The Essex and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2119
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

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

(2) This Order shall come into force on 2nd October 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

(1) In this Order—

“district” includes a borough;

“Essex” means the county of Essex;

“Hertfordshire” means the county of Hertfordshire;

any reference to Epping Forest, to Harlow or to Uttlesford is a reference to the Essex district of that name;

any reference to Broxbourne or to East Hertfordshire is a reference to the Hertfordshire district of that name;

“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Order;

“the map” means one or more of the 16 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Essex and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“parish” includes a town;

any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and

“ward” means a ward of the district 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 Essex to Hertfordshire

Each area of Essex which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from that county and from the district (and the parish, if any) named in column 3 to—

(a) Hertfordshire;

(b) the district (and the parish, if any) mentioned in column 4;

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

(d) the Hertford coroner’s district.

TABLE

Epping Forest

Parish of Nazeing

Broxbourne

Unparished

Broxbourne ward

Hoddesdon South electoral division

Cheshunt petty sessional division

Epping Forest

Parish of Nazeing

Broxbourne

Unparished

Hoddesdon Town ward

Hoddesdon South electoral division

Cheshunt petty sessional division

Epping Forest

Parish of Roydon

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Hunsdon

Hunsdon ward

Sawbridgeworth electoral division

Hertford and Ware petty sessional division

B

D

11

12

Epping Forest

Parish of Roydon

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Stanstead Abbots

Stanstead ward

Ware South electoral division

Hertford and Ware petty sessional division

Epping Forest

Parish of Sheering

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth ward

Sawbridgeworth electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Epping Forest

Town of Waltham Abbey

Broxbourne

Unparished

Cheshunt North ward

Cheshunt North electoral division

Cheshunt petty sessional division

Epping Forest

Town of Waltham Abbey

Broxbourne

Unparished

Waltham Cross North ward

Waltham Cross electoral division

Cheshunt petty sessional division

Epping Forest

Town of Waltham Abbey

Broxbourne

Unparished

Waltham Cross South ward

Waltham Cross electoral division

Cheshunt petty sessional division

Epping Forest

Town of Waltham Abbey

Broxbourne

Unparished

Wormley and Turnford ward

Cheshunt North electoral division

Cheshunt petty sessional division

Harlow

Unparished

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Gilston

Hunsdon ward

Sawbridgeworth electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Harlow

Unparished

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth ward

Sawbridgeworth electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Uttlesford

Parish of Birchanger

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Bishop’s Stortford

Bishop’s Stortford Chantry ward

Bishop’s Stortford Chantry

Thorley electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Uttlesford

Parish of Birchanger

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Bishop’s Stortford

Bishop’s Stortford Parsonage ward

Bishop’s Stortford Central

Parsonage electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Uttlesford

Parish of Farnham

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Bishop’s Stortford

Bishop’s Stortford Chantry ward

Bishop’s Stortford Chantry

Thorley electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Uttlesford

Parish of Great Hallingbury

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Bishop’s Stortford

Bishop’s Stortford Central ward

Bishop’s Stortford Central

Parsonage electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Uttlesford

Parish of Great Hallingbury

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Bishop’s Stortford

Bishop’s Stortford Parsonage ward

Bishop’s Stortford Central

Parsonage electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Uttlesford

Parish of Little Hallingbury

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Sawbridgeworth ward

Sawbridgeworth electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Uttlesford

Parish of Little Hallingbury

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Thorley

Much Hadham ward

Sawbridgeworth electoral division

Bishop’s Stortford petty sessional division

Section 4 Transfers from Hertfordshire to Essex

Each area of Hertfordshire which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from that county and from the district (and the parish and the parish, if any) named in column 3 to—

(a) Essex;

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

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

(d) the Essex No. 1 coroner’s district.

TABLE

A

A

13

14

Broxbourne

Unparished

Epping Forest

Parish of Nazeing

Riverside parish ward

Nazeing ward

North Weald and Nazeing electoral division

Epping and Ongar petty sessional division

Broxbourne

Unparished

Epping Forest

Parish of Roydon

Dobbs Weir parish ward

Roydon ward

North Weald and Nazeing electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

B

A, B, C and D

A & D

14

15

16

Broxbourne

Unparished

Epping Forest

Town of Waltham Abbey

West parish ward

Waltham Abbey West ward

Waltham Abbey electoral division

Epping and Ongar petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Albury

Uttlesford

Parish of Farnham

Stort Valley ward

Stansted electoral division

Saffron Walden petty sessional division

B

B

2

3 & 4

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Bishop’s Stortford

Uttlesford

Parish of Birchanger

Birchanger ward

Stansted electoral division

Saffron Walden petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Bishop’s Stortford

Uttlesford

Parish of Farnham

Stort Valley ward

Stansted electoral division

Saffron Walden petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Bishop’s Stortford

Uttlesford

Parish of Great Hallingbury

Great Hallingbury ward

Dunmow electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Eastwick

Harlow

Unparished

Little Parndon ward

Little Parndon and Town Centre electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Gilston

Harlow

Unparished

Mark Hall North ward

Harlow and Mark Hall electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Hunsdon

Harlow

Unparished

Little Parndon ward

Little Parndon and Town Centre electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

A and B

D and E

8

9

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Epping Forest

Parish of Sheering

Sheering ward

Ongar electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Harlow

Unparished

Mark Hall North ward

Harlow and Mark Hall electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Sawbridgeworth

Uttlesford

Parish of Little Hallingbury

Little Hallingbury ward

Dunmow electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Stanstead Abbots

Epping Forest

Parish of Roydon

Dobbs Weir parish ward

Roydon ward

North Weald and Nazeing electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Stanstead Abbots

Epping Forest

Parish of Roydon

Village parish ward

Roydon ward

North Weald and Nazeing electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

East Hertfordshire

Parish of Thorley

Uttlesford

Parish of Little Hallingbury

Little Hallingbury ward

Dunmow electoral division

Harlow petty sessional division

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.