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NEW TOWNS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 47

47. The powers conferred by this Act to create a new town may be exercised for
the expansion or development of an existing town where the Minister, after
consultation with any [district councils] who appear to him to be concerned,
is satisfied that

(a)in the interests of Northern Ireland; and

(b)because the scale of the proposed expansion or development and the pace
thereof necessary to secure its accomplishment within a reasonable period of
time are of a degree

(i)comparable with that involved in the creation of a new town, and

(ii)greater than could reasonably be expected to be attained by the council of
the ... district in which the town is situated, or all such councils, acting
within their resources,

Interpretation.

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