The West India Docks Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4. c. lii) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the construction and management of the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in London.
Background The West India Dock Company was incorporated by an Act of 1799 to build docks on the Isle of Dogs for the West India trade, with a compulsory clause requiring West Indian shipping to use the new docks.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 7 enactments recited in the preamble to the act, so far as they related to the West India Dock Company. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal39 Geo. 3. c. lxixPort of London Improvement and City Canal Act 1799An Act for rendering more commodious and better regulating the Port of London.So far as the same relate to the West India Dock Company.42 Geo. 3. c. cxiiiWest India Dock Company Act 1802An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for rendering more commodious and for better regulating the Port of London," so far as the same relates to the concerns of the West India Dock Company thereby established, and for extending to other objects the compensations directed to be made by the said act.The whole act.44 Geo. 3. c. viiWest India Docks Act 1804An Act for raising a further sum of money for carrying into execution an Act passed in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act for rendering more commodious and for better regulating the Port of London," and another Act passed in the forty-second year of the said reign, to alter and amend the first-mentioned act.The whole act.47 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. xxxiPort of London Improvement and City Canal Act 1807An Act to authorize the advancement of further sums of money out of the Consolidated Fund, to be applied in completing the canal across the Isle of Dogs, and erecting other works there, and for effecting other improvements of the Port of London, in execution of certain acts already passed for these purposes.So far as the same relate to the West India Dock Company.47 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 65Auction Duty Act 1807An Act to exempt sales of West India produce by the West India Dock Company, for payment of duties and charges, from the auction duty.So far as the same relate to the West India Dock Company.10 Geo. 4. c. lxviiWest India Dock Company Act 1829An Act to enable the West India Dock Company to raise a further sum of money.The whole act.10 Geo. 4. c. cxxxCity Canal Act 1829An Act for the sale of the City Canal, and for other purposes relating thereto.The whole act. Subsequent developments The West India Docks merged with the East India Docks under the West and East India Dock Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. ix) to form the East and West India Dock Company.
The whole act was repealed by section 3 of, and the third schedule to, the Port of London (Consolidation) Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. clxxiii), which came into force on 23 December 1920.
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