Short Title: | Berwick-on-Tweed Act 1836 |
Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Long Title: | An Act to make temporary Provision for the Boundaries of certain Boroughs. |
Statute Book Chapter: | 6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 103 |
Introduced By: | Sir John Campbell (Attorney General) |
Territorial Extent: | England and Wales |
Royal Assent: | 20 August 1836 |
Repeal Date: | 1 April 1974 |
Related Legislation: | Municipal Corporations Act 1835 |
Repealing Legislation: | Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 2) Order 1974 |
Status: | Repealed |
Original Text: | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6zw1k536&view=1up&seq=219 |
Legislation History: | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015056577557&view=1up&seq=908 |
The Berwick-on-Tweed Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 103; long title An Act to make temporary Provision for the Boundaries of certain Boroughs) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed to remedy some defects of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. It was also referred to as the Municipal Boundaries Bill[1] and the Municipal Corporation (Boundaries) Act 1836.[2]
A more comprehensive amendment of the 1835 act had been introduced by the second Melbourne ministry in the Commons in the 1836 parliamentary session (6 & 7 Will. 4), but the Lords objected to it,[3] and so three short bills were introduced and passed the week before prorogation to deal with urgent uncontroversial changes.[4] [1] Besides the boundaries act (c. 103) were acts "for the better Administration of the Borough Fund in certain Boroughs" (c. 104) and "for the better Administration of Justice in certain Boroughs" (c. 105).[4] The boundaries act was expressed as making "temporary Provision" because the government intended to bring in a broader measure later; however, the ensuing bill was rejected in 1838.[5]
The act as passed had six sections:
The Municipal Corporations (New Charters) Act 1877 assigned the short title "The Municipal Corporation (Boundaries) Act, 1836".[10] The Municipal Corporations Act 1882 repealed all sections of c. 103 except that relating to Berwick,[2] which was amended by the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888.[11] The short title "Berwick-on-Tweed Act 1836" was given by the Short Titles Act 1896.[12] The act was finally repealed by The Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 2) Order 1974,[13] a statutory instrument made under the Local Government Act 1972, which had made sweeping changes to local government in England and Wales.