Ministry of Health (Halifax and West Riding Provisional Orders) Confirmation Act 1928
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1928 c. lxiii |
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5.] Ministry of Health [Ch.
lxiii.]
(Halifax and West Biding Provisional Orders)
Confirmation Act, 1928.
CHAPTER lxiii.
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of
A.D.
1928.
the Minister of Health relating to Halifax and
the West Riding of Yorkshire.
[3rd August 1928.]
TT/HEREAS the Minister of Health has made the
VV Provisional Orders set forth in the schedule
hereto under the provisions of the Local Government
51 & 52
Vict,
Act 1888: c.4l.
And whereas it is requisite that the said Orders
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 of the same
as follows:—
1.
The Orders set out in the schedule hereto shall be Orders in
and the same are 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.
(Halifax and West Riding Provisional Orders) Confir-
mation Act 1928.
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(Halifax and West Riding Provisional Orders)
Confirmation>
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SCHEDULE.
COUNTY BOROUGH OF HALIFAX,
Halifax Provisional Or/der made in pursuance of the Local
Order. Government Act1888 for: the extension of the County
Borough of Halifax by the addition of a part of the
Urban District of Southowram m the West Biding
of Yorkshire.
WHEREAS by virtue of section 54 of the Local Government
Act 1888 the Minister of Health subject to the observance of the
conditions imposed by section 2 of the. Local Government (County
Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926 may make a Provisional
Order for altering the boundary Of a county borough;
And whereas the existing Borough of Halifax is a county
borough and the inhabitants are a body corporate by the name
of the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the Borough of
Halifax and act by the Council of the Borough;
And whereas the Borough is coextensive with the Parish of
Halifax and is an urban district under the jurisdiction of the
mayor aldermen and burgesses acting by the Council;
And whereas the Borough has a separate court of quarter
sessions recorder commission of the peace police force and
coroner;
And whereas the "Urban District of Southowram in the
administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire imme-
diately adjoins the Borough of Halifax and is coextensive with
the Parish of Southowram;
And whereas the conditions imposed by section 2 of the
Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act
1926 have been complied with :
Now therefore the Minister of Health in pursuance of the
powers given to him by sections 54 and 59 of the Local Govern-
ment Act 1888 and of all other powers enabling him in that
behalf hereby orders as follows :—
PART I.
INTERPRETATION AND COMMENCEMENT.
Definitions. 1. In this Order unless the context otherwise requires—
" Existing " in relation to any area altered by this Order
means existing immediately before the First day of
October Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight;
2
A.D,
1928.
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(Halifax and West Riding Provisional Orders)
Confirmation Act, 1928.
" The Act of 1888 " and " the Act of 1894 " mean respec- AJ>. 1928.
tively the Local Government Act 1888 and the Local
Government Act 1894; Halifax
" The added area " means the part of the existing Urban
District of Southowram which is coloured yellow on
the maps and is added to the existing Borough of
Halifax by this Order;
" The appointed day" means the First day of October
Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight;
" The Borough " means the existing Borough of Halifax
as altered by this Order and any other Provisional
Order which may be confirmed by Parliament during
the present session;
" 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 the West Riding
of Yorkshire and the county council of that County;
" The maps " means the duplicate maps marked " Map
" showing the area added to the Borough of Halifax
" by the Halifax (Extension) Order 1928" and
sealed with the official seal of the Minister;
" 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 Halifax " means the Parish of Halifax as
altered by this Order and any other Provisional Order
which may be confirmed by Parliament during the
present session;
" The Parish of Southowram" means the Parish of
Southowram as diminished by this Order;
" The Urban District " and "the Urban Council " mean
respectively the Urban District of Southowram as
diminished by this Order and the Urban District
Council of Southowram.
2.
As from the date on which the first new valuation hst Construction
made under the Bating and Valuation Act 1925 for the Borough of references
comes into operation anv reference in this Order— *° b°ro"g"
r J fund and
(a) to the borough fund of the Borough shall be read as a borough
rate.
reference to the general rate fund of the Borough; and
(b) to the borough rate of the Borough shall be read as a
reference to the general rate of the Borough.
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