The Hackney and Tower Hamlets (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/1260
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Hackney and Tower Hamlets (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st December 1993 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 1994.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In this Order—

any reference to Hackney or Tower Hamlets is a reference to the London borough of that name;

“the map” means one of the 2 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked

“Maps of the Hackney and Tower Hamlets (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and

any reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the London borough from or to which an area is transferred.

Section 3 Transfers from Hackney to Tower Hamlets

The following areas of Hackney shown on map 1—

(i) the parts of Victoria ward marked B2 and B3; and

(ii) the part of Wick ward marked B1—

shall be transferred to Tower Hamlets, and to the Park ward.

Section 4 Transfers from Tower Hamlets to Hackney

The areas marked B4 on map 1 and B5 on map 2 shall be transferred from Tower Hamlets, and from the Park ward to Hackney. The area marked B4 on map 1 shall additionally be transferred to the Victoria ward, and the area marked B5 on map 2 to the Wick ward.

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.