legal proceedings necessary Cap. 14. for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of their borough, as are conferred on borough councils outside London by the Borough Funds Act, 1872, and the provisions of that Act shall extend to the council of a metropolitan borough as if that council were included in the expression "governing body" and the borough were a district in that Act mentioned. C. 91. Application of Act to Woolwich Special pro vision as to Penge. Provision as to the Temples. Construction of Acts and savings. [7.-(1.) Expenses incidental to transfer of powers or duties.] *** 19. (1.) A scheme under this Act shall provide for placing Woolwich under the general law applying to metropolitan boroughs, and for the repeal of the application thereto of the provisions of the Public Health Acts and other enactments not applying to London, and for the application thereto of the Metropolis Management Acts, 1855 to 1893, and other enactments applying to London. (2.) Subject to the provisions of any such scheme, this Act shall apply to Woolwich in like manner as if the local board of health thereof were an administrative vestry. 20.—(1.) An Order in Council under this Act may either annex Penge to the borough of Lewisham or to the borough of Camberwell, or separate it from the county of London and make it form part of the county of Surrey or of the county of Kent, and if it is so separated shall provide for constituting it an urban district, or for adding it to an adjoining county borough or urban district, and if necessary shall determine the county electoral division to which it is to belong. (2.) A scheme under this Act shall make such provision as may be necessary for the apportionment and transfer of property and liabilities, and for the repeal of the applica tion to Penge of the Metropolis Management Acts, 1855 to 1893, and any other enactments applying to London, and for the application thereto of the Public Health Acts and other enactments not applying to London. *** 22. The places known as the Inner and Middle Temples shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be within the city of London. *** 31 (1.) Where any Act passed before the passing of this Act contains expressions referring to a borough, those expressions shall not be construed as referring to a metropolitan borough created by this Act unless applied thereto by or under the provisions of this Act or of any subsequent enactment. * * * 34. In this Act, unless the context requires, otherwise 62 & 63 Vict., The expression "administrative vestry" means a Cap. 14. vestry having the powers of a vestry elected for a Definitions. parish specified in Schedule A. to the Metropolis Management Act, 1855; and the expression. "elective vestry means any vestry elected under 18 & 19 Vict. the Metropolis Management Act, 1855: The expressions "powers," "duties," "property," C. 120. 51 & 52 Vict. C. 41. 35. (1.) This Act may be cited as the London Short title. Government Act, 1899. *** SECOND SCHEDULE. PART II-POWERS OF COUNTY COUNCIL TO BE EXERCISED ALSO Section 5 (2). BY BOROUGH COUNCILS. 62 & 63 Vict., Cap. 19. Provisions in schedule to be incorporated in Electric Lighting Orders 45 & 46 Vict. c. 56. 51 & 52 Vict. C. 12. 53 & 54 Vict. C. 13. Short title, extent, and commence ment. [Limited application to London.] ELECTRIC LIGHTING (CLAUSES) 62 & 63 Vict., Cap. 19. An Act for incorporating in one Act certain provisions usually contained in Provisional Orders made under the Acts relating to Electric Lighting. (a) [9th August 1899.] [Introductory words.] 1. The provisions contained in the schedule to this Act shall be incorporated with and form part of every Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade after the commencement of this Act under the Electric Lighting Acts, save so far as they are expressly varied or excepted by the Order, and shall, subject to any such variations or exceptions, apply, so far as applicable, to the undertaking authorised by the Order. The said provisions shall also, with the necessary modifications, and in particular with the substitution of the words "special Act" for "special Order," be incorporated with any special Act, save so far as they are expressly varied or excepted thereby. The expression "Electric Lighting Acts" means in this Act the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, and, so far as respects Scotland, the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, and the Electric Lighting (Scotland) Act, 1890. The expression "special Act" means in this Act any Act passed after the commencement of this Act authorising the supply of electricity for any public or private purposes within any area. 2. (1.) This Act may be cited as the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act, 1899. (2.) Except so far as any of the provisions contained in the schedule to this Act are incorporated with any provisional order made by the Board of Trade under the Electric Lighting Acts extending to the county of London, or with any special Act so extending, this Act shall not apply to the county of London. (3.) This Act shall come into operation on the first day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. (a) See also Board of Trade Regulations under Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, Appendix E, pp. 595-597 SCHEDULE. 