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Jurisdiction in Rating Act 1877

40 & 41 Vict. c. 11 · Enacted 17 May 1877 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to make provision with respect to Judicial proceedings in certain cases relating to Rating.

[17th May 1877]C1C2C3C4

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C1

Short title “The Jurisdiction in Rating Act 1877” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

C2

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

C3

Certain words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (c. 56)

C4

This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland

Contents

  1. 1Judges may act in certain cases relating to rates.
  2. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 3Interpretation.

1Judges may act in certain cases relating to rates.

No judge shall be incapable of acting in his judicial office in any proceeding, by reason of his being, as one of several ratepayers, or as one of any other class of persons, liable, in common with the others, to contribute to or to be benefited by any rate which may be increased, diminished, or in any way affected by such proceeding.

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

3Interpretation.

In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the following words and expressions have the meanings herein-after respectively assigned to them; that is to say,

  • “Judge” means—

  • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

  • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

  • F3As to Scotland, any Judge of the High Court of Session; and

  • As to the United Kingdom, F4any judge of the Supreme Court and any person acting as a judge of that court under section 38 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005. .

  • “Rate” means any rate, tax, duty, or assessment, whether public, general or local, and also any fund formed from the proceeds of any such rate, tax, duty, or assessment, or applicable to the same, or like purposes to which any such rate, tax, duty, or assessment might be applied.