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Ch., 29, 30.
Bishopric of Bristol Amendment Act, 1896.
59 & 60 Vict.

And whereas it is expedient that the boundaries of the said diocese should be altered and amended as herein-after mentioned:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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, as follows:

Short title.1. This Act may be cited as the Bishopric of Bristol Amendment Act, 1896.

Amendment of schedule to 47 & 48 Vict. c. 662. Section two of the schedule to the Bishopric of Bristol Act, 1894, is hereby repealed, and there shall by virtue of this Act be substituted for it the following section, that is to say: —

The diocese to consist of — (a.) The deaneries of Bristol and Stapleton;

(b.) The deaneries of Malmesbury or Malmesbury North, Chippenham or Malmesbury South, and Cricklade, in the county of Wilts (except the parishes of Kemble and Poole Keynes in the deanery of Malmesbury and the parishes of Somerford Keynes and Shamcote in the deanery of Cricklade, which four lastly-mentioned parishes shall form part of the rural deanery of Cirencester) and the deanery of Bitton in the county of Gloucester;

and all other provisions of the said Act as amended by the Bishopric of Bristol Amendment Act, 1894.57 & 58 Vict. c.31. and all other enactments having reference in any manner to the section aforesaid shall be read and have effect accordingly.



CHAPTER 30.

An Act to make better Provision for the Prevention and Settlement of Trade Disputes.

[7th August 1896.]

BE it enacted by the Queen'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, as follows:

Registration and powers of conciliation boards.1.—(1.) Any board established either before or after the passing of this Act which is constituted for the purpose of settling disputes between employers and workmen by conciliation or arbitration, or any association or body authorised by an agreement in writing made between employers and workmen to deal with such disputes (in this Act referred to as a conciliation board), may apply to the Board of Trade for registration under this Act.

(2.) The application must be accompanied by copies of the constitution, byelaws, and regulations of the conciliation board, with such other information as the Board of Trade may reasonably require.

(3.) The Board of Trade shall keep a register of conciliation boards, and enter therein with respect to each registered board its name and principal office, and such other particulars as the Board of Trade may think expedient, and any registered conciliation