Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 235 (S.23)
The Lothian and Borders Regions and Midlothian and Ettrick and Lauderdale Districts (Brothershiels) Boundaries Amendment Order 1989
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1989 No. 235 (S.23)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
The Lothian and Borders Regions and Midlothian and Ettrick and Lauderdale Districts (Brothershiels) Boundaries Amendment Order 1989
| Laid before Parliament | 2nd March 1989 |
| Coming into force | 1st April 1989 |
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973( [1]) the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 15th March 1988 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review conducted under section 14(2) of that Act in which they made proposals for the transfer of a certain area between Midlothian District in Lothian Region and Ettrick and Lauderdale District in Borders Region and in which they also made proposals for changes in electoral arrangements consequential on those changes in local government areas;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 17(2) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order to give effect to the proposals of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland as submitted to him:
Title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Lothian and Borders Regions and Midlothian and Ettrick and Lauderdale Districts (Brothershiels) Boundaries Amendment Order 1989, and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—"the 1977 Regulations" means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regulations 1977( [2]); and
"boundary map" means the map prepared by the Scottish Office marked "The Lothian and Borders Regions and Midlothian and Ettrick and Lauderdale Districts (Brothershiels) Boundaries Amendment Order 1989 Map" and deposited in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1977 Regulations;
and, in the Schedule to this Order, any reference to a boundary of a region is a reference to a boundary existing immediately before the commencement of this Order.
Application of Regulations
3. Save insofar as they can have no application in relation to the area change effected by this Order, the provisions of the 1977 Regulations shall apply in relation thereto for the purposes of, or in consequence of, this Order.
Area change
4. Part of Midlothian District at Brothershiels in Lothian Region, being the area described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated and hatched on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Ettrick and Lauderdale District in Borders Region.
Consequential changes of electoral arrangements
5. The area described in the Schedule to this Order (being the area transferred by article 4 of this Order)— (a) shall cease to form part of electoral division 44 (Mayfield/Gorebridge) of Lothian Region( [3]) and of ward 15 (Pathhead) of Midlothian District( [4]); and
(b) shall form part of electoral division 8 (Galawater/Lauder) of Borders Region( [5]) and of ward 9 (Lauder) of Ettrick and Lauderdale District( [6]).
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
16th February 1989
Notes:[1] 1973 c. 65
[2] S.I. 1977/8
[3] The electoral divisions of Lothian Region were constituted by S.I. 1978/418, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
[4] The wards of Midlothian District were constituted by S.I. 1979/1097, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
[5] The electoral divisions of Borders Region were constituted by S.I. 1977/1985, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
[6] The wards of Ettrick and Lauderdale District were constituted by S.I. 1979/83
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