Markets And Fairs Clauses Act 1847

Recovery of damages and penaltiesU.K.

And with respect to the recovery of damages not specially provided for, and of penalties, and to the determination of any other matters referred to justices in England or Ireland, and to the sheriff or justices in Scotland, be it enacted as follows:

52 Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts 1845, as to damages, &c. to be incorporated with this and the special Act. U.K.

If the market or fair be in England or Ireland, the clauses of the M1Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 with respect to the recovery of damages not specially provided for, and penalties, and to the determination of any other matter referred to justices, shall be incorporated with this and the special Act; and if the market or fair be in Scotland, the clauses of the M2Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 with respect to the recovery of damages not specially provided for, and penalties, and to the determination of any other matter referred to the sheriff or to justices, shall be incorporated with this and the special Act; and such clauses shall apply to the market or fair and the undertakers respectively, and shall be construed as if the word “undertakers” had been inserted therein instead of the word “company”.

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54 Nothing in this or the special Act to affect the rights of the crown. U.K.

Nothing in this or the special Act shall be deemed to extend to or affect any Act of Parliament relating to her Majesty’s duties of customs or excise, or any other revenue of the crown, or to extend to or affect any claim of her Majesty in right of her crown, or otherwise howsoever, or any proceedings at law or in equity by or on behalf of her Majesty, in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

[F255 All things required to be done by two justices in England and Ireland may, in certain cases, be done by one, and in Scotland by the sheriff, &c. S+N.I.

All things herein or in the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, authorized or required to be done by two justices may and shall be done in England and Ireland by any one magistrate having by law authority to act alone for any purpose with the powers of two or more justices, and in Scotland by [F3the sheriff principal of any sheriffdom], or his [F3sheriff].]

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