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Rule I.—No application for a license or for the renewal of a license will be entertained unless proof of the consent to such application of every local authority having jurisdiction within. the proposed area of supply is given to the Board of Trade.

Rule II.—No application for a provisional order (other than an application from the local authority of the district) will be entertained by the Board of Trade unless proof of the consent of every local authority having jurisdiction within the proposed area of supply to the grant of the order, or a request from the applicants asking the Board of Trade to dispense with the consent of such local authorities as have not consented and giving the reasons for such request, is deposited with the Board of Trade within the time limited for proving compliance with the provisions of the Electric Lighting Acts and these rules.

Rule III—At the time of proving the consent of the local authority to an application for a license or renewal of a license or to the grant of a provisional order, the applicants must deposit with the Board of Trade copies of any agreement entered into with the local authority relating to such consent.

Rule IV.—Where the consent of any local authority is required to any application for a license or the renewal of a license or to the grant of a provisional order, such consent must be given by a resolution passed at a meeting of the local authority held after previous notice of the same and of the purpose thereof has been given in the manner in which notices of meetings of such local authority are usually given ; and the fact that such a resolution was duly passed must be proved by a certificate signed by the secretary or clerk to such local authority reciting copies of the notice and of the resolution, and declaring that the notice was duly given and the resolution duly passed.