Clause 5. — (Combinations of local authorities.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Local Government and Other Officers' Superannuation Bill. – in the House of Commons at on 23 July 1922.

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Photo of Sir Alfred Mond Sir Alfred Mond , Swansea West

I beg to move, in Subsection (1, a), after the word "is", to insert the words "wholly or partly".

This Clause restricts the right of combination to local authorities whose areas are situate within the same county, the reason of the restriction being that the county rate affords a common nexus for such authorities, and gives them a common financial interest in the scheme. It has, however, been pointed out that the area of some authorities, such as river boards and water boards, is not necessarily coterminous with the area of a single county—a rivers board may have jurisdiction extending beyond one county, and the Amendment is therefore designed to allow a county council in such a case to combine with a rivers board, although the area of the rivers board is not wholly within the area of that county.