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

Made: 14th January 1990

Laid before Parliament: 25th January 1990

Coming into force: 15th February 1990

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

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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

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In this Order–

• “the 1977 Regulations” means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regula tions 1977[^f00002]; 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

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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

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• (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

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• (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[^f00003] and of ward 5 (Auchtermuchty/Strathmiglo) of North East Fife District[^f00004]; and

• (b) shall form part of electoral division 46 (Kinross) of Tayside Region[^f00005] and of ward 28 (West Kinross) of Perth and Kinross District[^f00006].

• (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.

SCHEDULE

PART I

Area A

The area bounded by a line commencing on the Fife/Tayside regional boundary north-east of Mawcarse Railway Bridge at a point grid reference No 1532 0610; south-eastwards by fence line across a disused railway line to rejoin the said regional boundary at a point grid reference No 1534 0608; then south-westwards, north-westwards and north-eastwards along the said regional boundary to the point of commencement.

PART II

Area B

Area C

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 14th January 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This order transfers an area of approximately 0.2 hectares from Fife Region to Tayside Region and 2 areas at Butterwell and Burnside which together extend to approximately 2.44 hectares from Tayside Region to 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 areas affected by this Order as from 15th February 1990.

Copies of the detailed boundary maps 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, St James Centre, Edinburgh, EH1 3SZ.

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1973 c. 65.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1977/8.

[^f00003]: The electoral divisions of Fife Region were constituted by S.I. 1977/1983, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

[^f00004]: The wards of North East Fife District were constituted by S.I. 1979/158, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

[^f00005]: The electoral divisions of Tayside Region were constituted by S.I. 1978/58, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

[^f00006]: The wards of Perth and Kinross District were constituted by S.I. 1979/1401, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.