2002 No. 3272 (W.310)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES

The Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (St Dogmaels) Order 2002

Made
Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)
The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales has submitted to the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with sections 54(1) and 58(1) of the Local Government Act 19721 a report dated December 2001 on its review of part of the boundary between the Counties of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire in the area of the community of St Dogmaels together with the proposals they have formulated thereon;

and the National Assembly for Wales having decided to give effect to these proposals with modifications the effect of which includes the transfer an area of land adjoining the property of “Parc Y Ffrier” from the County of Ceredigion to the County of Pembrokeshire;

and more than six weeks having elapsed since those proposals were made;

now the National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 which are vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in Wales2 makes the following Order:—

Name and commencement1.

(1)

This Order is called the Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (St Dogmaels) Order 2002.

(2)

This Order shall come into force on 1 April 2003 which is the appointed day for the purposes of the Regulations, except that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that date this Order shall come into force on the day after that on which it is made.

Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“ boundary map A” (“map ffiniau A”) means the map prepared by the National Assembly for Wales and marked “Map A of the Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (St Dogmaels) Order 2002” and deposited in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Regulations;

“boundary map B” (“map ffiniau B”) means the map prepared by the National Assembly for Wales and marked “Map B of the Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (St Dogmaels) Order 2002” and deposited in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Regulations;

“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (as amended)3;

“Ceredigion” means the County of Ceredigion.

“Pembrokeshire” (“Sir Benfro”) means the County of Pembrokeshire.

Changes in Community Areas3.

The parts of Ceredigion which are marked A on boundary map A and marked B on boundary map B shall be separated from that county and shall form part of Pembrokeshire. The community of St Dogmaels will therefore form part of Pembrokeshire.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales

E. Hart
Minister for Finance, Local Government and Communities

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made in accordance with section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972, gives effect with modifications to proposals by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales. The effect of those proposals is that areas of the community of St.Dogmaels in the County of Ceredigion (shown hatched black and marked A on boundary map A and shown hatched black and marked B on boundary map B referred to in Article 2 of the Order) will be transferred from the County of Ceredigion to the County of Pembrokeshire after this Order comes into force.

Prints of the boundary maps are deposited and may be inspected during normal office hours at the offices of Ceredigion County Council at Penmorfa, Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire County Council at County Hall, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and at the offices of the National Assembly for Wales at Cathays Park, Cardiff (Local Government Modernisation Division).

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (as amended) referred to in Article 2 of this Order contain incidental, consequential, transitional and supplementary provisions about the effect and implementation of orders such as this.