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The provisions of the M1Towns Police Clauses Act 1847, with respect to the following matters, (namely.)
(1)With respect to obstructions and nuisances in the streets; and
F1(2)With respect to fires; and
(3)With respect to places of public resort; and
(4)With respect to hackney carriages; . . . F2
(5) . . . F2
shall, for the purpose of regulating such matters in urban [F3districts], be incorporated with this Act.
The expression in the provisions so incorporated “the superintendent constable, and the expression “any constable or other officer appointed by virtue of this or the special Act, shall, for the purposes of this Act, respectively include any superintendent of police, and any constable or officer of police acting for or in the district of any urban authority; and the expression “within the prescribed distance shall for the purposes of this Act mean within any urban [F3district.]
Notwithstanding anything in the provisions so incorporated, a license granted to the driver of any hackney carriage in pursuance thereof shall be in force for one year only from the date of the license, or until the next general licensing meeting where a day for such meeting is appointed.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 171 para. (2) repealed, in so far as it incorporates Town Police Clauses Act 1947 (c. 89), s. 32, by Fire Brigades Act 1938 (c. 72), Sch. 3 Pt. I
F2Word and s. 171(5) repealed by Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49), s. 346, Sch. 3 Pt. I
F3Word substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 179(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 171 excluded (Greater London) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 26
C2Power to extend or exclude s. 171(4) conferred by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 25
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