1990 No. 170
The Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
for the purposes referred to in article 1(2)
for all other purposes
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) of the Local Government Act 19721 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order which gives effect in part to proposals submitted to him under sections 47, 48(1) and 51(1) of that Act, more than six weeks before the making of this Order, by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England:
Citation and commencement1
1
This Order may be cited as the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990.
2
This Order shall come into force on 7th March 1990 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 19762.
3
For all other purposes this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
Interpretation2
In this Order “boundary map” means one of the 2 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.
Transfers from Wiltshire to Gloucestershire3
1
The part of the county of Wiltshire, the district of North Wiltshire and the parish of Marston Maisey marked A1 on boundary map 1 shall be transferred to–
a
the county of Gloucestershire and the East Cotswold electoral division of that county;
b
the district of Cotswold and the Hampton ward of that district;
c
the parish of Maiseyhampton;
d
the Cirencester, Fairford and Tetbury petty sessional division;
e
the Cheltenham Coroner’s district.
2
The part of the county of Wiltshire, the district of North Wiltshire and the parish of Oaksey marked A2 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to–
a
the county of Gloucestershire and the South Cotswold electoral division of that county;
b
the district of Cotswold and the Thames Head ward of that district;
c
the parish of Kemble;
d
the Cirencester, Fairford and Tetbury petty sessional division;
e
the Cheltenham Coroner’s district.
Town and country planning4
Any provisions of a structure plan, an old development plan (within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Town and Country Planning Act 19713) or a local plan made or adopted by a county or district council which apply immediately before 1st April 1990 to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to have effect in relation to that area as if they were part of such a plan made or adopted by the council of the county or district to which that area is transferred.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
(This note is not part of the Order)