Newport [Monmouthshire] Extension Act 1934
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1934 c. lvii |
| Year | 1934 |
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5.] Newport Extension [Oh. lvii.]
Act, 1934.
CHAPTER lvii.
An Act to extend the boundaries of the borough kJ)-_
of Newport and for purposes incidental thereto.
[12th July 1934.]
W
HEREAS the borough of Newport (hereinafter
called " the borough") is a county borough
under the government of the mayor aldermen and
burgesses of the borough (hereinafter called " the
Corporation "):
And whereas the unrepealed provisions of the local
Acts specified in Part I of the First Schedule to this
Act and the Orders specified in Parts II and III of that
schedule are in force in the borough :
And whereas the parish of Christchurch in the rural
district of Magor and the parishes of Saint Woollos
Bettws and Malpas in the rural district of Saint Mellons
are respectively situate in the administrative county of
Monmouth :
And whereas the parishes of Christchurch Saint
Woollos Bettws and Malpas immediately adjoin the
borough :
And whereas it is expedient to alter and extend the
boundaries of the borough so as to include therein the
whole of the said parish of Saint Woollos and parts of
the said parishes of Christchurch Bettws and Malpas :
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
contained in this Act be enacted :
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[Ch.
lvii.]
Newport Extension [24 & 25
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5.]
Act, 1934.
A.D.
1934. 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 as amended by the Local Government
(County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act 1926 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 :—
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Newport Extension
Act 1934.
Inter- 2.—(1) In this Act the several words and expressions
pretation. to which meanings are assigned by the Public Health
Acts shall 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 otherwise
requires—
" Existing " in relation to any area altered by this
Act means existing immediately before the
appointed day;
" The borough " means until the appointed day the
existing borough of Newport and thereafter the
existing borough of Newport as extended by
this Act;
" The Corporation " means the mayor aldermen and
burgesses of the borough;
" The council " means the council of the borough;
" The mayor " " the town clerk " and " the treasurer"
mean respectively the mayor the town clerk
and the treasurer of the borough;
" The general rate fund " and " the general rate "
mean respectively the general rate fund and the
general rate of the borough;
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5.] Newport Extension [Ch. lvii.]
Act, 1934.
" The local Acts " means the local Acts specified in A.D. 1934.
Part I of the First Schedule to this Act the —
Orders specified in Parts II and III of that
schedule and so much of the confirmation Acts
specified in that Part II as relates to those
Orders;
" The appointed day " means the first day of April
nineteen hundred and thirty-five;
" The borough map" means the map marked
" Map of the borough of Newport as extended
by the Newport Extension Act 1934" and
signed in triplicate by the Right Honourable
Viscount Mersey the chairman of the committee
of the House of Lords to which the Bill for this
Act was referred one copy of which has been
deposited in the Parliament Office of the House
of Lords one in the Committee and Private Bill
Office of the House of Commons and one with
the town clerk at his office;
" The county " and " the county council " mean
respectively the administrative county of
Monmouth and the county council of that
county;
"The Magor district" and "the Saint Mellons
district " mean respectively the rural district of
Magor and the rural district of Saint Mellons;
" The rural districts " means the Magor district and
the Saint Mellons district;
"The Magor Council" and "the Saint Mellons
Council" mean respectively the rural district
council of Magor and the rural district council
of Saint Mellons;
" The district councils " means the Magor Council
and the Saint Mellons Council;
" The parish councils " means the parish councils of
Christchurch Saint Woollos Bettws and Malpas;
" The added part of Christchurch" " the added
part of Bettws" and " the added part of
Malpas " mean respectively the parts of the
existing parishes of Christchurch Bettws and
Malpas which are respectively coloured light
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