Title and introductory text
Ministry Of Transport Act 1919 1919 c.50 An Act to establish a Ministry of Transport and for purposes connected therewith. [15th August 1919]
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Contents: 29 provisions
- Title and introductory text
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- 17 Power to make advances for certain purposes.
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- 20 Power to hold inquiries.
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- 24 Consent of local authority.
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- 30 Short title and interpretation.
- FIRST SCHEDULE Transitory Provisions
- SECOND SCHEDULE
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Propose a change17 Power to make advances for certain purposes.
(1) The Minister may, subject to the approval of the Treasury, make advances out of the moneys provided by Parliament to any authority, company or person, either by way of grant or by way of loan, or partly in one way and partly in another, and upon such terms and conditions as he thinks fit for any of the following purposes:— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) The construction, improvement or maintenance of harbours, docks or piers: (d) The construction, improvement or maintenance of canals or inland navigations: (e) The promotion and improvement of transport services by land in Wales or water: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provided that the Minister shall not make an advance exceeding one million pounds at any one time for the purpose of any work, unless specially authorised to do so by a Resolution of the House of Commons. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Nothing in this Act shall be construed as giving power to the Minister to impose any conditions upon a local authority which shall entail expenditure without consent of such local authority, . . . , or in Scotland the Secretary of State. . ..
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(1) This Act may be cited as the Ministry of Transport Act 1919. (2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “tramway” includes a trackless trolley vehicle system; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The expression “transport services by water” shall not include any transport service by sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Section 2. 1 In the construction and for the purposes of any Act of Parliament, any judgement, decree, order, award, deed, contract, regulation, byelaw, or other document passed or made before the transfer to the Minister . . . or Secretary of State from any other Government Department of any powers or duties by or under this Act, but so far only as may be necessary for the purpose of such transfer, the name of the Minister . . . or Secretary of State shall be substituted for the name of the other Government Department. 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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