Provisional Order (Luton Extension).

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Confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister
of Health relating to Luton.

HEREAS the Minister of Health has made the
Provisional Order set forth in the schedule hereto

A.D. 1928.

under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1888: 51 & 52 Vict. And whereas it is requisite that the said Order c. 41.

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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 10 as follows:

1. The Order set out in the schedule hereto shall Order in be and the same is hereby confirmed and all the schedule provisions thereof shall have full validity and force.

confirmed.

2. This Act may be cited as the Ministry of Short title. 15 Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Luton Extension) Act 1928.

A.D. 1928.

Luton Order.

Provisional Order (Luton Extension).

SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF LUTON.

Provisional Order made in pursuance of the Local
Government Act 1888 for extending a Borough.

WHEREAS by virtue of section 54 of the Local Government 5
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 Luton in the
Administrative County of Bedford is a borough within the
meaning of the Local Government Act 1888 and the inhabitants 10
are a body corporate by the name of the mayor aldermen and
burgesses of the Borough of Luton and act by the council of
the Borough which now consists of the mayor (who is also an
alderman) five other aldermen and eighteen councillors and the
Borough is for the purpose of the election of councillors divided 15
into six wards;

And whereas the Borough has a separate commission of the peace and police force;

And whereas in pursuance of the Education Act 1921 the Council of the Borough are the local education authority for 20 the purposes of elementary education;

And whereas the Borough is coextensive with the Parish of Luton and is an urban district under the jurisdiction of the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses acting by the Council;

And whereas the Parishes of Caddington Hyde Leagrave 25 Limbury and Stopsley in the Administrative County of Bedford immediately adjoin the Borough and are contributory places in the Rural District of Luton and are subject to the jurisdiction of the Rural District Council of Luton and are entitled to elect Parish Councils :

Now therefore the Minister of Health in pursuance of the powers given to him by sections 54 and 59 of the Local Government Act 1888 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby orders as follows:

PART I.

INTERPRETATION AND COMMENCEMENT.

1. In this Order unless the context otherwise requires-
“Existing" in relation to any area altered by this Order
means existing immediately before the appointed
day;

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Definitions.

Provisional Order (Luton Extension).

The Act of 1888 " and "the Act of 1894 " mean A.D. 1928. respectively the Local Government Act 1888 and

the Local Government Act 1894;

"The added areas

means the added part of Caddington
the added part of Hyde the added part of Leagrave
the added part of Limbury and the added part of
Stopsley;

"The added part of Caddington" means that part of the
existing Parish of Caddington which is coloured light
blue on the borough maps;

"The added part of Hyde" means that part of the
existing Parish of Hyde which is coloured light
brown on the borough maps;

"The added part of Leagrave " means that part of the
existing Parish of Leagrave which is coloured yellow
on the borough maps;

"The added part of Limbury means that part of the
existing Parish of Limbury which is coloured light
green on the borough maps;

"The added part of Stopsley" means that part of the
existing Parish of Stopsley which is coloured dark
blue on the borough maps;

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The appointed day means the First day of October
Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight;

"The Borough" means the existing Borough of Luton
as extended by this Order;

"The borough maps" means the duplicate maps marked
"Map of the Borough of Luton as extended by the
"Luton (Extension) Order 1928" and sealed with
the official seal of the Minister;

"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 Bedford and the
county council of that county;

"The excluded part of Caddington

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the excluded part
of Hyde " and " the excluded part of Stopsley mean
respectively that part of the existing parish of the same
name which is not by this Order added to the existing
Borough;

"The excluded (dark green) part of Leagrave” and “the
excluded (dark brown) part of Leagrave " mean
respectively those parts of the existing Parish of

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ment of Order.

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Leagrave which are coloured dark green and dark
brown on the borough maps;

"The excluded (grey) part of Limbury ""the excluded
(orange) part of Limbury" and "the excluded
(purple) part of Limbury" mean respectively those 5
parts of the existing Parish of Limbury which are
coloured grey orange and purple on the borough
maps;

"The Minister " means the Minister of Health;

"The Municipal Corporations Acts means the Municipal 10
Corporations Act 1882 and the Acts amending and
extending the same and the Borough Councillors
(Alteration of Number) Act 1925;

The Parish of Luton "the Parish of Caddington
"the Parish of Hyde the Parish of Stopsley 15
"the Parish of Houghton-Regis "the Parish of
Streatley with Sharpenhoe and "the Parish of
Sundon" mean respectively each of those parishes as
altered by this Order;

The Rural District and the Rural Council" mean 20 respectively the Rural District of Luton and the Rural District Council of Luton;

"The ward maps

means the duplicate maps marked "Map of the wards of the Borough of Luton as extended by the Luton (Extension) Order 1928 and 25 sealed with the official seal of the Minister.

2. Save as otherwise expressly provided this Order shall come into operation on the First day of October Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight :

Provided that for the purposes of

(a) The compilation alteration or re-arrangement of any register of electors made under the Representation of the People Acts 1918 to 1926;

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(b) The division of the Borough into wards and all pro-
ceedings preliminary or relating to any election to be 35
held in September Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight
for any area affected by this Order; and

(c) The alteration of valuation lists or the revision of the
basis of the county rate of the County or the prepara-
tion of any precept or contribution order to be made 40
on or after the appointed day;

this Order shall operate from the date of the Act of Parliament
confirming this Order.