A district formed for ecclesiastical purposes, under the 6 and 7 Vict. c. 37, consisting of parts of two townships, each of which townships separately maintains its own poor and its own highways, is ‘a place having a known and defined boundary’ within the meaning of section 12 of the Local Government Act, 185S, and is not a less place included within a greater within the meaning of section 14.
Preliminary proceedings under ss. 14 and 16 are therefore unnecessary, and the
district may at once adopt the act, at a meeting of owners and ratepayers, convened by the churchwardens; and an order of the Secretary of State confirming such adoption is valid.
(1865-1866) LR 1 QB 110, [1865] UKLawRpKQB 29
Commonlii
England and Wales
Updated: 07 August 2021; Ref: scu.653041 br>