The Orkney Islands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1999

Made: 15th January 1999

Coming into force: 1st February 1999

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and application

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Orkney Islands (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st February 1999.

• (2) This Order shall apply only for the purposes of elections to be held after 30th April 1999.

Interpretation

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In the Schedule to this Order–

• (a) a reference to–

• (i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

• (ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and

• (b) the following abbreviations are used:–

• “EW” for electoral ward;

• “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

Electoral arrangements

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The area of Orkney Islands Council shall be divided into 21 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

Revocation

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The Orkney Islands Area (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1992³ is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — ELECTORAL WARDS

Ward 1 Pickaquoy

Commencing at an indeterminable point in the Bay of Kirkwall southeast of Quanterness Skerry and in line with the Burn of Hatston; then southeastward along the said bay to a point in line with Burgh Road; then southward in a straight line to and across the A965 road to and southward and southeastward along Burgh Road to its junction with Junction Road; then northeastward along the said road to an unnamed lane north of the Albert Hotel at NG Ref HY 4490 1117; then eastward, southeastward and northeastward along the said unnamed lane to a point NG Ref HY 4500 1115 southeast of a warehouse; then southeastward along an unnamed road to its junction with Albert Street, Bridge Street and Bridge Street Wynd at NG Ref HY 4505 1112; then northeastward along the said wynd to and northeastward along Garden Street to its junction with Queen Street NG Ref HY 4519 1114; then southwestward along the said street and its continuation as King Street to a point in line with Copland’s Lane; then southwestward to and along the said lane to and northwestward along Palace Road to and generally southwestward along Watergate to its junction with Victoria Road; then westward along the said road to and southward along Victoria Street to and northwestward along Union Street to its junction with Junction Road; then southward along the said road to a point in line with an access lane leading to Nos 96-100 Junction Road; then southwestward to and along the said lane to a point on the rear curtilage of No 9 Wellington Street NG Ref HY 4463 1050; then southwestward along the said curtilage to and continuing southwestward along the rear curtilages of the properties to the north of Wellington Street and High Street to and southwestward along the western curtilage of a property known as Korsgarth and its prolongation in a straight line to its junction with High Street, Old Scapa Road and Glaitness Road; then generally westward along Glaitness Road to and generally northward along Sunnybank Road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref HY 4295 1183; then northwestward to and along the said field boundary to the Burn of Hatston at NG Ref HY 4277 1219; then generally northeastward along the said burn to where it enters the Bay of Kirkwall at NG Ref HY 4354 1300; then northeastward in a straight line to the point of commencement.

Ward 2 Berstane and Work

Ward 3 Warrenfield

Ward 4 Lynnfield

Ward 5 Brandyquoy

Ward 6 Papdale

Ward 7 Scapa and Kirkwall South West

Ward 8 Shapinsay and Kirkwall Harbour

Note:EW 8 includes the islands of Shapinsay and Helliar Holm.

Ward 9 Stromness North

Ward 10 Stromness South, Graemsay and North Hoy

Ward 11 Orphir, Walls and Flotta

Ward 12 Firth and Sunnybrae

Ward 13 Harray and Stenness

Ward 14 Evie, Rendall, Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre

Ward 15 Birsay and Dounby

Ward 16 Sandwick and Stromness Landward

Ward 17 St Andrew’s Deerness and Wideford

Ward 18 Holm and Burray

Ward 19 South Ronaldsay

Ward 20 Sanday, North Ronaldsay and Stronsay

Ward 21 Papa Westray, Westray and Eday

Signed

Henry McLeish — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 15th January 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Orkney Islands Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of Orkney Islands Council is divided into 21 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. The Order has effect for the purposes of elections held after 30th April 1999 and will thus first apply as regards the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.

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