102 ,Local 'Government No. 23 1968. No.. 23 [C] ,LOCAL GOVERNMENT Newtownar~s Bo.rough (Alteratio.n) Order, (Northern Ireland) 1968 ORDER*, DATED 10TH JANUARY 1968, MiIDE BY THE MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT iN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLES 25 AND 27 OF THE SCHEDULE 'TO tHE 'LocAL GOVERNMENT (APPLICATION OF ENACTMENTS) ORDER 1'89'8.' . ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES 1. Title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Commencement. 4. Alteration of Borough. 5. County Electoral Divisions. 6. Deposit and Copies of Maps. 7. Copies of Map to be Evidence. 8. Number of Borough Councillors and Aldermen. 9. Existing Mayor, Aldermen and Borough Councillors. 10. Existing County Councillors. 11. Existing Rural District Councillors. 12. Qualification of Members of Local Authorities. 13. Term of Office of Members of Local Authorities. 14. Property and Liabilities of Councils. ' 15. Mortgage Debts of Borough Council. 16. Property and Liabilities relating to Added and Excluded Areas. 17. Balances of Rural Council. 18. Balances of Borough Council. 19. Extension of Local Acts and Orders. 20. Adoptive Acts. 21. Orders under Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907. 22. Orders under Shops Act (Northern Ireland) 1946. 23. Byelaws of Borough and District Councils. 24. Byelaws of County Council. 25. Arrears of Rates. 26. Compensation of Officers. 27. Financial Adjustments. 28. Saving for Contracts, Legal Proceedings, etc. 29. Costs. Whereas by virtue of article 25 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order 1898 the Ministry of Development (in this Order referred to as "the Ministry") may make a provisional order for altering the boundary of a borough: Alld whereas the borough of Newtownards in the administrative county of Down is a borough within the meaning of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898(a) and the inhabitants are a body corporate by the name of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Newtownards: (a) 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37. *This Order was affitmed by a Resolutiol) ()f each House of Parliament on the 20th day of February 1968. " ' No. 23 Local Government 103 And whereas it has been represented to the Ministry by the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Newtownards that it is desirable that the boundary of the borough of Newtownards should be altered: . And whereas a 10Gal inq~iryhas been held: And whereas. it appears to the Ministry that it is expedient that the said boundary should be altered: Now therefore the Ministry in pursuance of the powers conferred upon it by articles 25 and 27 of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Qrder 1898, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby orders as follows: ~ " Title . 1. This Order may be cited as the Newtownards Borough (Alteration), Order (Northern Ireland) 1968. interpretation 2. In this Order- "the appointed day" means the 1st day of April 1968; "the. added area" means the area which by this Order is added to the existing borough of 'Newtownards;, ' , . "the excluded area" means the area which by this Order is excluded from the existing borough of Newtownards; , "existing" means existing immediately before the appointed day; "the existing borough" means the borough of Newtownards existing immediately before the appointed day; "the borough" means the borough of Newtownards as altered by this Order; "the borough council" means the council of the borough of Newtownards; "the coupty"meaps the, administrative county of Down and "the county council" means ~he council of the administrative county of Down; "the existing rural, district'" means the rural district of N oith Down existing immediately before the appointed day; "the rural district" means the rural district of North Down as altered by this Order; "the rural council" means the council of the rural district of North Down; and "the maps" means the duplicate maps marked "Map of the Borough of Newtownards as altered by the Newtownards Borough (Alteration) Order (Northern Ireland) 196,8" and sealed 'with the official seal o~ the Ministry. Commencement 3. Save as otherwise expressly provided this Order shall come into operation on the appointed day: , Provided that for the purposes of- . (a) the alteration of valuation lists to take effect on the appointed day or the preparation or service of any precept to be made in respect of the . financial year cO:mmencing on the appointed day; and' . (b) the 'preparation or approval of. any general rate or 'special rate .to be made in respect of a period commencing on the appointed day; . this Order shall operate from the affirmation of this Order by Resolution of each House· of Parliament.' p 104 Loca.l, Government No. 23 Alteration of Borough, ',:' .' . 4.-(1) The boundary of the existing, bOFol.).gh,. the ,area of which ,is coloured grey and purple on the maps' and bounded by th~ ,otlteredge' of a blue colour band shall be alter,ed so as to exclude that area which is coloured purple and to include in addition! fo the are~ coloured grey, the 'portions of the e4istin.g rural district whi~h ,are . ~olQured pi:p:k,brown,· yellow ~n4 green on the maps. ,', ',,,,' ,,',. , (2)' The b01,l4dary Qftl1:e borough shall :be that $l.1Own by ,the inner edge of the red colour band O:Q. the,1!laps a:qd the, whole of the area within ,that boun.da,ry shall for allpll!:poses b¢ the borough•. (3) That part of the added area coloured pink shai(be included within the Scrabo ward of the borough and the district electoral division of SCl'ab9 and shall cease to form part of the district el~ctoral division of Newtownards South. .. ' , . , ".' '. , .. ' , ,~. '.:,,; (4) That part of the added area coloured brown shall be included within the Glen ward of the borough and the district electoral division of Glen and shall cease to form part of the district electoral divisions, .of.1 Newtownards South an.d Newtownards.~orth. (5) th~t part of the added area' ¢oldlired yellOW slialI 'beinchtdedwithin the Victoria ward of the borough ancl the district elect(;>ral division of Victor.ia , and shall cease to form patt of the':distcict electoral division of Newtownards North. ':. , . • ~ '~' - ~ • { •• ' • I • (6) That part of tl1,e added area colouredgreen .. shall be ,ilicluded within the Castle ward of the borough, and the district electoral div.ision· 'of Castle and shall cease to form part oftlie district ,electoral divisions :9f N ewtown.ards North and Newtownards South. (7) The e~cluded area which is colo~red iPllf:pi6 shliif be' e~chid¢d:£rp~ the 8crapowar<;i of the borough ap,d the ,Qistri9tt'(l~ctoril'1 diiision' of .scrah<> a:Q.d s.hall ·folJm. part of tAy i.ownland Q~ SCl,'aQQ and the, distJ,'ipt eleCtoral division of Newtownards South. ", ' [,I County El~ctoral Divisions , , ' S.~(i) For' the purpose ·of 'the election of county councillors' the added 'areas shall be separated from the Donaghadee and Comber county,electoral divisions andshaJI be,includedin the' Newtownardspc:ounty elect<?ral division. , (2) For the P;lP;POSt:' <?f.1m.~'elep1)i911 of90Ml,?ty' corin.dU9t~i~~e~ ~xGluded area shall be separated from the Newtownards county electonil dlY1s~Qp.: and shall be included in the Comher county electoral division. " " , . ~ : '- '. Deposit and copies of Maps, " .:, .' ... ', ',., . 6.-'-(1) One o(the maps shali be depbsir~d.jnr!~e-:~fflces ~f the Minis~1;y and the duplicate map shall be deposited with the town clerk'of Newtownards at his office. '(I, ,~ " ' '., ,l: ',' , : , . (2) Copies of the l:p.~pdepo~ited, with th~:'tQ~n, a~rk 'of N~wtownards, certified. by hiin~opetrtl~1 ~hllWbe ,sep.~ by, h,iin 'YltIpil qp:fin\il)Jh ~fter the affirmation Qf this Order to the secretary of the' county coliIicit the clerk of the tural c;ouIicil, the; Ministry of Fina'nce, tlie' Ministry: of :flome Affairs, the Ministry of Comnier~e~ the 00thihission¢t, 'of' V a:lll~tion, the Chief Survey Officer of Ordnance Su:rvey, the 'Registratl.General, of" Births, Deaths and Marriages and the Clerk of the Crown and Peaee'.,fordh~ ;County of Down .. - ------ No. 2~ LO{:(ll. (Jov~rnment 105 C;opies of Map to'be,~,videnGe ' ,'j',; " . '7.--(1) Co.pies ·o.f or eJf.tr~cts :fro.m the niapcleposit~d With the to.wn clerk 0f Newto.wnards, certijied by him. to. be true; shall. be received in all co.urts o.f ,justi¢e and elsewlWre as p;;ima facie eviden,ceo.f the -contents o.f the map so. far as it relates to. the bo.undary o.f the bo.ro.ugp.:, ::, (2) The map depo.sited with the to.wn cler~ o.f Newto.wnards shall ~t all r,easo.nable times be o.pen to' iR-spection. py .any perso.n liable to. any rate le'viable. within the bOro.ugh and '~nY s'u<?h perso.n shall be entitled to. a co.py o.f or extract fro.ni the :map certified',!)y the to.wn clerk to. \>e true o.n payment of a ~eas~nable fee to 'be deterniihe'd by the b6ro~gli co.uncil. , (3) All fees so. received· shall be carried to. the general rate fund o.f the bo.ro.ugh. : " [ .,' .. ,., . Number of Borough Councillors and Aldkrmbi ~ ','." . 8~' Subject. to. the' pro.visi(!jns o.f the Local Go.vetnment· Acts(No.rthern Ireland} 189810.'1966, the number o.f councillors of th,e,:bo.ro.ughshall co.ntinue t9be twelve and the number of aldermen o.f.t)1e bo.ro.ugh shall co.ntinue to be fo.hr. " ," .; Existing Mayor, Ae[d~rinen and Borough Councillors . 9.~(1Y.The perso.ns who.