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[ 0 => '{{Short description|Act of Parliament of Great Britain}}', 1 => '{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}', 2 => '{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}', 3 => '{{Infobox UK legislation|short_title=Streets (London) Act 1766|type=act|parliament=Parliament of Great Britain|long_title=An Act for putting the Road from Clarges Street to Hyde Park Corner, and from the South End of Park Lane to the North Side of Hertford Street, in the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, now under the Direction of the Acts for repairing the Roads in the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Saint George Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, under the Management of the Commissioners for paving, cleaning, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, in Westminster.|year=1766|citation=6 Geo. 3. c. 54|territorial_extent=[[England and Wales]]|royal_assent=6 June 1766|expiry_date=|repeal_date=|amendments=|repealing_legislation=[[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013]] (implied)|related_legislation={{Plainlist|', 4 => '* [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725]]', 5 => '* [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740]]', 6 => '}}|status=Repealed|original_text=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0aRFAAAAcAAJ}}', 7 => 'The '''Streets (London) Act 1766''' was a [[Public Act|public act]] of the [[Parliament of Great Britain]] extended previous road repair and maintenance acts, including the [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725]] and [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740]], to cover the roads [[Clarges Street]] to [[Hyde Park Corner]] and from [[Park Lane]] to [[Hertford Street]], under the management of the Commissioners responsible for paving, cleaning, and lighting Westminster. ', 8 => '', 9 => 'The act became obsolete and was repealed (implied) by the [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013]] which had been recommended by the [[Law Commission (England and Wales)|Law Commission]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |author-link=Law Commission (England and Wales) |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c5407ed915d338141e15d/8330.pdf |title=Statute law repeals. 19.2012 |date=2012 |publisher=TSO |isbn=9780101833028 |series=Scottish Law Commission / The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission |location=London |pages=184 |language=en}}</ref> ', 10 => '', 11 => '== Background ==', 12 => 'Prior to the late 19th century, Britain lacked a national framework for [[highway maintenance]]. The responsibility for road upkeep primarily fell on the local population through two main systems:<ref name=":12" />', 13 => '', 14 => '* [[Statute labour]]: for much of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, every able-bodied man to contribute six days of unpaid labour annually to repair local roads.', 15 => '* [[Turnpike trust|Turnpikes]]: introduced in 1663, toll-gates placed across roads, requiring travellers to pay a fee for passage, with the collected revenue was then used for road repair and maintenance.', 16 => '', 17 => 'Several laws concerning the maintenance of roads in other parishes, including [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725]] and the [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740]], authorised the charging of tolls at turnpikes.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Danby |first=Pickering |author-link=Danby Pickering |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1rouAAAAIAAJ |title=The Statutes at Large, from the Ninth Year of King George I to the Second Year of King George II. |year=1765 |isbn=9780331878042 |volume=17 |location=London |pages=367 |language=en |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>', 18 => '', 19 => 'Local authorities were motivated to improve the roads [[Clarges Street]] to [[Hyde Park Corner]] and from [[Park Lane]] to [[Hertford Street]], and the resulting benefits to public utility and convenience.', 20 => '', 21 => '== Provisions ==', 22 => 'The act provided:<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Danby |first=Pickering |author-link=Danby Pickering |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0aRFAAAAcAAJ |title=The Statutes at Large, from the Fifth Year of King George III to the Tenth Year of King George III. |year=1765 |isbn=9780699146340 |volume=17 |location=London |pages=277-279 |language=en |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>', 23 => '', 24 => '* The roads from [[Clarges Street]] to [[Hyde Park Corner]] and from [[Park Lane]] to [[Hertford Street]] be placed under the care of the Commissioners responsible for managing roads, lighting, and cleaning in Westminster and other areas covered by previous Acts of Parliament.', 25 => '* An annual sum of £1000 is to be paid to the Commissioners for road maintenance and improvements, quarterly on specific religious feast days beginning with the [[Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels|Feast of Saint Michael]] the Archangel in 1766. If payments are late, Commissioners can collect tolls or seize goods to recover the funds.', 26 => '* The money is to be used exclusively for paving, cleaning, lighting, repairing, and regulating the specified roads.', 27 => '* Commissioners are allowed to borrow money using the annual £1000 sum as collateral, with detailed documentation of financial transactions.', 28 => '* Expenses incurred in the passing of the act are to be paid from the first monies raised under its authority.', 29 => '* Commissioners can continue erect gates at or near the current location of the [[Hyde Park Corner]] [[Turnpike trust|Turnpike]] if the [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725]] and [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740]] were not extended, with the tolls collected to be used for maintaining and improving roads in the specified areas.', 30 => '* The act is a [[Public Act|public act]].', 31 => '', 32 => '== Repeal ==', 33 => 'The 19th Statute Law Repeals Report of the [[Law Commission (England and Wales)|Law Commission]] recommend repealing the [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725]]:<ref name=":12" /><blockquote>"Since the repair of the roads pursuant to the Act was dependent upon the receipt of those tolls, it follows that the Act as a whole has served no useful purpose for at least 260 years."</blockquote>The [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Tolls) Act 1725]] was repealed by the [[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013]] which received [[royal assent]] on 31 January 2013, but the [[Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Roads (Toll Continuance) Act 1740]] and Streets (London) Act 1766 was not formally repealed.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|type=act|year=2013|chapter=2|act=Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013}}</ref>', 34 => '', 35 => '== References ==', 36 => '{{Reflist}}', 37 => '', 38 => '[[Category:Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1766]]', 39 => '[[Category:History of local government in London (pre-1855)]]' ]