Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1932
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Order Confirmation Act, 1932. [Oh. vii.]
CHAPTER vii.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the
A.D.
1932.
Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act
1899 relating to Edinburgh Corporation.
[25th April 1932.]
W
HEREAS the Provisional Order set forth in the
schedule hereunto annexed has heen made by one
of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under
the provisions of the Private Legislation Procedure
62 &
63 Vict.
(Scotland) Act 1899 as read with the Secretaries of c-47-
State Act 1926 and it is requisite that the said Order ^ l\
should be confirmed by Parliament: ""*"
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 as follows :—
1.
The Provisional Order contained in the schedule Confirmation
hereunto annexed is hereby confirmed, JdSSuS fa
2.
This. Act may be cited as the Edinburgh Short title.
Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1932.
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Order Confirmation Act, 1932.
A.D.1932. SCHEDULE.
EDINBURGH CORPORATION.
Provisional Order to consolidate with amendments the Acts
and Orders of or relating to the transport and gas
undertakings of the Corporation of the city and royal
burgh of Edinburgh and the borrowing rating and
assessing powers of the Corporation to confer further
powers upon the Corporation in respect of these
matters to transfer to the Corporation part of the
tramway undertaking of the Musselburgh and District
Electric Light and Traction Company Limited to
make further provision for the local government and
improvement of the city to make provision with refer-
ence to the registration districts of the city under
the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages
(Scotland) Acts and for
other
purposes.
WHEREAS the lord provost magistrates and council
of the city and royal burgh of Edinburgh (hereinafter
referred to as " the Corporation ") are vested with the
municipal government of the city and royal burgh of
Edinburgh (hereinafter referred to as " the city ") and
are the local authority therein :
And whereas' the Corporation are the owners of and
work tramways within the city and are the owners of
and run public service vehicles also within the city
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And whereas it is expedient that the Musselburgh
and. District Electric Light and Traction Company
Limited should be authorised to sell and the Corporation
authorised to purchase part of the tramway undertaking
of the said company as hereinafter in this Order provided :
And whereas the Corporation are the owners of and
vested in the gas undertaking of the city :
And whereas the Acts and Orders relating to the
transport and gas undertakings and to the borrowing
rating and assessing powers of the Corporation are
very numerous and many of their provisions have been
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superseded by subsequent legislation and ought to be A.D. 1932.
repealed and it would be of public and local advantage —
if such of the provisions of the said Acts and Orders as
it is deemed expedient to retain were consolidated with
certain amendments and additions into one Order :
And whereas it is expedient at the same time to
extend in various respects the powers of the Corporation
relating to matters comprised in those enactments :
And whereas it is expedient to make further and
better provision with reference to the local government
and improvement of the city and that the powers of the
Corporation with regard thereto should be enlarged as
hereinafter in this Order provided :
And whereas it is expedient to make provision with
reference to the registration districts of the city under
the Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages (Scot-
land) Acts 1854 to 1910 as hereinafter in this Order
provided :
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions
in this Order contained should be enacted :
And whereas the purposes aforesaid cannot be
effected without an Order confirmed by Parliament under
the provisions of the Private Legislation Procedure
(Scotland) Act 1899 :
Now therefore in pursuance of the powers contained
in the last-mentioned Act as read with the Secretaries
of State Act 1926 the Secretary of State orders as
follows :—
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Edinburgh Short and
Corporation Order 1932 and the Edinburgh Municipal collective]
and Police Acts 1879 to 1930 and this Order and any tltles"
other Order of the Secretary of State relating to the
Corporation confirmed during the present session' of
Parliament under the provisions of the Private Legisla-
tion Procedure (Scotland) Act 1899 may be cited as the
Edinburgh Municipal and Police Acts 1879 to 1932.
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