Presented by Mr. Chamberlain.

[18 & 19 GEO. 5.] Ministry of Health

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[H.L.]

Provisional Order Confirmation (Swindon Extension). [H.L.]

BILL

INTITULED

An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the
Minister of Health relating to Swindon.

HEREAS the Minister of Health has made the
Provisional Order set forth in the schedule hereto

A.D. 1928.

under the provisions of the Local Government Act 51 & 52 Vict. 1888:

5 And whereas it is requisite that the said Order should be confirmed by Parliament:

Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present 10 Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows:

c. 41.

1. The Order set out in the schedule hereto shall Order in be and the same is hereby confirmed and all the schedule provisions thereof shall have full validity and force.

confirmed,

15 2. This Act may be cited as the Ministry of Health Short title. Provisional Order Confirmation (Swindon Extension) Act 1928.

A.D. 1928.

Swindon
Order.

Provisional Order Confirmation (Swindon Extension).

SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF SWINDON.

Provisional Order made in pursuance of the Local
Government Act 1888 for the extension of a Borough.

WHEREAS by section 54 of the Local Government Act 1888 5
the Minister of Health is empowered to make a Provisional
Order for altering the boundary of any borough;

And whereas the existing Borough of Swindon in the administrative county of Wilts is a borough within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1888 and the inhabitants are 10 a body corporate by the name of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the Borough of Swindon and act by the council of the Borough which now consists of the mayor (who is also an alderman) eleven other aldermen and thirty-six councillors and the Borough for the election of councillors is divided into 15 six wards;

And whereas the Borough has a separate commission of the peace;

And whereas in pursuance of the Education Act 1921 the Council of the Borough are the local education authority for 20 the purposes of elementary education;

And whereas the Borough is coextensive with the Parish of Swindon and is an urban district under the jurisdiction of the mayor aldermen and burgesses acting by the Council;

And whereas the four parishes of Chisledon Rodbourne 25 Cheney Stratton Saint Margaret and Wroughton in the administrative county of Wilts immediately adjoin the Borough and are contributory places in the Rural District of Highworth;

And whereas the two parishes of Lydiard Millicent and Lydiard Tregoze in the administrative county of Wilts imme- 30 diately adjoin the Borough and are contributory places in the Rural District of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett:

Now therefore the Minister of Health in pursuance of the powers given to him by sections 54 and 59 of the Local Govern

Provisional Order Confirmation (Swindon Extension).

ment Act 1888 and of all other powers enabling him in that A.D. 1928. behalf hereby orders as follows:

PART I.

INTERPRETATION AND COMMENCEMENT.

1. In this Order unless the context otherwise requires-
"Existing "in relation to any area altered by this Order
means existing immediately before the appointed
day;

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The Act of 1888" and "the Act of 1894 mean
respectively the Local Government Act 1888 and
the Local Government Act 1894;

The added areas means the added part of Chisledon
the added parts of Lydiard Millicent the added part
of Lydiard Tregoze the added part of Rodbourne
Cheney the added part of Stratton Saint Margaret
and the added part of Wroughton;

"The added part of Chisledon means that part of the
existing Parish of Chisledon which is coloured green
on the borough maps;

"The added parts of Lydiard Millicent means those
parts of the existing Parish of Lydiard Millicent
which are coloured grey on the borough maps;

The added part of Lydiard Tregoze means that part
of the existing Parish of Lydiard Tregoze which is
coloured blue on the borough maps;

"The added part of Rodbourne Cheney means that
part of the existing Parish of Rodbourne Cheney
which is coloured yellow on the borough maps;

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The added part of Stratton Saint Margaret means
that part of the existing Parish of Stratton Saint
Margaret which is coloured purple on the borough
maps;

"The added part of Wroughton " means that part of the
existing Parish of Wroughton which is coloured brown
on the borough maps;

"The appointed day means the First day of October
Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight;

"The Borough" means the existing Borough of Swindon
as extended by this Order;

"The borough maps means the duplicate maps marked
"Map of the Borough of Swindon as extended by
"the Swindon (Extension) Order 1928" and sealed
with the official seal of the Minister;

Swindon
Order.

Definitions.

A.D. 1928.

Swindon
Order.

Provision as to Sunday.

Commence

ment of Order.

Provisional Order Confirmation (Swindon Extension).

"The Corporation" means as the context requires the
mayor aldermen and burgesses of the existing
Borough or of the Borough acting by the Council;
"The County" and the County Council" mean re-
spectively the administrative county of Wilts and 5
the county council of that County;

"The Cricklade District" and "the Cricklade Council" mean respectively the Rural District of Cricklade and Wootton Bassett and the Rural District Council of that rural district;

10 "The Highworth District " and " the Highworth Council " mean respectively the Rural District of Highworth and the Rural District Council of that rural district; "The excluded part of Chisledon "the excluded part of Lydiard Millicent ""the excluded part of 15 Lydiard Tregoze ""the excluded part of Rodbourne Cheney the excluded part of Stratton Saint Margaret and "the excluded part of Wroughton mean respectively that part of the existing parish of the same name which is not by this Order added to 20 the existing Borough;

"The Municipal Corporations Acts" means the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 and the Acts amending and extending the same and the Borough Councillors 25 (Alteration of Number) Act 1925;

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"The Parish of Swindon " "the Parish of Chisledon "
the Parish of Lydiard Millicent "the Parish of
Lydiard Tregoze the Parish of Stratton Saint
Margaret" and "the Parish of Wroughton" mean 30
respectively each of those parishes as altered by
this Order;

"The Parish of Haydon Wick " means the excluded part
of Rodbourne Cheney as renamed by this Order;

"The ward maps" means the duplicate maps marked 35
"Map of the wards of the Borough of Swindon as
extended by the Swindon (Extension) Order 1928 "
and sealed with the official seal of the Minister.

2. Where the day on which anything by this Order required to be done falls on a Sunday that thing shall be done on the 40 following day.

3. Save as otherwise expressly provided this Order shall come into operation on the First day of October Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight :