Stockport Extension Act 1934
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1934 c. lvi |
| Year | 1934 |
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Extension Act, 1934.
CHAPTER lvi.
An Act to extend the boundaries of the county
A.D.
1934.
borough of Stockport and for purposes
incidental thereto. [12th July 1934.]
W
HEREAS the borough of Stockport (in this Act
referred to as "the borough") is a county
borough under the government of the mayor aldermen
and burgesses of the borough (in this Act referred to
as " the Corporation "):
And whereas the borough now comprises the parishes
of Stockport Heaton Norris and Reddish :
And whereas the urban district of Hazel Grove
and Bramhall in the administrative county of the county
palatine of Chester adjoins the borough and it is expedient
that the boundaries of the borough should be extended
so as to include therein part of the said urban district:
And whereas it is expedient that the said existing
parishes of Stockport Heaton Norris and Reddish and the
area so proposed to be included in the borough should
be amalgamated to form the parish of Stockport:
And whereas the unrepealed provisions of the
several Acts Provisional Orders and other orders
specified in the schedule to this Act immediately prior
to the passing of this Act are in force within the borough
and it is expedient that those Acts and Orders as amended
by this Act should apply throughout the borough as
extended by this Act:
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[Ch. lvi.] Stockport [24 & 25
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5.]
Extension Act, 1934.
A.D.
1934. And whereas it is expedient that the other powers
— contained in this Act should be conferred :
And whereas the objects of this Act cannot be
attained 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 Govern-
ment (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 (that is to say):—
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Stockport Extension
Act 1934.
Interpreta- 2. In this Act unless the subject or context other-
tion. wise requires the expressions—
" The appointed day " means the first day of April
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five;
" The existing borough" means the borough of
Stockport as it exists at the passing of this
Act;
" The borough" means until the appointed day
the existing borough and thereafter the existing
borough as extended by this Act;
"The council" means the council of the borough;
" 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 town clerk" and " the treasurer" mean
respectively 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;
" The borough map" means the map marked
" Map of the county borough of Stockport as
" extended by the Stockport Extension Act
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Extension Act, 1934.
" 1934 " and signed in triplicate by the Marquess A.D. 1934.
of Hartington the Chairman of the Committee —
of the House of Commons to whom 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 in his office;
"The county" and "the county council" mean
respectively the administrative county of the
county palatine of Chester and the county
council of that county;
" The urban district" and " the urban council"
mean respectively the urban district of Hazel
Grove and Bramhall and the urban district
council of that district;
" The added area " means the part of the urban
district which is by this Act added to the
borough and which is coloured blue on the
borough map;
" Existing " in relation to any area altered by this
Act means existing immediately before the
appointed day;
" The Minister " means the Minister of Health;
" Local authority" means a local authority as
defined in section 3 of the Local Government
and other Officers' Superannuation Act 1922
and includes the standing joint committee of
a county;
" Officer " includes a servant and any person whose
remuneration is paid by a local authority;
" The local Acts " means the local Acts specified,
in Part I of the schedule to this Act the Orders
specified in Part II of that schedule and
so much of the confirmation Acts specified in
that part as relates to those Orders;
" The Act of 1894 " " the Act of 1929 " and " the
Act of 1933" mean respectively the Local
Government Act 1894 the Local Government
Act 1929 and the Local Government Act 1933;
"The Public Health Acts" means the Public
Health Act 1875 and the Acts amending and
extending the same;
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