Cattewater Reclamation Act 1992

1992 CHAPTER xiv

An Act to empower New Cattedown Limited to construct works in the Cattewater in the city of Plymouth; to authorise the Company to acquire lands; and for other purposes.

[16th July 1992]

WHEREAS—

(1) New Cattedown Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) are a company incorporated under the [1985 c. 6.] Companies Act 1985, being a joint venture company formed by private enterprise and the Plymouth City Council:

(2) The Cattedown area in the city of Plymouth (hereinafter referred to as “the city”) is in urgent need of comprehensive urban regeneration and is within the defined core area designated by the Government for the purposes of the urban programme as an inner urban area:

(3) There is a shortage of industrial land within the city:

(4) An area of waterfront development in the city is essential to form the catalyst for further development and the Company intend to carry out the waterfront development including additional port related uses:

(5) It is expedient that the Company should be empowered to construct the works described in this Act and to acquire lands therefor:

(6) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the authority of Parliament:

(7) A plan and sections showing the lines or situations and levels of the works by this Act authorised, such plan showing also the land which the Company may acquire or use under the powers of this Act, and a book of reference to such plan containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees and of the occupiers of all such lands and describing the same have been deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parliaments, in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons and with the Chief Executive of the Devon County Council which plan, sections and book of reference are in this Act referred to respectively as the deposited plan, the deposited sections and the deposited book of reference:

May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—