The Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2120
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire (County and District 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

In this Order—

“district” includes a metropolitan borough and a city;

any reference to Manchester is a reference to the district of that name, except in the expression “Greater Manchester”, where it means the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester;

“the map” means one of the 16 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

any reference to Oldham, to Rochdale or to Tameside is a reference to the district of that name in Greater Manchester;

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

any reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferred; and

“West Yorkshire” means the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, any reference to Kirklees being a reference to the district of that name in that county.

Section 3 Transfers from Greater Manchester (Oldham) to West Yorkshire (Kirklees)

The parts of the parish of Saddleworth marked A on map 7 and B on map 6 shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Oldham and from that parish to—

(a) West Yorkshire;

(b) Kirklees, and the Colne Valley West ward; and to

(c) the Huddersfield petty sessional division and the West Yorkshire Western coroner’s district;

they shall become unparished.

Section 4 Transfers within Greater Manchester between Oldham and Rochdale

(1) 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 Oldham and from the parish (or, if unparished, from the ward) named in column 3 to Rochdale, and to the ward and petty sessional division mentioned in column 4, becoming or remaining unparished.

TABLE

A

A and C

2

5

Milnrow ward

Rochdale petty sessional division

D

A, B & C

5

4

Balderstone ward

Rochdale petty sessional division

Balderstone ward

Rochdale petty sessional division

Middleton East ward

Middleton and Heywood petty sessional division

(2) Each unparished area of Rochdale which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Rochdale, and from the ward named in column 3 to Oldham, to the parish (if any) and ward mentioned in column 4, and to the Oldham petty sessional division.

TABLE

A

A

1

6

Parish of Saddleworth

Saddleworth West ward

Parish of Shaw and Crompton

Shaw ward

A

B

3

5

Parish of Shaw and Crompton

Crompton ward

Unparished

Royton North ward

Section 5 Transfers within Greater Manchester between Oldham and Manchester

(1) The following unparished areas of Manchester shown on map 9—

(i) the parts of Moston ward marked A, B, D, F, G and J; and

(ii) the parts of Newton Heath ward marked L, N, Q, S, U and W—

shall be transferred to Oldham, to the Failsworth West ward, to the Oldham petty sessional division and to the Greater Manchester North coroner’s district, remaining unparished.

(2) Each area which is marked on the map as indicated in column 1 of the following Table shall be transferred from Oldham, and from the ward named in column 2 to Manchester, to the ward mentioned in column 3, and to the Manchester petty sessional division and the Manchester coroner’s district, remaining unparished.

TABLE

K, M, P, R, T, V, and X on map 9

A on map 12

Section 6 Transfers within Greater Manchester between Oldham and Tameside

(1) 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 Oldham, and from the ward named in column 3 to Tameside, to the ward mentioned in column 4, and to the Ashton-under-Lyne petty sessional division and the Greater Manchester South coroner’s district, remaining unparished.

TABLE

G

B & D

(2) 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 Tameside, and from the ward named in column 3 to Oldham, to the ward mentioned in column 4, and to the Oldham petty sessional division and the Greater Manchester North coroner’s district, remaining unparished.

TABLE

Section 7 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.