Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1885 Explained

Short Title:	Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1885^[1]
Type:	act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to amend the Metropolis Management Acts.
Year:	1885
Citation:	48 & 49 Vict. c. 33
Royal Assent:	31 July 1885
Amends:	Metropolis Management Act 1855
Repealing Legislation:	London Government Act 1963
Related Legislation:	Metropolis Management Act 1855
Status:	Repealed
Original Text:	https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog

The Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 33) was a public general act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that amended the Metropolis Management Act 1855 and other Metropolis Management Acts.

Background

The Metropolis Management Act 1855 created the Metropolitan Board of Works, a London-wide body to co-ordinate the construction of the city's infrastructure and created a second tier of local government consisting of parish vestries and district boards of works.^[2]

Since the passing of the Metropolis Management Act 1855, several parishes and districts had increased in population and rateable value, resulting in the need to increase representation on the Metropolitan Board of Works.^[3]

Provisions

The act enacted that:

• Vestries of the parishes of St Mary Islington, Lambeth, Saint Pancras and Saint Mary Abbott Kensington and the district of Wandsworth each entitled to elect 3 members to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
• Vestries of the parishes of Camberwell and Paddington and the districts of Greenwich, Hackney and Poplar each entitled to elect 2 members to the Metropolitan Board of Works.
• Districts of Plumstead and Lewisham be separated for the purpose of electing members to the Metropolitan Board of Works, with first elections taking place on 1 October 1895.
• District of Fulham be dissolved and the vestries of Hammersmith and Fulham be incorporated on 25 March 1896 each entitled to elect 1 member to the Metropolitan Board of Works, with first elections taking place on 25 March 1896. Each byelaw and regulation made by the Fulham District Board of Works continued in force until repealed or altered, with assets determined a principal secretary of state.

Notes and References

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. act. Vict. 18-19. 120. Metropolis Management Act 1855.
3. Book: Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales . The public general acts . Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884 . London . 212-214 . en.