Coventry Corporation (Boundary Extension) Act 1927

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1927 c. xci
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Coventry Corporation
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(Boundary
Extension)
Act, 1927.
CHAPTER xci.
An Act to extend the boundaries of the city of AJX1927.
Coventry and for other purposes.
[29th July 1927.]
W
HEREAS the existing city of Coventry (in the
Preamble to this Act called " the city") is a
county borough under the government of the mayor
aldermen and citizens of the city (hereinafter called " the
Corporation "):
And whereas 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:
And whereas the rural district of Coventry the
parishes of Foleshill Stoke Stoke Heath and Walsgrave-
on-Sowe in the rural district of Foleshill the parishes of
Coundon Allesley and Berkswell in the rural district of
Meriden and the parishes of Stivichall and Stoneleigh in
the rural district of Warwick are respectively situate in
the administrative county of Warwick and immediately
adjoin or are in close proximity to the city:
And whereas it is expedient to alter and extend the
boundaries of the city so as to include within the city as
extended the rural district of Coventry the parishes of
Stoke and Stoke Heath and parts of the parishes of
Foleshill Walsgrave-on-Sowe Coundon Allesley Berkswell
Stivichall and Stoneleigh:
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And whereas
(a) the Coventry Union comprises the parish of
Coventry which is co-extensive with the city
and the rural district of Coventry which
contains the parishes of Saint Michael Without
Coventry and the Holy Trinity Without
Coventry;
(6) the Foleshill Union includes the parishes of
Foleshill Stoke Stoke Heath and Walsgrave-
on-Sowe;
(c) the Meriden Union includes the parishes of
Coundon Allesley and Berkswell;
(d) the Warwick Union includes the parishes of
Stivichall and Stoneleigh;
and it is expedient to extend the boundaries of the parish
of Coventry so as to include therein the several
added to the city:
And whereas a separate court of quarter sessions
formerly existed in and for the city but by the Act 5
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abolished:
And whereas it is expedient that section 7 of the said
Act should be repealed in the event of His Majesty being
pleased to grant that a separate court of quarter sessions
be holden in and for the city as extended by this Act:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act should be enacted :
And whereas the purposes of this Act cannot be
effected without the authority of Parliament:
And whereas in relation to the promotion of the Bill
for this Act the requirements of the Borough Funds Acts
1872 and 1903 have been observed :
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 and Commons in this present
Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same
as follows (that is to say):
PRELIMINARY.
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Coventry Corpora-
tion (Boundary Extension) Act 1927,
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2.—(1) In this Act the several words and expressions
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to which meanings are assigned by the Acts wholly or
partially incorporated herewith or by the Public Health Jnt.erPre-
Acts have the same respective meanings unless there be
something in the subject or context repugnant to such
construction.
(2) In this Act unless the subject or context other-
wise requires
" The city " means the existing city of Coventry as
extended by this Act;
" The Corporation " means as the context requires
the mayor aldermen and citizens of the existing
city or of the city acting by the council;
" The council" means the council of the citv;
"The mayor" "the town clerk" and "the
treasurer" mean respectively as the context
requires the mayor the town clerk and the
treasurer of the existing city or of the city and
the expressions " the town clerk" and " the
treasurer " include any person duly authorised
to discharge temporarily the duties of those
offices;
" The general rate fund " and " the general rate "
mean respectively the general rate fund and the
general rate of the city or until the date when
the first new valuation list made under Part II
of the Eating and Valuation Act 1925 comes into
force the borough fund and the borough rate of
the existing city or of the city;
" The parish of Coventry " means the existing parish
of Coventry as extended by this Act;
"The county" and "the county council" mean
respectively the administrative county of War-
wick and the county council of that county;
" The Coventry district" " the Foleshill district "
" the Meriden district" and " the Warwick
district" " the Coventry Council" " the Foles-
" hill Council" " the Meriden Council" and
" the Warwick Council" mean respectively the
rural districts of Coventry Foleshill Meriden and
Warwick and the rural district councils of those
districts; A 2 3

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