Canterbury Extension Act 1951

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1951 c. xvi
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GEO.
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Canterbury Extension
Ch. xvi
Act, 1951
CHAPTER xvi
An Act to extend the boundaries of the city of Canter-
bury and county of the same city and for purposes
incidental thereto. [10th May 1951.]
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(1) The city of Canterbury and county of the same city
(hereinafter called " the city ") is a county borough under the
government of the mayor aldermen and citizens of the city
{hereinafter called " the Corporation "):
(2) The unrepealed provisions of the local Acts specified
in Part I of the schedule to this Act and of the Orders specified in
Part II of that schedule are in force in the city:
(3) The parishes of Hackington and Harbledown in the rural
district of Bridge-Blean are respectively situated in the
administrative county of Kent and immediately adjoin the city:
(4) It is expedient to alter and extend the boundaries of
the city so as to include therein parts of the said parishes;
(5) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act be enacted:
(6) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(7) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
requirements of Part XIII of the Local Government Act 1933
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&
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Geo.
5.
have been observed: c.
51.
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted
and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
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Ch. xvi
Canterbury Extension
14 & 15
GEO,
6
Act, 1951
and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the
authority of the same as follows (that is to say):
Preliminary
Short and
1.—(1)
This Act may be cited as the Canterbury Extension
collective Act 195L
titles.
(2) The local Acts as defined in the next following section
and this Act may together be cited as the Canterbury Corporation
Acts 1515 to 1951.
Interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Act unless the subject or context otherwise
ti
requires
"The Act of 1929" and "the Act of 1933" mean
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respectively the Local Government Act 1929 and the
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c-17-
Local Government Act 1933 ;
" The added areas " means the added parts of the rural
district ;
" The added parts of the rural district" " the added part of
Hackington " and " the added parts of Harbledown "
mean respectively the parts of the rural district the part
of the parish of Hackington and the parts of the parish
of Harbledown which are respectively included within
the inner edge of the red line on the city map and " the
excluded part of Hackington " and " the excluded part
of Harbledown " mean respectively the remaining parts
of those parishes;
The appointed day " means the first day of April nineteen
hundred and fifty-two;
" The city " means before the appointed day the existing city
of Canterbury and county of the same city and on and
after the appointed day the city and county of the same
city as altered by this Act;
The city map " means the map signed in triplicate by the
Right Honourable the Earl of Drogheda the chairman
of the committee of the House of Lords to which the
Bill for this Act was referred one copy of which map
has been deposited in the office of the Clerk of the
Parliaments House of Lords one in the Private Bill
Office of the House of Commons and one with the
town clerk at his office ;
The Corporation " means the mayor aldermen and citizens
of the city acting
by
the council;
The council " means the council of the city ;
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The county " means the administrative county of Kent
and " the county council" means the county council
(of the county;
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