Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Wokingham Extension) Act 1927
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1927 c. xlviii |
| Year | 1927 |
[17 & 18
GEO.
5.] Ministry of Health [Ch.
xlviiL]
Provisional Order Confirmation (Wokingham
Extension) Act, 1927.
CHAPTER xlviii.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the
A.D.
1927.
Minister of Health relating to Wokingham.
[29th July 1927.]
W
HEREAS the Minister of Health has made the
Provisional Order set forth in the schedule hereto
under the provisions of the Local Government Act
51 & 52
Vict.
1888:
o. 41.
And whereas it is requisite that the said Order
should be confirmed by Parliament:
Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excel-
lent 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 Order set out in the schedule hereto shall be Order in
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.
Provisional Order Confirmation (Wokingham Extension)
Act 1927.
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[Ch. xlviiij Ministry of Health [17 & 18
GEO.
5,]
Provisional Order Confirmation (Wokingham
Extension) Act, 1927.
A.D.
1927. SCHEDULE.
BOROUGH OF WOKINGHAM.
Wokingham Provisional Order made in pursuance of the Local
Order, Government Act 1888 for the extension of a Borough.
WHEREAS by section 54 of the Local Government 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 Wokingham in the
Administrative County of Berks is a borough within the meaning
of the Local Government Act 1888 and the inhabitants are a
body corporate by the name of the Mayor Aldermen and Bur-
gesses of the Borough of Wokmgham and act by the Council of
the Borough which now consists of the mayor (who is also a
councillor) four aldermen and eleven other councillors;
And whereas the Borough is co-extensive with the Parish of
Wokingham Within and is an Urban District under the jurisdiction
of the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses acting by the Council;
And whereas the Parish of Wokingham Without in the
County of Berks surrounds the said Borough and is a contributory
place in the Rural District of Wokingham and is subject to the
jurisdiction of the Rural District Council of Wokingham and the
Parish Council of Wokingham Without:
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—
" 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 that part of the existing Parish
of Wokingham Without and of the Rural District of
Wokingham which is coloured yellow on the maps and
is added to the existing Borough of Wokingham by
this Order;
2
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