(1)[F1A local authority] may on such days as they think fit (not exceeding twelve days in any one year, nor four consecutive days on any one occasion) close to the public any park or pleasure ground provided by them or any part thereof, and may grant the use of the same, either gratuitously or for payment, to any public charity or institution, or for any agricultural, horticultural, or other show, or any other public purpose, or may use the same for any such show or purpose; and the admission to the said park or pleasure ground, or such part thereof, on the days when the same shall be so closed to the public may be either with or without payment, as directed by the [F1local authority], or, with the consent of the [F1local authority] by the society or persons to whom the use of the park or pleasure ground, or such part thereof, may be granted: Provided that no such park or pleasure ground shall be closed on any Sunday . . . F2
(2)An urban authority may either themselves provide and let for hire, or may license any person to let for hire, any pleasure boats on any lake or piece of water in any such park or pleasure ground, and may make byelaws for regulating the numbering and naming of such boats, the number of persons to be carried therein, the boathouses and mooring places for the same, and for fixing rates of hire and the qualifications of boatmen, and for securing their good and orderly conduct while in charge of any boat.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1970 (c. 70), Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 27
F2Words repealed by Public Health Act 1961 (c. 64), Sch. 5 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 44 excluded by Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41), s. 7(7); extended by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 14 Pt. II para. 27
C2S. 44(1) amended by Public Health Act 1961 (c. 64), s. 53
C3S. 44(2) extended by ibid., s. 54(6)
C4Function of confirming byelaws or regulations made under section 44(2) now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.R. &. O. 1946/1757 (Rev. XV, p. 112: 1946 I, p. 1012), art. 3(1), Sch.