1991 No. 285
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALESCHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
The North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991
Made 19th February 1991
Laid before Parliament 27th February 1991
Coming into force
for the purposes referred to in article 1(2) 20th March 1991
for all other purposes 1st April 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order which gives effect 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:
1972 c. 70.

1 Citation and commencement
1 This Order may be cited as the North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991.
2 This Order shall come into force on 20th March 1991 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.
S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I.1978/247.
3 For all other purposes this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

2 Interpretation
In this Order “boundary map” means one of the 2 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.

3 Transfers from North Yorkshire to South Yorkshire
1 The parts of the county of North Yorkshire, the district of Selby and the parish of Kirk Smeaton marked A1 and A2 on boundary map 1 shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of South Yorkshire;
(b) the borough of Doncaster and the Askern ward of that borough;
(c) the parish of Norton and the Norton ward of that parish;
(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;
(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.
(2) The parts of the county of North Yorkshire, the district of Selby and the parish of Little Smeaton marked A3 and A4 on boundary map 1 shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of South Yorkshire;
(b) the borough of Doncaster and the Askern ward of that borough;
(c) the parish of Norton and the Norton ward of that parish;
(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;
(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.

4 Transfers from South Yorkshire to North Yorkshire
The parts of the county of South Yorkshire, the borough of Doncaster and the parish of Norton marked A5 to A8 on boundary map I shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of North Yorkshire and the Osgoldcross electorial division of that county;
(b) the district of Selby and the Whitley ward of that district;
(c) the parish of Little Smeaton;
(d) the Selby petty sessional division;
(e) the Claro Coroner’s district.

5 Transfers from South Yorkshire to Nottinghamshire
1 The part of the county of South Yorkshire, the borough of Doncaster and the parish of Bawtry marked A11 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of Nottinghamshire and the Misterton electoral division of that county;
(b) the district of Bassetlaw and the Ranskill ward of that district;
(c) the parish of Scrooby;
(d) the East Retford petty sessional division;
(e) the Nottinghamshire Coroner’s district.
2 The part of the county of South Yorkshire, the borough of Doncaster and the parish of Tickhill marked A9 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of Nottinghamshire and the Blyth and Harworth electoral division of that county;
(b) the district of Bassetlaw and the Harworth West ward of that district;
(c) the parish of Harworth Bircotes and the West ward of that parish;
(d) the Worksop petty sessional division;
(e) the Nottinghamshire Coroner’s district.

6 Transfers from Nottinghamshire to South Yorkshire
1 The part of the county of Nottinghamshire, the district of Bassetlaw and the parish of Scrooby marked A12 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of South Yorkshire;
(b) the borough of Doncaster and the South East ward of that borough;
(c) the parish of Bawtry;
(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;
(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.
2 The part of the county of Nottinghamshire, the district of Bassetlaw and the parish of Scaftworth marked A13 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of South Yorkshire;
(b) the borough of Doncaster and the South East ward of that borough;
(c) the parish of Bawtry;
(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;
(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.
3 The part of the county of Nottinghamshire, the district of Bassetlaw and the parish of Harworth Bircotes marked A1O on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of South Yorkshire;
(b) the borough of Doncaster and the South East ward of that borough;
(c) the parish of Bawtry;
(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;
(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.

7 Town and county planning
Any provision of a development plan applying to an 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 corresponding 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
Blatch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 19th February 1991

This note is not part of the Order)
This Order transfers areas between the counties of North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Consequential changes to districts, parishes and local government electoral areas and to the areas of petty sessional divisions and Coroners' districts are made.
The map forming part of this note gives a general guide to the areas affected. Prints of the detailed boundary maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times al the offices of the district councils whose areas are affected by this Order, and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.
The areas transferred are unpopulated. They have approximately the areas shown below—
	Area (hectares)
North Yorkshire to South Yorkshire	0.42
South Yorkshire to North Yorkshire	0.80
South Yorkshire to Nottinghamshire	7.17
Nottinghamshire to South Yorkshire	8.53
The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.