The Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1987

Made: 3rd March 1987

Laid before Parliament: 9th March 1987

Coming into force—

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) of that 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 Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1987.

2

• (1) 30th March 1987 is hereby specified as the day on which this order shall come into force for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976[^f00002].

• (2) For all other purposes, this order shall come into force on 1st April 1987.

Interpretation

3

In this order—

• “boundary maps” means the 2 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Hereford and Worcester (District Boundaries) Order 1987”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and

• “county electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Hereford and Worcester.

Transfers between districts

4

• (1) Each area marked on the boundary maps as shown in columns 1 and 2 of the Schedule hereto shall cease to be part of the relevant local government areas named in column 3 and shall become part of the relevant local government areas named in column 4.

• (2) Where in column 5 there is mentioned in relation to any area—

• (a) a parish ward;

• (b) a district or city ward;

• (c) a county electoral division; or

• (d) a petty sessional division—

that area shall additionally be transferred to that ward or division.

Electoral Arrangements in the District of Wychavon

5

From the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1987 the Claines Central and West ward and the Claines East ward of the district of Wychavon shall be amalgamated to form a new ward of that district to be called the North Claines ward. It shall be represented by 2 district councillors.

Town and Country Planning

6

Any provisions of a local plan adopted by a city or district council which apply immediately before 1st April 1987 to an area transferred by this order shall continue to have effect in relation to that area as if they were part of such a plan adopted by the council of the city or district to which the area is transferred.

Land Registration

7

Registration of title to land under the Land Registration Acts 1925 to 1986[^f00003] shall

• (i) be compulsory on sale throughout the city of Worcester as altered by article 4; and

• (ii) cease to be compulsory on sale in any area transferred from the city of Worcester to the districts of Malvern Hills and Wychavon save in so far as section 154(1) of the Housing Act 1985[^f00004] applies to any dwelling house situated in that area.

SCHEDULE — TRANSFERS BETWEEN DISTRICTS

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Christopher Chope — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of the Environment — 3rd March 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the order)

This order—

• (a) makes transfers between the City of Worcester and the Districts of Malvern Hills and Wychavon; and

• (b) makes consequential alterations to parishes and electoral areas in these districts.

The map forming part of this note (page 5) gives a general guide to the areas affected by this order as from the 1st April 1987.

Prints of the detailed boundary maps, which are referred to in article 3, may be inspected at the offices of the city and district councils, and may be inspected at or purchased from the Department of the Environment’s Map Library, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

The table below shows the approximate areas, populations and rateable values transferred between areas by this order—

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976, mentioned in Articles 2(1) and 3, contain further provisions about the effect and implementation of orders such as the present one.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 70.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I. 1978/247.

[^f00003]: 1925 c. 21; 1936 c. 26; 1966 c. 39; 1971 c. 54; 1986 c. 26.

[^f00004]: 1985 c. 68.