Provisional Order Confirmation (Swindon Extension).

20 5. The

Margaret.

Highworth Union. 2. The Swindon and Highworth Union. 3. The Swindon and Highworth Union. 4. The Swindon and Highworth Union.

excluded part of 5. The Parish of 5. The Swindon and

Highworth Union.

6. The Cricklade
and Wootton Bas-
sett Union.

7. The Cricklade
and Wootton Bas-
sett Union.

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Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Health
this Twenty-fifth day of April Nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight.

A.D. 1928.

Swindon
Order.

Provisional Order (Torquay Extension).

A

BILL

ΤΟ

Confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister
of Health relating to Torquay.

the Minister

Provisional Order set forth in the schedule hereto

A.D. 1928.

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

And whereas it is requisite that the said Order

5 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 Parliament assembled and by the authority 10 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 provisions schedule thereof shall have full validity and force. confirmed.

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

A.D. 1928.

Torquay
Order.

Definitions.

Provisional Order (Torquay Extension).

SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF TORQUAY.

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

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

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

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

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

And whereas the Parish of Cockington in the administrative county of Devon immediately adjoins the Borough of Torquay and is a contributory place in the Rural District of Newton 25 Abbot:

Now therefore the Minister of Health in pursuance of the powers given to him by sections 54 and 59 of the Local Government Act 1888 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby orders as follows:

PART I.

INTERPRETATION AND COMMENCEMENT.

1. In this Order unless the context otherwise requires-
"Existing

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in relation to any area altered by this Order means existing immediately before the First day of 35 October Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight;

Provisional Order (Torquay Extension).

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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 area

means the existing Parish of
Cockington which is coloured blue on the borough
maps;

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

"The Borough

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15

20

25

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means the existing Borough of Torquay as extended by this Order;

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

"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 respec-
tively the administrative county of Devon and
the county council of that county;

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

"The Parish of Torquay" means that Parish as altered
by this Order;

"The Rural District" and "the Rural Council" mean
respectively the Rural District of Newton Abbot and
the Rural District Council of Newton Abbot;

"The ward maps" means the duplicate maps marked
Map of the wards of the Borough of Torquay as

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altered by the Torquay (Extension) Order 1928 " and sealed with the official seal of the Minister.

A.D. 1928.

Torquay
Order.

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

3. Save as otherwise expressly provided this Order shall Commencecome into operation on the First day of October Nineteen hundred ment of 40 and twenty-eight :

Provided that for the purposes of

(a) the division of the Borough and Parish of Torquay
into wards and all proceedings preliminary or relating

Order.