Town Police Clauses Act 1847

Bathing

And with respect to public Bathing, be it enacted as follows:

LXIX Bathing Machines.

Where any Part of the Sea-shore or Strand of any River used as a public Bathing-place is within the Limits of the special Act the Commissioners may make Bye Laws for the following Purposes ; (that is to say,)

• For fixing the Stands of Bathing Machines on the Sea-shore or Strand, and the Limits within which Persons of each Sex shall be set down for bathing, and within which Persons shall bathe:

• For preventing any indecent Exposure of the Persons of the Bathers:

• For regulating the Manner in which the Bathing Machines shall be used, and the Charges to be made for the same:

• For regulating the Distance at which Boats and Vessels let to hire for the Purpose of sailing or rowing for Pleasure shall be kept from Persons bathing within the prescribed Limits,

LXX Regulations as to Rates.

And with respect to the Rates to be made for carrying the Purposes of this and the special Act into execution, be it enacted, That all the Clauses of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, with respect to the following Matters ; (that is to say,)

• With respect to the Manner of making Rates authorized by that or the special Act;

• With respect to the Appeal to be made against any Rate ; and

• With respect to the Recovery of Rates ;

shall be incorporated with this and the special Act.

LXXI Bye Laws.

And with respect to Bye Laws, be it enacted, That all the Glauses of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, with respect to the Bye Laws to be made by virtue of that or the special Act shall be incorporated with this and the special Act.

LXXII Tender of Amends.

And with respect to the Tender of Amends, be it enacted, That if any Party have committed any Irregularity, Trespass, or other wrongful Proceeding in the Execution of this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, or by virtue of any Power or Authority thereby given, and if, before Action brought in respect thereof, such Party make Tender of sufficient Amends to the Party injured, such last-mentioned Party shall not recover in any such Action; and if no such Tender have been made, the Defendant, by Leave of the Court where such Action is pending, may at any Time: before Issue joined pay into Court such Sum of Money as he thinks fit, and thereupon such Proceedings shall be had as in other Cases where Defendants are allowed to pay Money into Court.