| Short Title: | Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740 |
| Type: | act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Long Title: | An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, "An Act for repairing the Roads in the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, and Fulham, and other Parishes therein mentioned, in the County of Middlesex;" and for repairing some other Roads, in the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, and the said Parishes of Kensington and Chelsea. |
| Year: | 1740 |
| Citation: | 14 Geo. 2. c. 16 |
| Territorial Extent: | England and Wales |
| Royal Assent: | 21 March 1741 |
| Repeal Date: | 31 January 2013 |
| Amends: | Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (implied) |
| Status: | Repealed |
| Original Text: | https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Statutes_at_Large/kipIAAAAcAAJ |
The Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740 was a public act of the Parliament of Great Britain extending by 21-years the Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725 for the charging of tolls at turnpikes along specified roads in the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham in the county of Middlesex.
The act became obsolete in 1747 and was repealed (implied) by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 which had been recommended by the Law Commission.[1]
Prior to the late 19th century, Britain lacked a national framework for highway maintenance. The responsibility for road upkeep primarily fell on the local population through two main systems:
The Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725 authorised the charging of tolls at turnpikes along specified roads in the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham that had become poorly maintained, requiring repair:[2]
The toll granted by the Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725 took place on 1 June 1726 for a term of 21 years, with authority to charge tolls to expire no later than 31 May 1747.
The act provided that the tolls authorised by the Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725 are "further continued for 21 years".[3]
The 19th Statute Law Repeals Report of the Law Commission recommend repealing the Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725:
"Since the repair of the roads pursuant to the Act was dependent upon the receipt of those tolls, it follows that the Act as a whole has served no useful purpose for at least 260 years."The Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725 was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 which received royal assent on 31 January 2013, but the Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740 was not formally repealed.[4]