The Dorset (District Boundaries) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/2228
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Dorset (District Boundaries) Order 1987.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st February 1988 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 .

(3) For all other purposes this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“boundary map” means the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Map of the Dorset (District Boundaries) Order 1987” and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“county electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Dorset.

Section 3 Transfers from the district of Purbeck to the district of North Dorset

(1) The area of the district of Purbeck and of the parish of Bloxworth which is marked Area F on the boundary map shall be transferred to—

(a) the district of North Dorset;

(b) the Lower Winterborne ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Anderson;

(d) the Winterborne county electoral division;

(e) the Sturminster and Blandford petty sessional division;

(f) the Western Coroner’s district.

(2) The area of the district of Purbeck and the parish of Bere Regis which is marked Area A on the boundary map and the area of the district of Purbeck and the parish of Bloxworth which is marked area C on the boundary map shall be transferred to—

(a) the district of North Dorset;

(b) the Lower Winterborne ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Winterborne Kingston;

(d) the Winterborne county electoral division;

(e) the Sturminster and Blandford petty sessional division;

(f) the Western Coroner’s district.

Section 4 Transfers from the district of North Dorset to the district of Purbeck

(1) The area of the district of North Dorset and of the parish of Winterborne Kingston which is marked Area B on the boundary map shall be transferred to—

(a) the district of Purbeck;

(b) the Bere Regis ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Bere Regis;

(d) the Egdon Heath county electoral division;

(e) the Wareham petty sessional division;

(f) the Eastern Coroner’s district.

(2) The areas of the district of North Dorset and of the parish of Anderson which are marked Area D and Area E on the boundary map shall be transferred to—

(a) the district of Purbeck;

(b) the Bere Regis ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Bloxworth;

(d) the Egdon Heath county electoral division;

(e) the Wareham petty sessional division;

(f) the Eastern Coroner’s district.

Section 5 Transfers between parishes in the district of North Dorset

The area of the parish of Anderson which is marked Area G on the boundary map shall be transferred to the parish of Winterborne Kingston.

Section 6 Town and Country Planning

Any provisions of a local plan adopted by a district council which apply immediately before 1st April 1988 to an area transferred by article 3 or 4 of this Order shall continue to have effect in relation to that area as if they were part of such a plan adopted by the council of the district to which that area is transferred.