Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 640 (S.86)

The Dumfries and Galloway and Strathclyde Regions and Cumnock and Doon Valley and Stewartry Districts (Loch Doon) Boundaries Amendment Order 1993

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1993 No. 640 (S.86)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Dumfries and Galloway and Strathclyde Regions and Cumnock and Doon Valley and Stewartry Districts (Loch Doon) Boundaries Amendment Order 1993

Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973^[1] the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 19th November 1991 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review conducted under section 14(2) of that Act in which they made proposals for the transfer of a certain area from Stewartry District in Dumfries and Galloway Region to Cumnock and Doon Valley District of Strathclyde Region and in which they also made proposals for changes in electoral arrangements consequential on that change in local government areas;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 17(2) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order to give effect to the proposals of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland as submitted to him:

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Dumfries and Galloway and Strathclyde Regions and Cumnock and Doon Valley and Stewartry Districts (Loch Doon) Boundaries Amendment Order 1993, and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Interpretation
    2.    In this Order:—
"the 1977 Regulations" means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regula tions 1977^[2]; and


"boundary map" means the map prepared by The Scottish Office marked "The Dumfries and Galloway and Strathclyde Regions and Cumnock and Doon Valley and Stewartry Districts (Loch Doon) Boundaries Amendment Order 1993" and deposited in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1977 Regulations;

and, in the Schedule to this Order, any reference to a regional boundary is a reference to such a boundary as it exists immediately before the commencement of this Order.

Application of 1977 Regulations
    3.    Save insofar as they can have no application to the area change effected by this Order, the provisions of the 1977 Regulations shall apply in relation thereto for the purposes of, or in consequence of this Order.

Area change
    4.    That part of Stewartry District, comprising land in the vicinity of the property known as Loch Head Cottage and an area of ground at Loch Doon in Dumfries and Galloway Region, being the area described in the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated and hatched on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Cumnock and Doon Valley District in Strathclyde Region.

Consequential changes in electoral arrangements
    5.    The area described in the Schedule to this Order (being the area transferred by article 4 of this Order)—
 (a) shall cease to form part of electoral division 11 (Stewartry North) of Dumfries and Galloway Region^[3] and ward 7 (Glenkens) of Stewartry District^[4]; and
 (b) shall form part of electoral division 103 (New Cumnock and Doon Valley) of Strathclyde Region^[5] and ward 7 (Dalmellington) of Cumnock and Doon Valley District^[6].

Allan Stewart

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

8th March 1993

[1] 1973 c. 65. back

[2] S.I. 1977/8. back

[3] The electoral divisions of Dumfries and Galloway Region were constituted by S.I. 1977/1986, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. back

[4] The wards of Stewartry District were constituted by S.I. 1978/1641. back

[5] The electoral divisions of Strathclyde Region were constituted by S.I. 1979/673, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. back

[6] The wards of Cumnock and Doon Valley District were constituted by S.I. 1981/1490. back

Explanatory Note