Nottingham City and County Boundaries Act 1951

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1951 c. xxxi
Year1951
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Nottingham
City and
County
Ch, xxxi
Boundaries
Act, 1951
CHAPTER xxxi
An Act to alter the boundaries of the city of Nottingham
and county of the same city and the boundaries of
the administrative county of Nottingham to make
further provision in reference to the areas affected by
such alterations and for other purposes.
[1st August 1951.]
*T|7HEREAS
(1) The city of Nottingham and county of the same city (in
the preamble to this Act referred to as " the city ") is a county
borough under the government of the lord mayor aldermen and
citizens of the city (in this Act referred to as " the Corpora-
tion "):
(2) The unrepealed provisions of the local Acts specified in
Part I of the First Schedule to this Act and of the Orders speci-
fied in Part II of that schedule are in force in the city and the
unrepealed provisions of the local Acts specified in Part III of
that schedule are in force in the urban district of West
Bridgford:
(3) The urban districts of Beeston and Stapleford and West
Bridgford and the parishes of Clifton-with-Glapton and Rud-
dington in the rural district of Basford are respectively situated
in the administrative county of Nottingham and adjoin or are in
close proximity to the city:
(4) It is expedient to alter the boundaries of the city and of
the administrative county of Nottingham so as
(a) to include in the city a part of the urban district of
West Bridgford and parts of the said parishes of Clifton-
with-Glapton and Ruddington (which are in this Act
together referred to as " the added area "); and
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ib) to include in the urban district of West Bridgford a part
of the city (which is in this Act referred to as " the
transferred city area "):
(5) It is expedient that the boundary between the urban dis-
trict of Beeston and Stapleford and the rural district of Basford
should be altered and improved by transferring to that urban
district a part of the said parish of Clifton-with-Glapton (which
is in this Act referred to as " the transferred rural area "):
(6) It is expedient to confirm the agreement (in this Act
referred to as " the scheduled agreement") with reference to
the proposed development of the added area and the transferred
city area between the Corporation the county council of the
administrative county of Nottingham (in this Act referred to as
" the County Council") the West Bridgford Urban District
Council the Beeston and Stapleford Urban District Council and
the Basford Rural District Council which is set out in the Second
Schedule to this Act:
(7) It is expedient that the other provisions contained in this
Act be enacted:
(8) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(9) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act by
the Corporation and the County Council the requirements of
Fart XIII of the Local Government Act 1933 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):
Short title.
1.
This Act may be cited as the Nottingham City and County
Boundaries Act 1951.
Interpretation. 2.—(1) In this Act unless the subject or context otherwise
19 & 20 Geo. 5
c. 17.
requires
(t Act of 1929 " and " Act of 1933 " mean respectively the
Local Government Act 1929 and the Local Government
Act 1933 ;
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added area " means the added part of West Bridgford the
added part of Clifton-with-Glapton and the added part
of Ruddington ;
added part of Clifton-with-Glapton " means the part of
the parish of Clifton-with-Glapton which is included
within the inner edge of the red line on the boundaries
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map and " excluded part of Clifton-with-Glapton"
means so much of the remaining part of that parish
as does not comprise the transferred rural area;
"added part of Ruddington" and "added part of West
Bridgford " mean respectively the part of the parish
of Ruddington and the part of the West Bridgford
district which are respectively included within the
inner edge of the red line on the boundaries map and
" excluded part of Ruddington " and " excluded part
of West Bridgford " mean respectively the remaining
parts of that parish and of that district;
" appointed day " means the first day of April nineteen
hundred and fifty-two;
" Basford district" and " Basford Council" mean respec-
tively the rural district of Basford and the rural dis-
trict council of that district;
" Beeston district" and " Beeston Council" mean respec-
tively the urban district of Beeston and Stapleford and
the urban district council of that district;
" boundaries map " means the map signed in quadruplicate
by Sir Charles Mac Andrew the chairman of the com-
mittee of the House of Commons 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 one with the town clerk at his
office and one with the county clerk at his office;
" city " means before the appointed day the existing city
of Nottingham 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;
" Corporation" means the lord mayor aldermen and
citizens of the city acting by the council;
" council" means the council of the city;
" county " means the administrative county of Nottingham
and " County Council" means the county council of
the county;
" county clerk " means the clerk of the County Council;
"districts" means the Basford district the Beeston district
and the West Bridgford district and " district councils "
means the councils of those districts;
" enactment" includes this Act and any public general
local or private Act and any order or other instru-
ment having the force of an Act;
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