Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 2149

The Local Government Boundaries Commissioner (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

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1990 No. 2149

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Local Government Boundaries Commissioner (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of October 1990

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 38(1)(a) of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973^[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

    (2)  This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.

    2.—(1)  In section 50(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972^[2] for the words "1982 and in each tenth year thereafter" there shall be substituted the words "1990 and thereafter in accordance with subsection (1A)" .

    (2)  After the said section 50(1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
"  (1A)  A Local Government Boundary Commissioner shall be appointed under subsection (1) during the period not less than ten or more than fifteen years from the date of the submission under subsection (4) of the final report on the last previous review under subsection (1)."

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

This Order amends section 50(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. That provision provides for the appointment of a Local Government Boundaries Commissioner whose function is to review the number, boundaries and names of districts in Northern Ireland and the number, boundaries and names of the wards into which each district is divided.

Under section 50(1) as amended (and read with paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 5 to the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973), the Secretary of State would have been required to appoint a Commissioner under section 50(1) in 1992 and every tenth year thereafter. The first effect of this Order is to require such an appointment to be made in 1990. The second effect of this Order is that subsequent appointments are to be made during the period of not less than ten or more than fifteen years after the submission of the final report on the last previous review under section 50(1).

[1] 1973 c. 36. back

[2] 1972 c. 9 (N.I.); section 50(1) was amended by Part II of Schedule 1 to the Local Government (Postponement of Elections and Reorganisation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1998 (N.I. 21)). back