The Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992

Made: 26th August 1992

Laid before Parliament: 8th September 1992

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under section 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 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 Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992.

• (2) This Order shall come into force on 29th 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—

• “district” means a borough or district;

• “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred;

• “the map” means one or more of the 12 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

• “parish” includes a town;

• “Surrey” means the county of Surrey, and any reference to Mole Valley, to Reigate and Banstead, to Tandridge or to Waverley is a reference to the Surrey district of that name;

• any reference to an area as “unparished” is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and

• “ward” means a ward of the district to which an area is transferred; and

• “West Sussex” means the county of West Sussex, and any reference to Chichester, to Crawley, to Horsham or to Mid Sussex is a reference to the West Sussex district of that name.

Transfers from Surrey to West Sussex

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Each area marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Surrey and from the district and parish named in column 3 to—

• (a) West Sussex;

• (b) the district and the parish (if any) mentioned in column 4;

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

• (d) the West Sussex coroner’s district.

Transfers from West Sussex to Surrey

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Each area marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table shall be transferred from West Sussex, and from the district and the parish (if any) named in column 3 to—

• (a) Surrey;

• (b) the district and the parish mentioned in column 4;

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

• (d) the Surrey 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 the Secretary of State for the Environment

G.S.K. Young — Minister of State, — Department of the Environment — 26th August 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers areas between the counties of Surrey and West Sussex, affecting the boundaries of the districts of Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Tandridge and Waverley. Consequential changes are made to local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts.

The map and table forming part of this note (Pages 5 and 6) give a general guide to the location of areas transferred. Prints of the detailed order maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of each district council whose area is affected, and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment in 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

In approximate terms, the land transferred from Surrey to West Sussex has a total area of 180 hectares and a population of 1780, and that transferred from West Sussex to Surrey has a total area of 16 hectares and a population of 7.

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I. 1978/247) 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.