The Lothian and Strathclyde Regions and West Lothian and Motherwell Districts (Westcraigs) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990

Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 368 (S.35)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Lothian and Strathclyde Regions and West Lothian and Motherwell Districts (Westcraigs) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990

Made

25th February 1990

Laid before Parliament

7th March 1990

Coming into force

1st April 1990

Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1) the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 3rd April 1989 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 from Motherwell District in Strathclyde Region to West Lothian District in Lothian 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 Strathclyde Regions and West Lothian and Motherwell Districts (Westcraigs) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990, and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

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 Strathclyde Regions and West Lothian and Motherwell Districts (Westcraigs) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990 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 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 Motherwell District, comprising an area of ground at Westcraigs in Strathclyde Region and being the area described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated and hatched on the boundary map, shall be transferred to West Lothian District in Lothian 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 60 (Fortissat) of Strathclyde Region(3) and of ward 20 (Benhar) of Motherwell District(4); and

(b) shall form part of electoral division 2 (Bathgate West/Armadale) of Lothian Region(5) and of ward 4 (Barbauchlaw) of West Lothian District(6).

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th February 1990

Articles 2, 4 and 5

SCHEDULE

The area bounded by a line commencing on the Lothian/Strathclyde regional boundary at a point grid reference NS 9267 6717 on the south side of the course of a disused railway, northwestwards by fence line to the southern boundary of the unclassified road leading to Bathville, Armadale; then southwestwards along the southern boundary of that road, crossing the B718 road, to a point grid reference NS 8983 6579 at the western end of a bridge over the course of a dismantled railway; then northwestwards and northeastwards along the west side of the course of that dismantled railway to a point grid reference NS 8935 6660 where that course is crossed by a track leading to Standhill Farm; then northwards along the west side of that track to a point grid reference NS 8935 6673 on the south side of the course of the said disused railway; then westwards along the south side of the course of that disused railway to rejoin the said regional boundary at a point grid reference NS 8914 6673; then generally northwards, generally eastwards, and then southwards along the said regional boundary to the point of commencement.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers on 1st April 1990 an area of approximately 191 hectares at Westcraigs from Motherwell District in Strathclyde Region to West Lothian District in Lothian Region and makes consequential changes to electoral arrangements.

The map annexed to and forming part of this note gives a general guide to the area affected by this Order.

Copies of the detailed boundary map defined in article 2 of this Order may be inspected at the offices of any of the local authorities referred to in this Order, and may be inspected at or purchased from the Scottish Development Department’s Map Library, New St Andrew’s House, St James Centre, Edinburgh, EH1 3SZ.

(1)

1973 c. 65.

(2)

S.I. 1977/8.

(3)

The electoral divisions of Strathclyde Region were constituted by S.I. 1979/673, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(4)

The wards of Motherwell District were constituted by S.I. 1983/1347, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(5)

The electoral divisions of Lothian Region were constituted by S.I. 1978/418, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(6)

The wards of West Lothian District were constituted by S.I. 1980/99.