The North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/285
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 20th March 1991 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 1991.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order “boundary map” means one of the 2 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.

Section 3 Transfers from North Yorkshire to South Yorkshire

(1) The parts of the county of North Yorkshire, the district of Selby and the parish of Kirk Smeaton marked A1 and A2 on boundary map 1 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of South Yorkshire;

(b) the borough of Doncaster and the Askern ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Norton and the Norton ward of that parish;

(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;

(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.

(2) The parts of the county of North Yorkshire, the district of Selby and the parish of Little Smeaton marked A3 and A4 on boundary map 1 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of South Yorkshire;

(b) the borough of Doncaster and the Askern ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Norton and the Norton ward of that parish;

(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;

(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.

Section 4 Transfers from South Yorkshire to North Yorkshire

The parts of the county of South Yorkshire, the borough of Doncaster and the parish of Norton marked A5 to A8 on boundary map I shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of North Yorkshire and the Osgoldcross electorial division of that county;

(b) the district of Selby and the Whitley ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Little Smeaton;

(d) the Selby petty sessional division;

(e) the Claro Coroner’s district.

Section 5 Transfers from South Yorkshire to Nottinghamshire

(1) The part of the county of South Yorkshire, the borough of Doncaster and the parish of Bawtry marked A11 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of Nottinghamshire and the Misterton electoral division of that county;

(b) the district of Bassetlaw and the Ranskill ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Scrooby;

(d) the East Retford petty sessional division;

(e) the Nottinghamshire Coroner’s district.

(2) The part of the county of South Yorkshire, the borough of Doncaster and the parish of Tickhill marked A9 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of Nottinghamshire and the Blyth and Harworth electoral division of that county;

(b) the district of Bassetlaw and the Harworth West ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Harworth Bircotes and the West ward of that parish;

(d) the Worksop petty sessional division;

(e) the Nottinghamshire Coroner’s district.

Section 6 Transfers from Nottinghamshire to South Yorkshire

(1) The part of the county of Nottinghamshire, the district of Bassetlaw and the parish of Scrooby marked A12 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of South Yorkshire;

(b) the borough of Doncaster and the South East ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Bawtry;

(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;

(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.

(2) The part of the county of Nottinghamshire, the district of Bassetlaw and the parish of Scaftworth marked A13 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of South Yorkshire;

(b) the borough of Doncaster and the South East ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Bawtry;

(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;

(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.

(3) The part of the county of Nottinghamshire, the district of Bassetlaw and the parish of Harworth Bircotes marked A1O on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of South Yorkshire;

(b) the borough of Doncaster and the South East ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Bawtry;

(d) the Doncaster petty sessional division;

(e) the Eastern Coroner’s district of South Yorkshire.

Section 7 Town and county planning

Any provision of a development plan applying to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to apply thereto notwithstanding the transfer; and after such transfer, any such provision shall, so far as it so applies, be for all purposes deemed to be a provision of a corresponding plan of the authority which becomes the appropriate local planning authority for the transferred area as a result of the transfer.