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An Act to continue the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King George the Third, for repairing and widening the Road from Lewes to Brighthelmston, in the County of Sussex.
31 Geo III c.115
Royal assent 13 May 1791
47 Geo III c.47
Royal assent 1 August 1807
Repealed by Roads from Brighton and from Austy Cross 1825 c.39
48 Geo III c.29
Royal assent 14 April 1808
Repealed by Road from New Chapel to Brighton 1830 c18
An Act for continuing and amending Two Acts of His present Majesty for repairing and widening the Road from Lewes to Brighthelmstone, in the County of Sussex.
53 Geo III c.47
Royal assent 15 April 1813
Repealed by Lewes to Brighton Road 1833 c.43.
An Act for making and maintaining a Road from Brighton to Shoreham Bridge in the County of Sussex.
3 Geo IV c.13
Royal assent 15 May 1822
Repealed by Brighton to Shoreham Road 1830 c.63.
3 Geo IV c.104
An Act to rectify Mistakes in an Act of this Session of Parliament, for making the Road from Brighton to Shoreham Bridge, in the County of Sussex.
Royal assent 15 July 1822
Repealed by Brighton to Shoreham Road 1830 c.63.
An Act for making and maintaining a Road from Brighthelmstone to Newhaven in the County of Sussex.
5 Geo IV c.91
Royal assent 28 May 1824
An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads from the Gloucester Hotel in the Town of Brighthelmstone, through the Towns of Cuckfield and Crawley, to the County Oak on Lowell Heath, and certain other Roads therein mentioned; and also for making and maintaining a Branch of Road from Austy Cross, in the Parish of Cuckfield, in West Grinstead; all in the County of Sussex.
6 Geo IV c.39
Royal assent 2 May 1825
Repealed by Brighton, Cuckfield and West Grinstead Turnpike Roads 1854 c.137.
An Act for more efffectually repairing and maintaining the Road from New Chapel in the County of Surrey to Ditcheling Bost Hills in the County of Sussex, and from thence to the Town of Brighthelmston in the same County; and also for making and maintaining a Branch of Road from the Town of Ditcheling to Clayton in the County of Sussex.
11 Geo IV & 1 Will IV c.18
Royal assent 8 April 1830
Repealed by New Chapel, Lindfield and Brighton Road 1862 c.59.
An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Road from Brighton to Shoreham, for building a Bridge over the River Adur at New Shoreham, and for making a Road to Lancing and a Branch Road therefrom, all in the County of Sussex.
11 Geo IV & 1 Will IV c.63
Royal assent 29 May 1830
An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Lewes to Brighthelmston in the County of Sussex.
3&4 Will IV c.xliii
Royal assent 6 May 1833
An Act for making a Railway from the London and Croydon Railway to Brighton, with Branches to Shoreham, Newhaven, and Lewes.
7 Will IV & 1 Vict c.cxix
Royal asseent 15 July 1837
An Act to alter and divert the Line of the South-eastern Railway from a Point thereon in the Parish of Chiddingstone in the County of Kent so as to join the London and Brighton Railway at or near Redstone Hill in the Parish of Reigate in the County of Surrey.
2&3 Vict c.79
Royal assent 19 July 1839
An Act to amend an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth [1830], for repairing and improving the Road from Brighton to Shoreham and Lancing in the County of Sussex, and for other Purposes connected therewith.
4&5 Vict c.cv
An Act to enable the London and Brighton Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and for altering and amending the Act relating to such Railway.
6&7 Vict c.xxvii
Royal assent 31 May 1843
An Act for making a Railway from the Shoreham Branch of the London and Brighton Railway to Chichester.
7&8 Vict c.lxvii
Royal assent 4 July 1844
An Act for making a Railway from the London and Brighton Railway to Lewes and Hastings, with a Branch therefrom, all in the County of Sussex.
7&8 Vict c.91
Royal assent 29 July 1844
Various Acts were passed for the LB&SCR or affecting it in the following years that do not directly affect Brighton and Hove. Only titles are given here.
8&9 Vict c.52
8&9 Vict c.113
8&9 Vict c.200
9&10 Vict c.liv
An Act for making Railways from the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway to Eastbourne, to Hailsham, and to Seaford and Newhaven, and certain Deviations from the Line of the said Railway, all in the County of Sussex.
9&10 Vict c.lxiii
Royal assent 18 June 1846
9&10 Vict c.68
9&10 Vict c.69
9&10 Vict c.281
9&10 Vict c.cclxxxiii
An Act to consolidate and unite the London and Brighton and the London and Croydon Railway Companies and the Undertakings belonging to them.
