1991 No. 284
The Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
for the purposes described 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 with modifications 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 Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991.
2
20th March 1991 is hereby specified as the day on which this Order shall come into force 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 1991.
Interpretation2
In this Order, “the boundary map” means the map prepared by the Department of the Environment marked “Map of the Hereford and Worcester and Shropshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991” and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.
Transfer from Hereford and Worcester to Shropshire3
The part of the county of Hereford and Worcester, the district of Wyre Forest and the parish of Upper Arley marked “A1” on the boundary map shall be transferred to–
a
the county of Shropshire;
b
the district of Bridgnorth, and the Kinlet ward of that district;
c
the parish of Kinlet;
d
the Stottesdon electoral division of Shropshire;
e
the Bridgnorth petty sessional division;
f
the South Shropshire Coroner’s district.
Town and county planning4
Any provision of a development plan applying to the area transferred by this Order shall continue to apply thereto notwithstanding the transfer; and after such transfer, any such provision shall, so far as it so applies, be for all purposes deemed to be a provision of a plan of the authority which becomes the appropriate local planning authority for the transferred area as a result of the transfer.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
(This note is not part of the Order)