The Greater London and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992

Made: 31st August 1992

Laid before Parliament: 9th September 1992

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 Greater London and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992.

• (2) This Order shall come into force on 30th September 1992 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 1993.

Interpretation

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In this Order—

• “Bexley” means the London borough of Bexley;

• “Kent” means the county of Kent;

• “Dartford” means the borough of Dartford in that county; and

• “electoral division” means an electoral division of that county,

• “the map” means one of the 4 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Greater London and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1922”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and

• “ward” means a ward of the borough from or to which an area is transferred.

Transfers from Greater London (Bexley) to Kent (Dartford)

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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 from Greater London, from Bexley, and from the ward mentioned in column 3 to—

• (a) Kent;

• (b) Dartford;

• (c) the ward and the electoral division mentioned in column 4; and to

• (d) the Dartford petty sessional division and the North Kent coroner’s district.

Transfers from Kent (Dartford) to Greater London (Bexley)

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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 from Kent, from Dartford and from the ward mentioned in column 3 to—

• (a) Greater London;

• (b) Bexley;

• (c) the ward mentioned in column 4; and to

• (d) the Bexley petty sessional division, and the Southern London coroner’s district.

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 theSecretary of State for the Environment

G. S. K. Young — Minister of State, — Department of the Environment — 31st August 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers areas between Greater London and Kent, affecting the boundaries of the London borough of Bexley, and of the Kent borough of Dartford. Consequential local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts are made.

The map and table forming part of this note (Pages 5 and 6) give a general guide to the areas transferred. In approximate terms, the total area of land transferred from Greater London to Kent is 15 hectares (population of 30), and that transferred from Kent to Greater London, 5 hectares (population of 70). Prints of the detailed maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the council for each borough affected, and additionally at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

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. This definition was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 4, paragraph 34.