Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 60 (S.5)

The Fife and Tayside Regions and North East Fife and Perth and Kinross Districts (Butterwell/Burnside) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990

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1990 No. 60 (S.5)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Fife and Tayside Regions and North East Fife and Perth and Kinross Districts (Butterwell/Burnside) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990

Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^[1] the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 3rd April 1989 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 between Fife Region and Tayside 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 Fife and Tayside Regions and North East Fife and Perth and Kinross Districts (Butterwell/Burnside) Boundaries Amendment Order 1990, and shall come into force on 15th February 1990.

Interpretation
    2.    In this Order-
"the 1977 Regulations" means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regula tions 1977^[2]; and


"boundary map 1" means the map prepared by the Scottish Office marked "The Fife and Tayside Regions and North East Fife and Perth and Kinross Districts (Butterwell/Burnside) 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 Fife and Tayside Regions and North East Fife and Perth and Kinross Districts (Butterwell/Burnside) 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.—(1)  Part of North East Fife District in Fife Region, being the area A described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked "Area A" on boundary map 1, shall be transferred to Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region.

    (2)  Those parts of Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region, being -


(a)  the area B at Butterwell described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked "Area B" on boundary map 1, and


(b)  the area C at Burnside described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked "Area C" on boundary map 2,
shall be transferred to North East Fife District in Fife Region.

Consequential changes of electoral arrangements
    5.—(1)  Area A described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order (being the area transferred by article 4(1) of this Order) —


(a)  shall cease to form part of electoral division 22 of Fife Region^[3] and of ward 5 (Auchtermuchty/Strathmiglo) of North East Fife District^[4]; and


(b)  shall form part of electoral division 46 (Kinross) of Tayside Region^[5] and of ward 28 (West Kinross) of Perth and Kinross District^[6].

    (2)  Each of areas B and C described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order (being the areas transferred by article 4(2) of this Order)-


(a)  shall cease to form part of electoral division 46 (Kinross) of Tayside Region and of ward 28 (West Kinross) of Perth and Kinross District; and


(b)  shall form part of electoral division 22 of Fife Region and of ward 5 (Auchtermuchty/Strathmiglo) of North East Fife District.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh

14th January 1990

[1] 1973 c. 65. back

[2] S.I. 1977/8. back

[3] The electoral divisions of Fife Region were constituted by S.I. 1977/1983, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. back

[4] The wards of North East Fife District were constituted by S.I. 1979/158, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. back

[5] The electoral divisions of Tayside Region were constituted by S.I. 1978/58, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. back

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

Explanatory Note