The Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/2494
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 2nd December 1991 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 .

(3) For all other purposes, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1992. Interpretation

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order–

“district” means district or borough, as the case may be;

“Hampshire” means the county of Hampshire, except in the expression

“East Hampshire”, where it means the district of East Hampshire in that county;

“Hart” means the Hampshire district of Hart, and

“Rushmoor” means the Hampshire district of Rushmoor;

“map” means one of the 9 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked

“Maps of the Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991”, duly numbered for reference and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“Surrey” means the county of Surrey,

“Guildford” means the Surrey district of Guildford, and

“Waverley” means the Surrey district of Waverley;

any reference to an electoral division is a reference to an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Order; and

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

Section 3 Transfers from Hampshire to Surrey

Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred–

(a) from Hampshire to Surrey;

(b) from the district (and from the parish, if any) mentioned in column 3 to the district and to the parish (and parish ward, if any) named in column 4;

(c) to the ward and electoral division so named; and

(d) to the Farnham petty sessional division and the Surrey coroner’s district.

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Section 4 Transfers from Surrey to Hampshire

Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred–

(a) from Surrey to Hampshire;

(b) from Waverley and from the parish mentioned in column 3 to the district (and to the parish, if any) named in column 4;

(c) to the ward, electoral division and petty sessional division so named; and to

(d) the North East Hampshire coroner’s district. Where the word “unparished” appears in column 4, the relevant area shall cease to form part of any parish.

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Section 5 Town and country planning

(1) In this article, “provision” means a provision of a development plan as defined in section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 .

(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.