The Central and Tayside Regions and Stirling and Perth and Kinross Districts (Loch Earn/Loch Tay) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990

Statutory Instruments

1990 No. 356 (S.34)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Central and Tayside Regions and Stirling and Perth and Kinross Districts (Loch Earn/Loch Tay) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990

Made

21st February 1990

Laid before Parliament

6th 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 9th August 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 certain areas from Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region to Stirling District in Central 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 Central and Tayside Regions and Stirling and Perth and Kinross Districts (Loch Earn/Loch Tay) 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 1” means the map prepared by the Scottish Office, marked “The Central and Tayside Regions and Stirling and Perth & Kinross Districts (Loch Earn/Loch Tay) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990 Map 1” and deposited in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1977 Regulations;

“boundary map 2” means the map prepared by the Scottish Office, marked “The Central and Tayside Regions and Stirling and Perth & Kinross Districts (Loch Earn/Loch Tay) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990 Map 2” 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 provisions of the 1977 Regulations shall apply in relation thereto for the purposes of, or in consequence of, this Order.

Area changes

4.  Those parts of Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region, being–

(a) the area A at Loch Earn described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked “Area A” on boundary map 1, and

(b) the area B at Loch Tay described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked “Area B” on boundary map 2,

shall be transferred to Stirling District in Central Region.

Consequential changes of electoral arrangements

5.—(1) Area A described in the Schedule to this Order (being the area A transferred by article 4 of this Order)–

(a) shall cease to form part of electoral division 41 (Strathearn) of Tayside Region(3) and of ward 19 (West Strathearn) of Perth and Kinross District(4); and

(b) shall form part of electoral division 11 (Queensland) of Central Region(5) and of ward 9 (Callander) of Stirling District(6).

(2) Area B described in the Schedule to this Order (being the area B transferred by article 4 of this Order)–

(a) shall cease to form part of electoral division 38 (Atholl, Breadalbane and Rannoch) of Tayside Region and of ward 13 (Aberfeldy) of Perth and Kinross District; and

(b) shall form part of electoral division 11 (Queensland) of Central Region and of ward 9 (Callander) of Stirling District.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

21st February 1990

Articles 2, 4 and 5

SCHEDULE

Area A

The area bounded by a line commencing on the eastern boundary of Central Region at a point grid reference NN 6175 2360; eastwards in a straight line along Loch Earn to a point grid reference NN 6449 2377; then northwards to join the regional boundary at the mouth of the Allt-na-Cearlaich Burn, then generally westwards, southwards and eastwards along that boundary to the point of commencement.

Area B

The area bounded by a line commencing on the northern boundary of Central Region at the mouth of the Allt a' Mheinn Burn, in a north-westwards direction to a point in the middle of Loch Tay grid reference NN 6751 3744; then south-westwards in a straight line to a point grid reference NN 6500 3585, thereafter generally south-westwards in straight lines between grid reference points NN 6200 3515, NN 6000 3415 and NN 5862 3380; then north-westwards in a straight line to rejoin the regional boundary, then generally southwards, then north-eastwards along that boundary to the point of commencement.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers on 1st April 1990 from Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region to Stirling District in Central Region, 2 areas of ground which are under water, and extend respectively to approximately 263 hectares at Loch Earn and 565 hectares at Loch Tay, and makes consequential changes to electoral arrangements.

The maps annexed to and forming part of this note give a general guide to the areas affected by this Order.

Copies of the detailed boundary maps 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 Tayside Region were constituted by S.I. 1978/58, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(4)

The wards of Perth and Kinross District were constituted by S.I. 1979/1401, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(5)

The electoral divisions of Central Region were constituted by S.I. 1977/1984, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(6)

The wards of Stirling District were constituted by S.I. 1979/822, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.