The Greater London and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2090
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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

(2) This Order shall come into force on 30th September 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—

“Bexley” means the London borough of Bexley;

“Kent” means the county of Kent;

“Dartford” means the borough of Dartford in that county; and

“electoral division” means an electoral division of that county,

“the map” means one of the 4 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Greater London and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1922”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and

“ward” means a ward of the borough from or to which an area is transferred.

Section 3 Transfers from Greater London (Bexley) to Kent (Dartford)

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

(a) Kent;

(b) Dartford;

(c) the ward and the electoral division mentioned in column 4; and to

(d) the Dartford petty sessional division and the North Kent coroner’s district.

TABLE

Gundulf ward

Dartford West electoral divison

Heath ward

Dartford West electoral division

Priory ward

Dartford ward West electoral division

Maypole ward

Dartford ward West electoral division

Heath ward

Dartford West electoral division

Section 4 Transfers from Kent (Dartford) to Greater London (Bexley)

Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Kent, from Dartford and from the ward mentioned in column 3 to—

(a) Greater London;

(b) Bexley;

(c) the ward mentioned in column 4; and to

(d) the Bexley petty sessional division, and the Southern London coroner’s district.

TABLE

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.