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

• Citation: S.I. 1993/436
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District 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, and “Warrington” means the borough of Warrington in that county;

“district” includes a borough, a metropolitan borough and a city;

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

“Greater Manchester” means the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, and any reference to Bolton, to Salford or to Wigan is a reference to the district of that name in that county;

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

“the map” means one or more of the 9 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, 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 Merseyside district of that name; 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 in the expression “parish ward”, where it means the ward of the parish to which an area is transferred.

Section 3 Transfers between Cheshire (Warrington) and Greater Manchester (Wigan)

(1) The area which is marked B on map 4 shall be transferred from Cheshire, from Warrington, and from the parish of Culcheth and Glazebury to–

(a) Greater Manchester;

(b) Wigan;

(c) the Hope Carr ward; and to

(d) the Leigh petty sessional division and the Greater Manchester West coroner’s district–

and shall become unparished.

(2) Each unparished area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on map 4 shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Wigan and from the ward named in column 2 to–

(a) Cheshire;

(b) Warrington;

(c) the parish mentioned in column 3;

(d) the Culcheth Glazebury and Croft ward, and the Culcheth and Southworth electoral division; and to

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

TABLE

Section 4 Transfers between Greater Manchester (Wigan) and Lancashire (West Lancashire)

(1) The following areas shown on map 9–

(a) the unparished part of Langtree ward marked B; and

(b) the part of the parish of Shevington marked E–

shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Wigan, and from that ward or parish to–

(i) Lancashire;

(ii) West Lancashire;

(iii) the parish of Wrightington;

(iv) the Wrightington ward and the Skelmersdale East electoral division; and to

(v) the Ormskirk petty sessional division and the Preston and South West Lancashire coroner’s district.

(2) The parts of the parish of Wrightington marked C and D on map 9 shall be transferred from Lancashire, from West Lancashire, and from that parish to Greater Manchester, to Wigan, to the Langtree ward, and to the Wigan petty sessional division and the Greater Manchester West coroner’s district. The area marked C shall become unparished, and the area marked D shall form part of the parish of Shevington.

Section 5 Transfers between Greater Manchester (Wigan) and Merseyside (St Helens)

(1) Each unparished area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Wigan, and from the ward named in column 3 to Merseyside, to St Helens, to the parish (if any) and the ward mentioned in column 4, and to the St Helens petty sessional division and the Knowsley, St Helens and Sefton coroner’s district.

TABLE

Parish of Rainford

Crank parish ward

Rainford ward

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

(a) Greater Manchester;

(b) Wigan;

(c) the ward and petty sessional division named in column 4; and to

(d) the Greater Manchester West coroner’s district–

and shall become or remain unparished.

TABLE

Orrell ward

Makerfield petty sessional division

Ashton–Golborne ward

Makerfield petty sessional division

Lightshaw ward

Leigh petty sessional division

Section 6 Transfers within Greater Manchester between districts (Bolton, Salford and Wigan)

(1) The area marked B on map 3 shall be transferred from Salford, and from the Walkden South ward to Wigan, to the Tyldesley East ward, and to the Leigh petty sessional division.

(2) The area marked A on map 1 shall be transferred from Wigan, and from the Hindsford ward to Bolton, to the Hulton Park ward, and to the Bolton petty sessional division.

(3) 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 Wigan, and from the ward named in column 3 to Salford, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Eccles petty sessional division.

TABLE

B

D

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(4) All areas transferred by this article shall remain unparished.

Section 7 Transfer within Lancashire from West Lancashire to Chorley

The area which is marked A on map 9 shall be transferred from West Lancashire, and from the parish of Wrightington to Chorley, to the parish of Coppull, to the Coppull South ward, to the Chorley West electoral division, and to the Chorley petty sessional division.

Section 8 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. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment.