The Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991

Made: 1st November 1991

Laid before Parliament: 11th November 1991

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) of the Local Government Act 1972[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order which gives effect with modifications to proposals submitted to him under sections 47, 48(1) and 51(1) of that Act, more than six weeks before the making of this Order by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England:

Citation and commencement

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991.

• (2) This Order shall come into force on 2nd December 1991 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976[^f00002].

• (3) For all other purposes, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1992. Interpretation

Interpretation

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In this Order–

• “district” means district or borough, as the case may be;

• “Hampshire” means the county of Hampshire, except in the expression

• “East Hampshire”, where it means the district of East Hampshire in that county;

• “Hart” means the Hampshire district of Hart, and

• “Rushmoor” means the Hampshire district of Rushmoor;

• “map” means one of the 9 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked

• “Maps of the Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991”, duly numbered for reference and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

• “Surrey” means the county of Surrey,

• “Guildford” means the Surrey district of Guildford, and

• “Waverley” means the Surrey district of Waverley;

• any reference to an electoral division is a reference to an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Order; and

• any reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the district to which an area is so transferred, except in the expression “parish ward”, where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred.

Transfers from Hampshire to Surrey

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Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred–

• (a) from Hampshire to Surrey;

• (b) from the district (and from the parish, if any) mentioned in column 3 to the district and to the parish (and parish ward, if any) named in column 4;

• (c) to the ward and electoral division so named; and

• (d) to the Farnham petty sessional division and the Surrey coroner’s district.

Transfers from Surrey to Hampshire

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Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred–

• (a) from Surrey to Hampshire;

• (b) from Waverley and from the parish mentioned in column 3 to the district (and to the parish, if any) named in column 4;

• (c) to the ward, electoral division and petty sessional division so named; and to

• (d) the North East Hampshire coroner’s district. Where the word “unparished” appears in column 4, the relevant area shall cease to form part of any parish.

Town and country planning

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• (1) In this article, “provision” means a provision of a development plan as defined in section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990[^f00003].

• (2) Any provision applying to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to apply to that area, notwithstanding the transfer, until replaced by a provision which so applies, and which is expressed to supersede the preserved provision.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

Robert Key — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of the Environment — 1st November 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers areas between the counties of Hampshire and Surrey, affecting the boundaries of the districts of East Hampshire and Hart, and of the borough of Rushmoor, in Hampshire, and of those of the boroughs of Guildford and Waverley in Surrey. Consequential changes are made to parishes and unparished areas, to local government electoral divisions, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts.

The map forming part of this note (page 6) gives a general guide to the areas concerned. Prints of the detailed order maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of councils of the boroughs and districts whose boundaries are affected, and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

In approximate terms, the land transferred from Hampshire to Surrey has a total area of 23 hectares, and a population of 25, and that transferred from Surrey to Hampshire has a total area of 7 hectares, and a population of 79.

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 70.

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

[^f00003]: 1990 c. 8.