The Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 4) Order 1974

Cheshire Brine Pumping (Compensation for Subsidence) Act 1952

6.—(1) The amendments set out in the following paragraphs shall be made in the Cheshire Brine Pumping (Compensation for Subsidence) Act 1952.

(2) In section 3, the definition of “corporation” shall be omitted; and for the definitions of “county” and “local authority” there shall be substituted—

““county” means the county of Cheshire; and

““local authority” means the council of a district wholly or partly within the compensation district;”.”.

(3) In section 8(1), for the words following “of the county council” there shall be substituted “and the district councils of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich and Vale Royal by those bodies respectively, and in the case of the district councils of Macclesfield, Manchester, Trafford and Warrington in manner provided by Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act and shall be notified by the appropriate officer to the clerk of the Compensation Board not later than the second Thursday in November in the appropriate year”.

(4) In section 8(2), for the definition of “appropriate officer” there shall be substituted—

““appropriate officer” means—

• in the case of the county council, the County Secretary;

• in the case of the district council of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich or Vale Royal, the Chief Executive; and

• in the case of the district councils of Macclesfield, Manchester, Trafford and Warrington, the Chief Executive of the Borough Council of Macclesfield;”.

(5) In section 27(3), for the third and fourth items there shall be substituted— “by the District Council of Vale Royal…two”.

(6) In section 38(1), for “the local planning authority and to the local authority of the county district” there shall be substituted “the county council and to the council of the district”.

(7) In section 38(2), for “The local planning authority or the local authority” there shall be substituted “The county council or the district council”.

(8) In section 45(5)(a), for the words preceding “shall apply” there shall be substituted—

“The provisions contained in section 236(3) to (8) and in sections 237 and 238 of the Local Government Act 1972”.

(9) In section 45(5)(b), for “250” there shall be substituted “235”.

(10) In section 52(b), for the words preceding “shall apply” there shall be substituted “Sections 173 to 178 of the Local Government Act 1972”.

(11) In section 56, for “section 290 of the Local Government Act 1933” there shall be substituted “section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972”.

(12) For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted—

“FIRST SCHEDULE AREAS FORMING THE COMPENSATION DISTRICT

The Borough of Congleton other than the area of the former borough of Congleton.

The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich other than the parish of Nantwich.

The Borough of Macclesfield other than—

so much of the area of the former borough of Macclesfield as was comprised in that borough on 31st March 1955;

the area of the former urban district of Wilmslow, and

the parishes of Adlington, Alderley Edge, Bollington, Bosley, Disley, Hurdsfield, Kettleshulme, Lyme Handley, Macclesfield Forest, Pott Shrigley, Poynton-with-Worth, Prestbury, Rainow, Sutton, Wildboarclough and Wincle.

The District of Vale Royal other than the parishes of Alvanley, Aston, Dutton, Frodsham, Helsby, Kingsley, Manley, Norley and Sutton.

In the City of Manchester, the parish of Ringway.

In the Borough of Trafford, the parishes of Carrington, Dunham Massey, Partington and Warburton.

In the Borough of Warrington, the parishes of Lymm and Stretton.”.

(13) For Part I of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted—

“PART I

Appointing authority	Number of members
Borough Council of Congleton	One
Borough Council of Crewe and Nantwich	One
District Council of Vale Royal	Two
District councils of Macclesfield, Manchester, Trafford and Warrington	One”