The Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“Derbyshire” means the county of Derbyshire (except in the expression “North East Derbyshire”, where it means the Derbyshire district of that name), and any reference to Bolsover is a reference to the Derbyshire district of that name;

“district” includes a borough, a metropolitan borough and a city;

“electoral division” means an electoral division of the non-metropolitan county to which an area is transferred by this Order(1);

“the map” means one or more of the 10 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment marked “Maps of the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“Nottinghamshire” means the county of Nottinghamshire, and any reference to Bassetlaw is a reference to the Nottinghamshire district of that name;

“South Yorkshire” means the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, and any reference to Doncaster, to Rotherham or to Sheffield is a reference to the district of that name in that county;

any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and

“ward” means a ward of the district to which an area is transferred,(2) except in the expression “parish ward”, where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred.

(1)

Every non-metropolitan county is divided into electoral divisions for the purposes of the election of county councillors (section 6(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972).

(2)

Every district (whether metropolitan or non-metropolitan) is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of district councillors (section 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972).