The Tayside and Fife Regions and Perth and Kinross and North East Fife Districts (Auchtermuchty) Boundaries Amendment Order 1987

Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 2077 (S.141)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Tayside and Fife Regions and Perth and Kinross and North East Fife Districts (Auchtermuchty) Boundaries Amendment Order 1987

Made

26th November 1987

Laid before Parliament

10th December 1987

Coming into force

15th February 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 17(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973((1)) to give effect to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland under section 14(2) of the Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Tayside and Fife Regions and Perth and Kinross and North East Fife Districts (Auchtermuchty) Boundaries Amendment Order 1987, and shall come into force on 15th February 1988.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1977 Regulations” means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regulations 1977((2)); and

“boundary map” means the map prepared by the Scottish Office, marked “The Tayside and Fife Regions and Perth and Kinross and North East Fife Districts (Auchtermuchty) Boundaries Amendment Order 1987 Map” 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 Regulations

3.  The 1977 Regulations shall apply for the purposes of this Order to such extent as may be required to implement the area change effected by article 4 of this Order.

Area change

4.  Part of Perth and Kinross District of Tayside Region containing farm properties to the north west of the village of Auchtermuchty, being the area described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated and hatched on the boundary map, shall be transferred to North East Fife District of Fife Region.

Consequential changes of electoral arrangements

5.  The area described in the Schedule to this Order (being the area transferred by article 4 of this Order)—

(a) shall cease to form part of electoral division 45 (Gowrie) of Tayside Region((3)) and ward 26 (Dunearn) of Perth and Kinross District((4)); and

(b) shall form part of electoral division 22 (Auchtermuchty/Newburgh) of Fife Region((5)) and ward 5 (Auchtermuchty/Strathmiglo) of North East Fife District((6)).

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

New St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

26th November 1987

Articles 4 and 5

SCHEDULE

The area bounded by a line commencing at a point on the existing regional boundary at grid reference NO 20001395, thence by field boundaries northwestwards and thence northeastwards to a fence corner at Seven Gates at grid reference NO 20911545, thence by a track through Clunie Wood to rejoin the existing regional boundary at grid reference NO 21771580, thence generally southeastwards thereafter generally westwards along that boundary to the point of commencement.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers an area of approximately 370 hectares at Auchtermuchty from Perth and Kinross District in Tayside Region to North East Fife District in Fife Region and makes consequential changes to electoral arrangements.

The map annexed to and forming part of this note gives a general guide to the area affected by this Order as from 15th February 1988.

Copies of the detailed boundary map defined in article 2 of this Order may be inspected at the offices of any of the local authorities referred to in this Order and may be inspected at or purchased from the Scottish Development Department’s Map Library, New St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh, EH1 3SZ.

(1)

1973 c. 65

(2)

S.I. 1977/8

(3)

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

(4)

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

(5)

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

(6)

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