The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (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 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 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (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” includes a borough;

• “Derbyshire” means the county of Derbyshire;

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

• “Nottinghamshire” means the county of Nottinghamshire;

• any reference to Amber Valley, to Bolsover or to Erewash is a reference to the Derbyshire district of that name;

• any reference to Ashfield, to Bassetlaw, to Broxtowe or to Mansfield is a reference to the Nottinghamshire district of that name;

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

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

Transfers from Derbyshire to Nottinghamshire

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Each area of Derbyshire which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from that county and from the district (and the parish, if any) named in column 3 to—

• (a) Nottinghamshire;

• (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 Nottinghamshire coroner’s district.

Transfers from Nottinghamshire to Derbyshire

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Each area of Nottinghamshire which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from that county and from the district (and the parish, if any) named in column 3 to—

• (a) Derbyshire;

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

• (c) the ward, electoral division, petty sessional division and coroner’s district so mentioned.

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(1) 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

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 realigns parts of the boundary between the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire by making small transfers of land between those counties. The districts, parishes and unparished areas affected are listed below—

Consequential changes to parishes, unparished areas, local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts are made.

Prints of the order maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the council for each district affected, and additionally at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

In approximate terms, the parts of Derbyshire transferred to Nottinghamshire have a total area of 100 hectares, and 2 inhabitants, and the parts of Nottinghamshire transferred to Derbyshire have a total area of 160 hectares and a population of 240.

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

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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.