Royal Assent 27 July 1846
L&BR already owned the B&CR and the BL&HR and was the principal shareholder in the C&ER.
10&11 Vict c.ccxliv
An Act for making an Alteration in the New Cross Station; and for amending the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.
11&12 Vict c.136
Royal assent 14 August 1848
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to enlarge their Station at London Bridge, and their Goods Station at Brighton, and to make a Branch Railway to the Crystal Palace; and For converting1 the Debenture Debt of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company into Stock or Shares; and for other Purposes.
16&17 Vict c.c
Royal aassent 8 July 1853
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to enlarge their Stations at New Cross, the Bricklayers Arms, and Norwood; to widen the Branch Railway called "The Thames Junction Railway," and their Main Line of Railway in the Neighbourhood of such Branch; to increase their Capital, and to establish a Provident Institution for their Servants and Workmen; and for other Purposes.
17&18 Vict c.57
Royal assent 2 June 1854
An Act for continuing the Term and amending and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to the Brighton, Cuckfield, and Lovell Heath and Cuckfield and West Grinsted Turnpike Roads.
17&18 Vict c.cxxxvii
Royal assent 3 July 1854
21&22 Vict c.57
21&22 Vict c.84
23&24 Vict c.158
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to make certain Alterations in their Coast Lines and in the Line of the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway, a new Channel for the River Arun, and other Works ; and for other Purposes.
23&24 Vict c.171
Royal assent 23 July 1860
An Act for making a Railway from the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway at Uckfield in the County of Sussex to Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent, and for other Purposes
24&25 Vict c.174
Royal assent 22 July 1861
An Act to repeal the Act[s] relating to the New Chapel, Lindfield, and Brighton, and Ditcheling and Clayton Roads, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof.
25&26 Vict c.lix
25&26 Vict c.68
25&26 Vict c.78
26&27 Vict c.137
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to make Extensions and Alterations of their Railways authorized by The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (New Lines) Act, 1862, and other Works; and for other Purposes.
26&27 Vict c.cxlii
Royal assent 13 July 1863
26&27 Vict c.cxcii
Royal assent 21 July 1863
26&27 Vict c.218
26&27 Vict c.227
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to provide Station Accommodation at Kemp Town, Brighton, and to construct a new Railway in connexion therewith; and for other Purposes.
27&28 Vict. c.64
Royal Assent 13 May 1864
27&28 Vict. c.123
27&28 Vict. c.154
27&28 Vict. c.172
27&28 Vict. c.274
27&28 Vict. c.345
28&29 Vict. c.50
28&29 Vict. c.66
28&29 Vict. c.273
29&30 Vict. c.234
29&30 Vict. c.281
An Act for making Railways from the South-eastern and London, Chatham and Dover Rwailways in various Districts and Place in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, and to the Towns of Lewes and Brighton; and for other purposes.
29&30 Vict. c.318
Royal assent 6 August 1866
Repealed by London, Lewes, and Brighton Railways Abandonment Act 1868 c.123.
An Act for authorizing the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to execute new Works, and Alterations of authorized Works, and to acquire additional Lands in Surrey, Sussex, and Kent; for extending the Time for exercising the Powers relating; to certain Railways in Sussex; for sanctioning Arrangements with the South-eastern Railway Company; and for other Purposes.
30&31 Vict c.clxiii
Royal assent 25 July 1867
An Act for the Abandonment of the Railways authorized by the South-eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways Act, 1866..
31&32 Vict. c.cxxiii
Royal assent 13 July 1868
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 as spent.
31&32 Vict. c.cxxxiv
An Act for the amalgamation of the Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway Company with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company; and for other purposes.
32&33 Vict. c.lxxii
Royal assent 12 July 1869
An Act to authorise the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Comany to abandon the Worthing Junction, and to make a short Railway for improving the communication with Eastbourne, and to acquire additional Lands, and to sanction Agreements between them and the South-eastern Railway Company; and for other purposes.
33&34 Vict c.154
Royal Assent 1 August 1870
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to take on lease the Hayling Railways; to consolidate the preference stocks in their capital; to make other provisions with respect to their capital; and for other purposes with relation to the same Company.
37&38 Vict c.54
Royal assent 39 June 1874
An Act conferring further powers on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company
38&39 Vict c.96
Royal assent 29 June 2875
An Act to vest in the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company the Undertaking of the Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne Railway Company, and to make better provision for railway communication to Eastbourne.
