The Bradford, Kirklees and Leeds (City and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/473
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Bradford, Kirklees and Leeds (City and Metropolitan 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—

“district” includes a city and a metropolitan borough;

any reference to Bradford, to Kirklees or to Leeds is a reference to the district of that name in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire;

“the map” means one or more of the 5 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Bradford, Kirklees and Leeds (City and Metropolitan 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 district from or to which an area is transferred.

Section 3 Transfers from Bradford to Kirklees

The areas which are marked—

B2 and B4 on map 2;

B5, B7, B9, B10 and B12 on map 3;

B13 on map 4;

shall be transfered from Bradford, and from the Tong ward to Kirklees, to the Birstall and Birkenshaw ward, and to the Batley and Dewsbury petty sessional division.

Section 4 Transfers from Kirklees to Bradford

(1) The areas which are marked—

B3 on map 2; and

B6, B8 and B11 on map 3—

shall be transfered from Kirklees, and from the Birstall and Birkenshaw ward to Bradford, and to the Tong ward.

(2) The area which is marked B1 on map 1 shall be transferred from Kirklees, and from the Cleckheaton ward to Bradford, and to the Wyke ward.

(3) All areas transferred by this article shall additionally be transferred to the Bradford petty sessional division.

Section 5 Transfers from Kirklees to Leeds

(1) The areas which are marked B20, B22 and B25 on map 5, shall be transferred from Kirklees, and from the Batley East ward to Leeds, and to the Morley South ward.

(2) The areas which are marked B15 and B17 on map 4 shall be transferred from Kirklees, and from the Birstall and Birkenshaw ward to Leeds, and to the Morley North ward.

(3) All areas transferred by this article shall additionally be transferred to the Morley petty sessional division and to the Eastern (West Yorkshire) coroner’s district.

Section 6 Transfers from Leeds to Kirklees

(1) The areas which are marked—

B14, B16 and B18 on map 4; and

B19 on map 5—

shall be transferred from Leeds, and from the Morley North ward to Kirklees, and to the Birstall and Birkenshaw ward.

(2) The areas which are marked B21, B23, B24 and B26 on map 5 shall be transferred from Leeds, and from the Morley South ward to Kirklees, and to the Batley East ward.

(3) All areas transferred by this article shall additionally be transferred to the Batley and Dewsbury petty sessional division and to the Western (West Yorkshire) 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.