(Default).

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Provide in the case of default by a board of A.D. 1926. guardians for the reconstitution of the board;

and for matters arising out of the default or
consequential on the reconstitution.

BE by enacted advice and consent of the Lory,

E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty,

Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows:-

1.—(1) Where it appears to the Minister of Health Proceedings (in this Act referred to as "the Minister") that the on default board of guardians for any poor law union have ceased, by board of or are acting in such a manner as will render them as will render them guardians. 10 unable, to discharge all or any of the functions exerciseable by the board, the Minister may by order under this Act appoint such person or persons, as he may think fit (whether qualified or not to be guardians for the union), to constitute the board in substitution for the then 15 existing members of the board (who shall on the making of the order vacate their office) for such period, not exceeding twelve months, as may be specified in the order, and the persons so appointed shall be deemed for all purposes to constitute the board.

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Until the expiration of the term of office of the persons appointed by the order (in this Act referred to as "the appointed guardians "), no person shall become a member of the board otherwise than by the appointment of the Minister.

A.D. 1926.

Short title and appli

cation.

(Default).

Where any such order is made provision shall be made thereby, or by a subsequent order under this Act, for the holding of an election of members of the board to come into office on the expiration of the term of office of the appointed guardians, and with respect to the 5 term of office of the guardians elected at that election.

(2) The Minister may at any time, and from time to time, by order extend, for a period not exceeding six months, the term of office of the appointed guardians.

An order made under this subsection shall be laid 10 before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after it is made, and if either House within twenty-one days after the order has been laid before it presents an address to His Majesty praying that the order may be annulled, His Majesty may by Order in Council annul 15 the order and it shall thenceforth be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder, or the making of a fresh order.

(3) An order made under this Act may-

(a) contain such supplemental and consequential 20 provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving full effect to the order; and

(b) be amended, varied or revoked by a subsequent order made under this Act.

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(4) There may, out of any moneys in the hands of the appointed guardians for the purpose of the exercise of the powers or the discharge of the duties of the board, be paid to the appointed guardians such remuneration, and to any persons appointed to advise the 30 appointed guardians such reasonable reasonable allowance on account of travelling expenses and by way of subsistence, as the Minister may approve.

(5) If before the date on which an order is made under this Act in respect of any board of guardians the 35 clerk or any other officer of the board has, on the directions of the Minister, incurred any liabilities in connection with the relief of the poor in the poor law union, the appointed guardians may discharge those liabilities out of any moneys in their hands as aforesaid.

2. (1) This Act may be cited as the Boards of Guardians (Default) Act, 1926.

(2) This Act shall not apply to Northern Ireland.

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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 29 June 1926.

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Amend the law relating to the sale and supply of intoxicating liquors to bonâ fide travellers.

E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows:

A.D. 1926.

1. (1) The following paragraphs shall be inserted Bonâ fide after paragraph (c) in section five of the Licensing Act, travellers.

1921:

(d) the sale of intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises to bonâ fide travellers, except where the licence is a sixday licence and the sale is on Sunday, or the consumption of intoxicating liquor by travellers so supplied; or

(e) the sale at any time at a railway station of intoxicating liquor to persons arriving at or departing from the station by railroad after or before a journey of not less than ten miles, and in the latter case producing railway tickets for the journey, or the consumption of intoxicating liquor by persons so supplied; or (2) The following subsections shall be inserted after paragraph (f) in section five of the Licensing Act, 1921 :(2) If in the course of any proceedings taken against the holder of a justices' licence for contravening the provisions of this Part