39&40 Vict c.lv
Royal assent 17 June 1876
39&40 Vict c.109
39&40 Vict c.144
39&40 Vict c.213
40&41 Vict c.28
40&41 Vict c.107
An Act for making a Railway between Brighton and the Dyke, in the County of Sussex; and for other purposes.
40&41 Vict c.189
Royal assent 2 August 1877
41&42 Vict c.72
41&42 Vict c.74
42&43 Vict c.30
42&43 Vict c.31
An Act to revive the powers and extend the periods for the compulsory purchase of lands and for the construction of the Brighton and Dyke Railway.
44&45 Vict c.118
Royal assent 18 July 1881
An Act to enable the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company to raise further Capital.
45&46 Vict c.v
Royal asseent 28 April 1882
An Act to authorise the construction of Street Tramways between Shoreham and Hove in the county of Susses; and for other purposes.
45&46 Vict c.89
Royal Assent 3 July 1882
45&46 Vict c.93
47&48 Vict c.97
48&49 Vict c.67
An Act to confer further powers on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company.
49&50 Vict c.37
Royal Assent 4 Jun 1886
An Act to enlarge the time for opening the Brighton and Dyke Railway for the public conveyance of passengers.
49&50 Vict c.45
Royal assent 4 June 1886
An Act for making a railway from Brighton to Rottingdean and Newhaven in the county of Sussex and for other purposes.
49&50 Vict c.100
Royal Assent 25 June 1886
Repealed by Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway 1887 c.192 and Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1894 c.144.
50&51 Vict c.xxix
An Act to extend the time for completing and opening the Brighton and Dyke Railway.
50&51 Vict c.clxviii
Royal assent 27 January 1887
An Act to authorise the Brighton, Rottingdean, and Newhaven Direct Railway Company to make a Railway in Brighton in connection with their authorised Railway; and for other purposes.
50&51 Vict c.cxcii
Royal assent 23 August 1887
Repealed by Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1894 c.cxliv.
51&52 Vict c.17
An Act to extend the time for the purchase of land for and completion of the Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway and for other purposes.
52&53 Vict c.29
Repealed by Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1894 c.cxliv.
An Act to confirm Modifications made by the Award of an Umpire in certain Agreements between the London, Brighton and South Coast and South Eastern Railway Companies and the Extension of those Agreements.
53&54 Vict c.39
53&54 Vict c.148
Order of the Board of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, embodying the classification of merchandise traffic and the authorised schedule of maximum rates and charges, including all terminal charges applicable to the said classification of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company, and certain other railway companies connected therewith.
Confirmed by
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and the Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges applicable thereto, of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, and certain other Railway Companies connected therewith.
54&55 Vict c.217
Royal Assent 5 August 1891.
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 as spent.
55&56 Vict c.122
An Act to extend the time for the purchase of land for and completion of the Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway and for other purposes.
56&57 Vict c.150
Repealed by Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1894 c.144.
An Act for making a Tramroad along the Seashore from Brighton to Eottingdean in the County of Sussex and a Jetty or Landing Stage at Rottingdean and for other purpose.
56&57 Vict c.clviiii
Royal Assent 27 July 1893
An Act to extend the provisions of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company (Steamboats) Act 1864.
57&58 Vict c.vi
Royal assent 1 June 1894
57&58 Vict c.104
57&58 Vict c.144
Royal Assent 31 July 1894.
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 as spent.
An Act to extend the time for completing and opening the Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad to raise additional Capital and for other purposes.
59&60 Vict c.33
Royal assent 2 July 1896
59&60 Vict c.128
61&62 Vict c.111
62&63 Vict c.54
An Act to empower the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company to widen their existing railways and to purchase additional lands and for other purposes.
62&63 Vict c.205
Royal Assent 1 August 1899.
63&64 Vict c.30
An Act to empower the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the county borough of Brighton to construct and work tramways, to erect eletric gewnerating stations and for other purposes.
63&64 Vict c.99
Royal Assent 30 July 1900
Repealed by Tramways Order Confirmation (No 1) Act 1902 c.202.
1 Edw VII c.111
Made 2 August 1901
Made 19 September 1901
No 7: no smoking inside or on front three rows outside.
See London Gazette, 24 September 1901: 6236
2 Edw VII c.8
An Act to authorise the Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad Company to divert a portion of their existing and authorised tramroad in the county of Sussex and to construct a new tramroad in lieu thereof and for other Purposes.
2 Edw VII c.13
Royal assent 28 April 1902
2 Edw VII c.202
Repealed by Brighton Corporation Act 1931 c.109.
Includes details of routes 1,1a, 2, 2a and 2b.
