Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 398 (S.40)
The Central and Tayside Regions and Clackmannan and Perth and Kinross Districts (Crook of Devon and Rumbling Bridge) Boundaries Amendment Order 1991
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1991 No. 398 (S.40)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
The Central and Tayside Regions and Clackmannan and Perth and Kinross Districts (Crook of Devon and Rumbling Bridge) Boundaries Amendment Order 1991
| Laid before Parliament | 1st April 1991 |
| Coming into force | 1st April 1991 |
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(1) of that Act in which they made proposals for the transfer of certain areas between Clackmannan District in Central Region and Perth and Kinross District in Tayside 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:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Central and Tayside Regions and Clackmannan and Perth and Kinross Districts (Crook of Devon and Rumbling Bridge) Boundaries Amendment Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.
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 Central and Tayside Regions and Clackmannan/Perth and Kinross Districts (Crook of Devon and Rumbling Bridge) Boundaries Amendment Order 1991 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 the 1977 Regulations
3. Save, insofar as they can have no application in relation to the area changes effected by this Order, the provisons of the 1977 Regulations shall apply in relation thereto for the purposes of, or in consequences of, this Order.
Area changes
4.—(1) Those parts of Clackmannan District in Central Region, being the areas described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked "Area A" and "Area C" on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region.
(2) That part of Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region, being the area described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked "Area B" on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Clackmannan District in Central Region.
Consequential changes of electoral arrangements
5.—(1) The areas described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order (being the areas transferred by article 4(1) of this Order)— (a) shall cease to form part of elecoral division 5 (Devonvale) of Central Region[3] and of ward 9 (Harviestoun) of Clackmannan District[4]; and
(b) shall form part of electoral division 46 (Kinross) of Tayside Region[5] and of ward 28 (West Kinross) of Perth and Kinross[6].
(2) The area described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order (being the area transferred by article 4(2) of this Order)— (a) shall cease to form part of electoral division 46 (Kinross) of Tayside Region and of ward 28 (West Kinross) of Perth and Kinross District; and
(b) shall form part of electoral division 5 (Devonvale) of Central Region and of ward 9 (Harviestoun) of Clackmannan District.
Allan Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
28th February 1991
Notes:[1] 1973 c. 65.
[2] S.I. 1977/8.
[3] The electoral divisions of Central Region were constituted by S.I. 1977/1984, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
[4] The wards of Clackmannan District were constituted by S.I. 1979/821, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
[5] The electoral divisions of Tayside Region were constituted by S.I. 1978/58, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
[6] The wards of Perth and Kinross District were constituted by S.I. 1979/1401, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
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