The Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/1696
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 5th August 1992 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 1993.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“Barnet” means the London Borough of Barnet;

“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Hertfordshire;

“Harrow” means the London borough of Harrow;

“Hertfordshire” means the county of Hertfordshire;

“Hertsmere” means the borough of Hertsmere;

“the map” means one or both of the 2 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Greater London and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and

“ward” means a ward of the borough to which an area is transferred, except where the expression “parish ward” appears, when it refers to a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred.

Section 3 Transfers from Greater London to Hertfordshire

Each area of Greater London which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from the London borough mentioned in column 3 to—

(a) Hertfordshire;

(b) Hertsmere;

(c) the parish and parish ward (if any) mentioned in column 4;

(c) the ward and electoral division so mentioned; and to—

(d) the South Mimms petty sessional division and the St Albans and Watford coroner’s district.

Table

Parish of Elstree and Borehamwood

Elstree parish ward

Elstree ward

Elstree electoral division

Parish of Elstree and Borehamwood

Hillside parish ward

Hillside ward

Elstree electoral division

Parish of Elstree and Borehamwood

Kenilworth parish ward

Kenilworth ward

Elstree electoral division

Parish of Elstree and Borehamwood

Cowley parish ward

Cowley Ward

Lyndhurst electoral division

Parish of Ridge

Potters Bar West ward

Potters Bar South West electoral division

Unparished area

Potters Bar West ward

Potters Bar South West electoral division

Parish of Elstree and Borehamwood

Elstree parish ward

Elstree ward

Elstree electoral division

Section 4 Transfers from Hertfordshire to Greater London (Barnet)

(1) The area marked B1 on map 1 shall be transferred from Hertfordshire, from Hertsmere and from the parish of Elstree and Borehamwood to Greater London, to Barnet, and to the Arkley ward. It shall cease to form part of any parish.

(2) The areas marked B3, B4 and B5 on map 1 shall be transferred from Hertfordshire and from Hertsmere to Greater London, to Barnet, and to the Hadley ward. They shall continue to be unparished.

(3) The areas transferred by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall additionally be transferred to the Barnet petty sessional division and to the Northern London coroner’s district.

Section 5 Town and country planning

(1) In this article, “provision” means a provision of a development plan (as defined in section 336(1) 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.