The Kent and East Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/1742
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Kent and East Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1993.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st December 1994 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 1995.

Section 2 Transfer from East Sussex to Kent

(1) In this article, “the map” means the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Map of the Kent and East Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government (Area Changes) Regulations 1976.

(2) The area which is marked A and shown coloured yellow on the map shall be transferred from the county of East Sussex, the district of Wealden and the parish of Frant to—

(a) the county of Kent;

(b) the Tunbridge Wells Rural East electoral division of that county ;

(c) the borough of Tunbridge Wells;

(d) the Lamberhurst ward of that borough ;

(e) the parish of Lamberhurst; and to

(f) the Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook petty sessional division and the West Kent coroner’s district.

Section 3 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.