62 & 63 Vict., Cap. 19. I. The provisions of this Schedule are to be read and construed subject in all respects to the provisions of the Electric Lighting Interpretation. Acts, and of any other Acts or parts of Acts incorporated therewith, and those Acts and parts of Acts are in this Schedule collectively referred to as "the principal Act;' and the several words, terms, and expressions to which by the principal Act meanings are assigned, shall have in this Schedule the same respective meanings, provided that in this Schedule The expression "the Special Order" means any Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the principal Act with which the provisions of this Schedule are incorporated and includes those provisions as so incorporated: The expression "energy means electrical energy, and for the purposes of applying the provisions of the principal Act to the Special Order electrical energy shall be deemed to be an agency within the meaning of electricity as defined in the Electric Lighting Act, 1882: The expression "power" means electrical power or the rate per unit of time at which energy is supplied: The expression "main" means any electric line which may be laid down by the Undertakers in any street or public place, and through which energy may be supplied or intended to be supplied by the Undertakers for the purposes of general supply: The expression "service line" means any electric line through which energy may be supplied or intended to be supplied by the Undertakers to a consumer either from any main or directly from the premises of the Undertakers : ་་ " The expression distributing main means the portion of any main which is used for the purpose of giving origin to service lines for the purposes of general supply: ** The expression area of supply" means the area within which the Undertakers are, for the time being, authorised to supply energy under the Special Order: *** The expression "daily penalty" means a penalty for each day on which any offence is continued after conviction therefor: The expression Board of Trade regulations" means any regulations or conditions affecting the undertaking made by the Board of Trade under the principal Act or the Special Order, for securing the safety of the public or for insuring a proper and sufficient supply of energy: The expression "deposited map means the map of the area of supply deposited at the Board of Trade by the Undertakers together with the Special Order, and signed by an assistant secretary to the Board of Trade: The expression "plan" means a plan drawn to a horizontal scale of at least one inch to eighty-eight feet, and where possible a section drawn to the same horizontal scale as the plan and to a vertical scale of at least one inch to eleven feet, or to such other scale as the Board of Trade may approve of for both plan and section, together with such detail plan and sections as may be necessary. Provisions as to Undertakers. 2. (1.) The Undertakers shall be the authority, company, or Description of other person named for that purpose in the Special Order. (2.) If, in a case where the Undertakers are not the local Undertakers. 62 & 63 Vict., Cap. 19. Systems and mode of supply. Additional provisions as to works. Powers for execution of works. authority, the undertaking or any part thereof is at any time purchased by the local authority in accordance with the Special Order or the principal Act the local authority shall from the date on which the purchase takes effect be the Undertakers in relation to the undertaking or part thereof for the purposes of the Special Order in lieu of the persons mentioned therein as Undertakers. [3. Undertakers not to purchase other undertakings.] [4. Area of supply and prohibition of supply beyond area.] [5 & 6. Security and Accounts.] [7-9. Application of Money and Purchase of Land, &c., by Local Authority.] Nature and Mode of Supply. [See also Board of Trade regulations under Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888, Appendix E, post.] 10. Subject to the provisions of the Special Order and the principal Act, the Undertakers may supply energy within the area of supply for all public and private purposes as defined by the said Act, provided as follows: (a) The energy shall be supplied only by means of some system (b.) The Undertakers shall not, without the express consent of Works. II. The provisions of the Special Order as to works shall be in addition but subject to those of the principal Act, and in particular those of the Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847, with respect to breaking up streets, incorporated in the principal Act and set out in the Appendix to this Schedule. [viz. Electric Lighting Act, 1882, s. 12, and Gasworks Clauses Act, 1847, ss 6-12. For both see ante.] 12. (1) Subject to the provisions of the principal Act and the Special Order, the Undertakers may exercise all or any of the powers conferred on them by that Act and Order, and may break up such streets not repairable by the local authority and such railways and tramways (if any) as they are specially authorised to break up by the Special Order, so far as those streets, railways, and tramways may for the time being be included in the area of supply, and be, or be upon, land dedicated to public use: Provided, however, as respects any such railway, that the powers hereby granted shall extend only to such parts thereof as pass across or along any highway on the level. (2.) Nothing in the Special Order shall authorise or empower the Undertakers to break up or interfere with any street or part of a street not repairable by the local authority or any railway or tramway, except such streets, railways or tramways (if any), or such parts thereof, as they are specially authorised to break up by the Special Order, without the consent of the authority, company, or person, by whom that street, railway, or tramway is repairable, |