The Bridgend (Brackla and Coity Higher) Order 2006

Made: 26 March 2006

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in relation to Wales[^f00002], makes the following Order:

Title and Commencement

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• (1) The title of this Order is the Bridgend (Brackla and Coity Higher) Order 2006.

• (2) This Order comes into force on 1 April 2006, which is the appointed day for the purposes of the 1976 Regulations, except that for the purposes set out in Regulation 4 of the 1976 Regulations this Order comes into force on the day after that on which it is made.

Interpretation

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In this Order—

• “the boundary map” (“y map ffiniau”) means the map prepared by the National Assembly for Wales and marked “Map of the Bridgend (Brackla and Coity Higher) Order 2006” and deposited in accordance with Regulation 5 of the 1976 Regulations;

• “the 1976 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1976”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (as amended) [^f00003];

Change to Community Boundaries

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• (1) Those parts of the community of Coity Higher shown as hatched areas “a”on the boundary map are separated from that community and form part of the community of Brackla.

• (2) That part of the community of Brackla shown as hatched area “b” on the boundary map is separated from that community and forms part of the community of Coity Higher.

Changes to Ward Boundaries

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• (1) The boundaries of Pendre Community Ward and Coity Community Ward in the community of Coity Higher are altered to be in alignment with the new community boundary.

• (2) The boundary between Pendre Community Ward and Coity Community Ward in the community of Coity Higher is altered as shown on the boundary map marked as the “New Community Ward Boundary.”

Consequential Changes to Electoral Divisions

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The boundaries of the electoral divisions of Pendre, Coity and Brackla are altered to be in alignment with the new community boundary.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales

Sue Essex — The Minister for Finance, Government and Public Services — 26 March 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made in accordance with section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972, gives effect to proposals by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales. The effect of those proposals is that two areas will be transferred from the community of Coity Higher to the community of Brackla and one area will be transferred from the community of Brackla to the community of Coity Higher after this Order comes into force. The boundary between the Pendre Community Ward and the Coity Community Ward in the community of Coity Higher is altered to correspond with the new community boundary as shown on the boundary map and in addition, the boundary between the Pendre Community Ward and the Coity Community Ward is altered as shown on the boundary map.

Prints of the boundary map showing the new boundaries are deposited and may be inspected during normal office hours at the offices of Bridgend County Borough Council at the Civic Offices, Angel Street, Bridgend, and at the offices of the National Assembly for Wales at Cathays Park, Cardiff.

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (as amended) referred to in Articles 1(2) and 2 of this Order contain incidental, consequential, transitional and supplementary provisions about the effect and implementation of orders such as these.

There are consequential changes to the electoral divisions of Coity, Pendre and Brackla to correspond with the new community boundary.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 70.

[^f00002]: See National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), article 2 and Schedule 1.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1976/246 as amended by various statutory instruments which amendments are not relevant to this statutory instrument.