The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/378
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County 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

In this Order—

“Cheshire” means the county of Cheshire;

“district” includes a borough and a metropolitan borough;

“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this order; any reference to Halton or to Warrington is a reference to the Cheshire district of that name;

“Lancashire” means the county of Lancashire, except in the expression “West Lancashire”, where it means the district of that name in that county;

“the map” means one of the 5 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“Merseyside” means the metropolitan county of Merseyside, and any reference to St.Helens is a reference to the district of that name in that county; 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 from or to which an area is transferred.

Section 3 Transfers from Cheshire (Warrington) to Merseyside ( St. Helens)

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 Cheshire, from Warrington and from the parish named in column 3 to—

(a) Merseyside;

(b) St. Helens;

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

(d) the St. Helens petty sessional division and the Knowsley, St. Helens and Sefton coroner’s district.

Table

Section 4 Transfers from Merseyside (St. Helens) to Cheshire (Halton)

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 Merseyside, from St. Helens, and from the parish named in column 3 to—

(a) Cheshire;

(b) Halton;

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

(d) the Halton petty sessional division and the Cheshire coroner’s district— and shall become unparished. Table Area marked—

Table

A

A & C

3

5

Parish of Bold

Sutton and Bold ward

Section 5 Transfers from Merseyside (St. Helens) to Cheshire (Warrington)

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 Merseyside, from St. Helens, and from the parish (or, where unparished, the ward) named in column 3 to—

(a) Cheshire;

(b) Warrington;

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

(d) the Warrington petty sessional division and the Cheshire coroner’s district.

Table

Parish of Burtonwood

Burtonwood ward

Burtonwood electoral division

Parish of Cuerdley

Penketh and Cuerdley ward

Penketh and Whitecross electoral division

Parish of Burtonwood

Burtonwood ward

Burtonwood electoral division

Parish of Croft, Colcheth,

Glazebury and Croft ward

Culcheth and Southworth

electoral division

A

O, P & Q

4

5

Parish Winwick

Winwick ward

Culcheth and Southworth electoral division

Parish of Burtonwood

Burtonwood ward

Burtonwood electoral division

Section 6 Transfer from Lancashire (West Lancashire) to Merseyside (St. Helens)

The area which is marked A on map 1 shall be transferred from Lancashire, from West Lancashire, and from the parish of Bickerstaffe to—

(a) Merseyside;

(b) St. Helens;

(c) the parish of Rainford;

(d) the Rainford ward; and to

(e) the St. Helens petty sessional division and the Knowsley, St. Helens and Sefton coroner’s district.

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.