Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED'S (PRIVATE) ACT 1919 - PREAMBLE

Preamble

Whereas the construction of reservoirs and works as hereinafter provided, and the storage, supply, and distribution therein, therefrom, and thereby of oil and liquid fuel within the area hereinafter defined would be of public and local advantage: And whereas the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, duly formed and registered as a limited company under the Companies Acts in England, has acquired or is entitled to acquire Fremantle Town Lots Numbers 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1207, 1208, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1224, 1225, 1226, and 1227, and is willing and proposes at its own expense to construct and erect thereon the necessary reservoirs and works for the storage, supply, and distribution of oil and liquid fuel: And whereas it is desirable and expedient to grant to and confer upon the said Company the powers, rights, and privileges hereinafter appearing:

Be it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —