Berwick-on-Tweed Act 1836

Berwick-on-Tweed Act 1836
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make temporary Provision for the Boundaries of certain Boroughs.
Citation	6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 103
Introduced by	Sir John Campbell (Attorney General)
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	20 August 1836
Repealed	1 April 1974
Other legislation
Amended by	Municipal Corporations Act 1882 ;
Repealed by	Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 2) Order 1974
Relates to	Municipal Corporations Act 1835
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted

Last updated December 16, 2024

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]

Background

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]

Provisions

The act as passed had six sections:

Section 1 replaced a provision of the 1835 act which annexed to a municipal borough any adjacent liberties. The new provision annexed only liberties which were within the municipal boundary. A consequence was that non-municipal land within a county corporate would be transferred to the adjoining county-at-large,^[6] as when the Ainsty of York was transferred from the city of York to the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[7]
Section 2 reduced the municipal boundaries of Sunderland to the parish of Sunderland, the townships of Monkwearmouth and Monkwearmouth Shore, and the part of the townships of Bishopwearmouth and Bishopwearmouth Panns within a mile of Wearmouth Bridge. The 1835 act had used the Sunderland parliamentary boundary defined in 1832,^[8] which encompassed all of Bishopwearmouth, Bishopwearmouth Panns, and Southwick.^[9]
Section 3 was a saver where a barrister who had assigned wards under the 1835 act specified places straddling the municipal boundary.
Section 4 specified that local acts for poor relief would not be affected by the 1835 act.
Section 5 specified that county rates would not be affected by the 1835 act
Section 6 declared Berwick-upon-Tweed to be a county corporate. This applied for all purposes except parliamentary elections, in which the Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency remained a parliamentary borough rather than a county borough constituency.

Amendment and repeal

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.

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1 2 "Prorogation of Parliament". Hansard. 20 August 1836. HL Deb s3 v35 c1333. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
1 2 "Municipal Corporations Act 1882, First Schedule, Part One". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
↑ "Index sv "Municipal Corporations; Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 76, to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, read; Bill to explain and amend"". JHC. 91. 1836.
1 2 "Municipal Corporation Act Amendment". Hansard. 13 August 1836. HC Deb s3 v35 c1215. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
↑ "Municipal Boundaries". Hansard. 14 March 1838. HC Deb s3 v41 cc891–898. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
↑ Chitty 1851, p.886 fn (a)
↑ Commissioners under the Local Government Act 1888 (1892). Minutes of Evidence, with Orders and Appendix. Command papers. Vol. C.6981-I. London: HMSO. p. 389.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ Municipal Corporations Act 1835, s.1 and Schedule A
↑ Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, s.36 and Schedule O Chapter 11
↑ Municipal Corporations (New Charters) Act 1877 (14 August 1877; 40 & 41 Vict. c. 69) s. 2 and First Schedule
↑ "Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888, s. 1 and Schedule". electronic Irish Statute Book. 20 July 1896. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
↑ "Short Titles Act 1896, s. 1 and Schedule". electronic Irish Statute Book. 20 July 1896. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
↑ "The Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 2) Order 1974 [UK S.I. 1974 No. 595] Schedule 1 Part I". legislation.gov.uk . Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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[hansard18360820-1] 1 2 "Prorogation of Parliament". Hansard. 20 August 1836. HL Deb s3 v35 c1333. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[mca1882-2] 1 2 "Municipal Corporations Act 1882, First Schedule, Part One". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[3] "Index sv "Municipal Corporations; Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 76, to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, read; Bill to explain and amend"". JHC. 91. 1836.

[hansard18360813-4] 1 2 "Municipal Corporation Act Amendment". Hansard. 13 August 1836. HC Deb s3 v35 c1215. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[5] "Municipal Boundaries". Hansard. 14 March 1838. HC Deb s3 v41 cc891–898. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[6] Chitty 1851, p.886 fn (a)

[7] Commissioners under the Local Government Act 1888 (1892). Minutes of Evidence, with Orders and Appendix. Command papers. Vol. C.6981-I. London: HMSO. p. 389.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[8] Municipal Corporations Act 1835, s.1 and Schedule A

[9] Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, s.36 and Schedule O Chapter 11

[10] Municipal Corporations (New Charters) Act 1877 (14 August 1877; 40 & 41 Vict. c. 69) s. 2 and First Schedule

[11] "Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888, s. 1 and Schedule". electronic Irish Statute Book. 20 July 1896. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[12] "Short Titles Act 1896, s. 1 and Schedule". electronic Irish Statute Book. 20 July 1896. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[13] "The Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 2) Order 1974 [UK S.I. 1974 No. 595] Schedule 1 Part I". legislation.gov.uk . Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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