Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1938
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Date of operation of census of population. |
2.—(1) For the purpose of determining the census of population which is the latest such census within the meaning of paragraph (c) of sub-section (2) of section 2 of the Principal Act and the next following section of this Act, the Minister shall, whenever a census of population has been taken, certify by order the date of publication of the result of such census, and every such census shall be deemed for the purpose aforesaid, but no further or otherwise, to have been taken on the date of publication so certified in respect thereof. | |
(2) Whenever, on the taking of a census of population, it is found that the population of an urban district which was shown by the next previous such census to exceed seven thousand does not exceed seven thousand, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:— | ||
(a) such urban district shall, notwithstanding such decrease in the population thereof, continue to be an urban area for the purposes of the Principal Act, the amending Act and this Act until (but not including) the 1st day of April next after the date of publication certified under this section in respect of such census and shall (unless otherwise provided by an order under this sub-section) cease on the said 1st day of April to be an urban area for the said purposes; | ||
(b) the Minister may by order, made before the said 1st day of April with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance and after consultation with the council of such urban district, direct that such urban district shall, notwithstanding such decrease in the population thereof, continue to be an urban area for the purposes aforesaid, and upon such order being so made such urban district shall continue to be an urban area for the purposes aforesaid until otherwise provided by an order under the next following paragraph of this sub-section; | ||
(c) whenever the Minister has made an order under the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section in respect of an urban district, he may at any time thereafter, if he so thinks proper, by order made with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance and after consultation with the council of such urban district, direct that such urban district shall, on the 1st day of April next after the date of such order, cease to be an urban area for the purposes aforesaid, and upon such order being so made such urban district shall cease on the said 1st day of April to be an urban area for the purposes aforesaid. | ||
(3) Whenever, on the taking of a census of population, it is found that the population of an urban district which was shown by the next previous such census not to exceed seven thousand exceeds seven thousand, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:— | ||
(a) such urban district shall, notwithstanding such increase in the population thereof, continue not to be an urban area for the purposes of the Principal Act, the amending Act and this Act until (but not including) the 1st day of April next after the date of publication certified under this section in respect of such census and shall (unless otherwise provided by an order under this sub-section) become on the said 1st day of April an urban area for the said purposes; | ||
(b) the Minister may by order, made before the said 1st day of April with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance and after consultation with the council of such urban district, direct that such urban district shall, notwithstanding such increase in the population thereof, continue not to be an urban area for the purposes aforesaid, and upon such order being so made such urban district shall continue not to be an urban area for the purposes aforesaid until otherwise provided by an order under the next following paragraph of this sub-section; | ||
(c) whenever the Minister has made an order under the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section in respect of an urban district, he may at any time thereafter, if he so thinks proper, by order made with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance and after consultation with the council of such urban district, direct that such urban district shall, on the 1st day of April next after the date of such order, become an urban area for the purposes aforesaid, and upon such order being so made such urban district shall become on the said 1st day of April an urban area for the purposes aforesaid. | ||
(4) This section shall have and be deemed to have had effect as on and from the 1st day of January, 1936, and shall accordingly apply and have effect in relation to the census of population taken in the year 1936. |