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2003 No. 3134 (W.300)
The Denbighshire (Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Dyserth and Prestatyn) Order 2003
Made
Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)
The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales having 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 April 2002 on a review carried out by Denbighshire County Council of the boundaries between the communities of Dyserth, Prestatyn, Rhuddlan and Rhyl in the County of Denbighshire together with the proposals they have formulated thereon;
and the National Assembly for Wales having decided to give effect to these proposals;
and more than six weeks having elapsed since those proposals were made;
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, and which are now 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 Denbighshire (Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Dyserth and Prestatyn) Order 2003.
2
This Order comes into force on 1 April 2004, which is the appointed day for the purposes of the Regulations, except that for the purposes set out in Regulation 4(1) of the Regulations this Order comes into force on 1 December 2003.
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 Denbighshire (Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Dyserth and Prestatyn) Order 2003” 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 Denbighshire (Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Dyserth and Prestatyn) Order 2003” and deposited in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Regulations;
“Denbighshire” (“Sir Dinbych”) means the County of Denbighshire; and
“the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 19763.
Changes in Community Areas3
1
Those parts of the community of Rhuddlan in Denbighshire and shown hatched in black on boundary maps A and B are separated from that community and form part of the community of Rhyl.
2
That part of the community of Dyserth in Denbighshire and shown cross hatched in black on boundary map B is separated from that community and forms part of the community of Prestatyn.
3
That part of the community of Rhuddlan in Denbighshire and shown shaded in black on boundary map B is separated from that community and forms part of the community of Prestatyn.
Changes to Wards4
1
The South ward of the community of Rhyl is expanded to include the area shown hatched in black on boundary map A.
2
The South East ward of the community of Rhyl is expanded to include the area shown hatched in black on boundary map B.
3
The South West ward of the community of Prestatyn is expanded to include the area shown cross-hatched in black and the area shown shaded in black on map B.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales
(This note is not part of the Order)