1995 No. 1971 (S.143)
TRANSPORT
The Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1995
Made 24th July 1995
Laid before Parliament 4th August 1995
Coming into force 1st April 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 40(4) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and having consulted with such persons and bodies as he thinks fit in terms of section 40(6) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:
1994 c. 39.

1 Commencement and citation
This Order shall come into force on 1st April 1996 and may be cited as the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area (Designation) Order 1995.

2 Interpretation
In this Order—
“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
“direction” means a direction made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1994 Act specifying the electoral wards into which a local government area is divided;
“designated area” means the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area designated by Article 3 of this Order;
“electoral ward” means an electoral ward as at 6th April 1995 specified in a direction; and
“local government area” means a local government area as at 6th April 1995 named in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1994 Act.
Copies of the relevant directions and the relevant part of the Report of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland referred to therein are available free of charge from The Scottish Office Industry Department, Room 4/57, New St. Andrew’s House, St. James Centre, Edinburgh, EH1 3TE.

3 Designation of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area
The area described in the Schedule to this Order is hereby designated for the purposes of section 40 of the 1994 Act by the name of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area.
James Douglas-Hamilton Minister of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 24th July 1995

SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA DESIGNATED AS THE STRATHCLYDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT AREA
Article 3
The designated area is the area consisting of the following local government areas or parts of such areas:—
(a) Argyll and Bute, but only insofar as including electoral wards 28, 29, 30 and 33 and those parts of electoral wards 31 and 32 lying to the south of Grid Line 69400 on Sheet 56 of the Ordnance Survey National Grid Series (1992 Edition)
Argyll and Bute Local Government Area (Electoral Arrangements) Direction 1994.
(b) East Ayrshire except electoral wards 26 to 28;
East Ayrshire Local Government Area (Electoral Arrangements) Direction 1994.
(c) North Ayrshire except electoral ward 30 and the islands of Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae in electoral ward 28;
North Ayrshire Local Government Area (Electoral Arrangements) Direction 1994.
(d) South Ayrshire except electoral wards 21 to 25;
South Ayrshire Local Government Area (Electoral Arrangements) Direction 1994.
(e) Dumbarton and Clydebank;
(f) East Dunbartonshire;
(g) City of Glasgow;
(h) Inverclyde;
(i) North Lanarkshire;
(j) South Lanarkshire except electoral ward 7;
South Lanarkshire Local Government Area (Electoral Arrangements) Direction 1994.
(k) East Renfrewshire;
(l) Renfrewshire.

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 40 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 established from 1st April 1996 a new Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority.
This Order in Article 3 designates for the purposes of section 40 the passenger transport area of the new Authority. The area will be known as the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Area and is described in the Schedule to the Order by reference to local government areas and electoral wards established under the 1994 Act and as they existed at 6th April 1995. The Order provides information as to where it is possible to obtain, free of charge, copies of the relevant directions specifying the electoral wards and the relevant part of the Report of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland referred to in those directions.