Gasworks Clauses Act 1847

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Gasworks Clauses Act 1847 [a]
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act for consolidating in one Act certain provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing the making of Gasworks for supplying towns with Gas.
Citation 10 & 11 Vict. c. 15
Territorial extent  United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent 23 April 1847
Commencement 28 July 1863 [b]
Repealed1 May 1949
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed by Gas Act 1948
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Gasworks Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 15) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which consolidated the law concerning the authorisation of gasworks in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Background

A plethora of acts of Parliament concerning gasworks had been enacted since the start of the commercial operations in the 1800s and 1810s. [1]

In 1847 a government commission was established to examine the system of gas supply. [1] It concluded that there was seldom a benefit to the consumer of limited competition between undertakings.

A bill was introduced to consolidate provisions of all previous related acts into a single overarching act and to enact the recommendations of the commission. [2]

Provisions

The act limited company dividends to ten percent and codified the rights and obligations of gas undertakings and regulated dividends and prices. [2]

The act comprises 50 sections: [3]

Subsequent developments

The act was amended by the Gasworks Clauses Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 41) [4]

The whole act was repealed by section 76 of, and the fourth schedule to, the Gas Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 67).

See also

Notes

  1. Section 4.
  2. Section 1.

References

  1. 1 2 Williams, Trevor I (1981). A History of the British Gas Industry. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 7–41. ISBN   0198581572.
  2. 1 2 Gas Chronology: The development of the British Gas Industry (British Gas, 1981)
  3. "Irish Statute Book". www.legislation.ie. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. "The National Gas Archive". extranet.nationalgrid.com.