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Metropolitan Streets Act 1867
1867 CHAPTER 134 30 and 31 Vict
An Act for regulating the Traffic in the Metropolis, and for making Provision for the greater Security of Persons passing through the Streets, and for other Purposes.
[20th August 1867]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions of Metropolitan Board of Works now exercisable by Greater London Council: Local Government Act 1888 (c. 41), s. 40(8)(9), London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), ss. 2, 3(1)(b), Sch. 2 and Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 8, Sch. 2
C2Functions of Commissioner of Works now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.R. & O. 1945/991 (Rev. XV, p. 232: 1945 I, p. 1414), S.I. 1962/1549 and 1970/1681
C3Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)
C4Words of enactment and certain other words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)
C5Acts cited or referred to by their short titles under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s. 3
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.
PreliminaryU.K.
1 Short title.U.K.
This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Metropolitan Streets Act, 1867.”
F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 2, 4 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.
3 Definitions:U.K.
The following expressions for the purposes of this Act shall, unless the context requires a different construction, have the meanings herein-after assigned to them; that is to say,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
“Commissioner of Police,” beyond the limits of the City of London . . . F3, shall mean “the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,” and within such limits “the Commissioner of the Police Force of the City of London . . . F3:”
“Street” shall include any highway or other public place, whether a thoroughfare or not; and any of the royal parks, gardens, and possessions which are managed by the Commissioners of Works in pursuance of the M1Crown Lands Acts, 1851, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be public places:
[F4“the limits of this Act” means—
(a)the City of London;
(b)the area enclosed in a circle of which the centre is Charing Cross, and the radii are six miles in length as measured in a straight line from Charing Cross.]
The word “cattle” shall include bull, ox, cow, heifer, calf, sheep, goats, and swine, also horses, mules, and asses, when led in a string or loose.
Textual Amendments
F2Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F3Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F4Words in s. 3 inserted (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II para.16.
Marginal Citations
F54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 2, 4 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.
Part IU.K.
General RegulationsU.K.
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Textual Amendments
F6S. 5 repealed by Public Health (London) Act 1936 (c. 50), Sch. 7
6 As to the deposit of goods in streets within general limits of Act. U.K.
No goods or other articles shall be allowed to rest on any footway or other part of a street within the F7. . . limits of this Act, or be otherwise allowed to cause obstruction or inconvenience to the passage of the public, for a longer time than may be absolutely necessary for loading or unloading such goods or other articles.
Any person doing any act in contravention of this section shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
Textual Amendments
F7Word in ss. 6, 7, 9 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.
F8Words repealed by Metropolitan Streets Act Amendment Act 1867 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 5), s. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6S. 6 amended by Metropolitan Streets Act Amendment Act 1867 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 5), s. 1 and City of London (Street Traffic) Act 1909 (c. lxvii), s. 3 and amended with the substitution of £20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), s. 92, Sch. 3 Pt. I
7 Cattle not to be driven through streets within certain hours. U.K.
No person shall drive or conduct any cattle through any street within the F9. . . limits of this Act between the hours of ten in the morning and seven in the evening, except with the permission of the Commissioner of the Police.
Any person driving or conducting cattle in contravention of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings for each head of cattle so driven or conducted.
Textual Amendments
F9Word in ss. 6, 7, 9 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C7S. 7 amended by City of London (Street Traffic) Act 1909 (c. lxvii), s. 2
8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10U.K.
Textual Amendments
F10S. 8 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. VI
9 Prohibition of carriage of advertisements, except those approved by Commissioner of Police.U.K.
No picture, print, board, placard, or notice, except in such form and manner as may be approved of by the Commissioner of Police, shall, by way of advertisement, be carried or distributed in any street within the F11. . . limits of this Act by any person riding in any vehicle, or on horseback, or being on foot.
Any person doing any act in contravention of this section shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding [F12£10].
This section shall not apply to the sale of newspapers.
Textual Amendments
F11Word in ss. 6, 7, 9 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp.1.
F12Figures substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), s. 92, Sch. 3 Pt. I
10—16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13U.K.
Textual Amendments
F13Ss. 10–16 repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 17 para. 29(b), Sch. 18 Pt. II
Part IIU.K.
Hackney CarriagesU.K.
17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14U.K.
Textual Amendments
F14S. 17 repealed by Statute Law Repeals Act 1976 (c. 16), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. XVII
18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15U.K.
Textual Amendments
F15S. 18 repealed by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 17 para. 29(b), Sch. 18 Pt. II
Shoeblacks and MessengersU.K.
19 As to the licensing shoeblacks and messengers.U.K.
F16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F16S. 19 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
20 Obstructions at standings prohibited.U.K.
F17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F17S. 20 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18U.K.
Textual Amendments
F18S. 21 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (c. 66)
22 Placards, &c. may be affixed to lamp posts.U.K.
F19. . . the Commissioner of Police may cause to be attached to any lamp post any placard or signal he may think expedient for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F19Words in s. 20 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Group1.
23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20U.K.
Textual Amendments
24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21U.K.
Textual Amendments
25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22U.K.
Textual Amendments
F22S. 25 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. VII
26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23U.K.
Textual Amendments
F23S. 26 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. VI
27 Penalties.U.K.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24
All powers conferred by this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred by any other Act of Parliament, and any such other powers may be exercised as if this Act had not passed.
Textual Amendments
F24Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X
28 Construction of Act.U.K.
This Act, so far as is consistent with the tenor thereof, shall be construed as one with the Acts relating to the Metropolitan Police and to the City Police.
29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25U.K.
Textual Amendments
F25S. 29 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (c. 66)
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