Made 29 October 1903
Nos 2,3 and 4: no smoking inside or in front of the trolley pole and no spitting anywhere, penalty not exceeding 40s (£2). In force from 1 January 1904.
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3 Edw VII c.120
An Act to empower the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the county borough of Brighton to construct and work tramways and for other purposes.
3 Edw VII c.225
See under The City and Its Administration.
An Act to authorise the British Electric Traction Company Limited to construct new tramways between Worthing and Shoreham to work such new tramways and to adapt the existing tramways between Shoreham and Hove for working by electrical or other mechanical power and for other purposes.
3 Edw VII c.204
Royal Assent 11 August 1903
6 Edw VII c.145
Made 6 July 1906
No 23: no dogs or other animals allowed on trams except small dogs carried by owner on upper deck at discretion of conductor; penalty not exceeding 40s (£2).
London Gazette, 7 August 1906: 5466
8 Edw VII c.83
1&2 Geo V c.xi
1&2 Geo V c.lx
Made 4 May 1911
See London Gazette, 12 May 1911, 3647f]
An Act to empower the Brighton Hove and Preston United Omnibus Company Limited to work their omnibuses by means of railless traction and for other purposes.
1&2 Geo 5 c.cx
Royal assent 18 August 1911
• Promoted by Brighton, Hove and Preston United Omnibus Company; describes proposed trolley routes.
Repealed by Brighton Corporation Act 1931
An Act to empower the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the county borough of Brighton to provide and use trolley vehicles and for other purposes.
See under The City and Its Administration.
An Act to enable the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Hove to provide and run vehicles by means of railless traction and for other pruposes.
2&3 Geo V, c. 60
Royal Assent 7 August 1912
The cost estimates were: purchase of lands £4,000, erection of generating station £15,000, other buildings £5,000, overhead equipment £24,100, provision of troley vehicles £24,000, provision and operation of motor omnibuses £12,000—a total of £84,100.
Repealed (except s.54) by Hove Corporation Act 1947 c.30.
An Act to authorise the transfer to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the county borough of Brighton of the powers vested in the Brighton, Hove, and Preston United Omnibus Company, Limited, under the Brighton, Hove, and District Railless Traction Act, 1911, and to sanction and confirm the purchase by the Corporation of lands adjoining the borough in the parishes of Ovingdean and Rottingdean; and for other purposes.
3&4 Geo V c.46
Royal assent 15 August 1913
4&5 Geo V c. 102
Allowed local authorities to extend the time needed to complete transport projects established under previous legislation.
7 August 1917: Hove [London Gazette, 17 August 1917, 8464 and 28 September 1917, 10074]
29 April 1918: Brighton [London Gazette, 10 May 1918: 5621]
31 August 1918: Brighton [London Gazette, 6 September 2918: 10576]
28 April 1919: Brighton [London Gazette, 6 May 1919: 5669]
10 March 1920: Brighton [London Gazette, 19 March 1920: 3448]
1922: Period allowed for erection of Brighton trolley service in Brighton Order 1917 extended by year from 7 August 1922.
Re Motor omnibuses.
14&15 Geo V c.66
1 Edw VIII & 1 Geo VI c.5
Royal assent 18 December 1936
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An Act to confirm an agreement between the Brighton Corporation and the Brighton Hove and District Omnibus Company Limited for the provision and working in co-ordination of passenger road transport by the said Corporation and the said Company and the sharing of revenues thereof and other matters to confer powers upon the said Corporation and Company in connection with the running of trolley vehicles to enact provisions with respect to the abandonment by the said Corporation of their tramways and with respect to the railway known as "Volk's Electric Railway" to empower the said Corporation to borrow money and for other purposes.
1&2 Geo VI c.89
Royal Assent 29 July 1938
Repealed (except part of s.32) by East Sussex Act 1981 c.25.
[See London Gazette, 29 November 1947: 5859]
Confirmed by
10&11 Geo VI c.xxv
Royal Assent 31 July 1947
10&11 Geo VI c.
Royal Assent 6 August 1947
Confirmed by
15&16 Geo VI & 1 Eliz II c.21
Royal Assent 1 August 1952
Repealed by East Sussex Act 1981 c.25.
2013 c.2
Royal Assent 31 January 2013
Repealed much 'spent' legislation including London, Lewes, and Brighton Railways Abandonment Act 1868, Brighton Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1894,. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company (Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act 1891
SI 1991 no 2594 The Folkestone-Honiton Trunk Road (A27 Brighton By-Pass and Slip Roads) Order 1984, Variation Order
SI 2001 no 2272 The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (City of Brighton & Hove) Order