Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland why regulations under Section 70 (1) (b) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, similar to those made by his Department on 5th June, 1934, to cover new small burghs, etc., have not been made to cover new large burghs when new burghs with the requisite population in each case under the Local Government (Scotland) Act can be formed under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Acts?
§ Mr. ElliotA large burgh is defined in Section 77 (1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, as meaning a burgh containing a population of twenty thousand or upwards; and Section 77 (2)358W of the Act provides that the reference to population in that definition is to be deemed to be a reference to the population within the police boundaries of the burgh according to the census of 1921. In view of these provisions a new burgh created under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Acts would not, by virtue of having a population of twenty thousand or upwards, become a large burgh for the purposes of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, and accordingly the question of Regulations under Section 70 (1) (b) dealing with the creation of large burghs does not at present arise.