The Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/492
• Sections: 12

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County 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

In this Order—

“district” includes a metropolitan borough and a city;

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

“Hereford and Worcester” means the county of Hereford and Worcester, and any reference to Bromsgrove is a reference to the district of that name in that county;

“the map” means one or more of the 33 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County 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;

“Staffordshire” means the county of Staffordshire, except in the expression “South Staffordshire”, where it means the Staffordshire district of that name, and any reference to Lichfield is a reference to the Staffordshire district of Lichfield;

any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish;

“ward” means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferred , except in the expression “parish ward”, where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred; and

“West Midlands” means the metropolitan county of West Midlands, any reference to Birmingham, to Dudley, to Walsall or to Wolverhampton is a reference to the West Midlands district of that name, and any reference to Sandwell is a reference to the West Midlands district of that name (except in column 3 of the Table in article 5(1) and column 4 of the Table in article 5(2), where it refers to the Birmingham ward of that name).

Section 3 Transfers between Hereford and Worcester (Bromsgrove) and West Midlands (Dudley)

(1) The areas which are marked A on map 12 and A on map 13 shall be transferred from Hereford and Worcester, from Bromsgrove, and from the parish of Hagley to—

(a) West Midlands;

(b) Dudley;

(c) the Stourbridge petty sessional division, and the Dudley coroner’s district—

and shall become unparished. The area marked A on map 12 shall additionally be transferred to the Lye and Wollescote ward, and that marked A on map 13 to the Pedmore and Stourbridge East ward.

(2) The unparished areas which are marked B and C on map 12 shall be transferred from West Midlands, from Dudley, and from the ward of Lye and Wollescote and the ward of Pedmore and Stourbridge East respectively to—

(a) Hereford and Worcester;

(b) Bromsgrove;

(c) the parish of Hagley;

(d) the Hagley ward, and the Hagley and Furlongs electoral division; and to

(e) the Bromsgrove and Redditch petty sessional division, and the North Eastern Hereford and Worcester coroner’s district.

Section 4 Transfers between Staffordshire and West Midlands

(1) Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 and shall be transferred from Staffordshire, from South Staffordshire, and from the parish named in column 3 to—

(a) West Midlands; and to

(b) the district, ward, petty sessional division and coroner’s district mentioned in column 4—

and shall become unparished.

TABLE

A

A

A

16

17

18

Himley

Dudley

Sedgley ward

Dudley petty sessional division

Dudley coroner’s district

Dudley

Kingswinford North and Wall Heath ward

Dudley petty sessional division

Dudley coroner’s district

Dudley

Wordsley ward

Dudley petty sessional division

Dudley coroner’s district

Walsall

Bloxwich West ward

Walsall petty sessional division

Walsall coroner’s district

Wolverhampton

Oxley ward

Wolverhampton petty sessional division

Wolverhampton coroner’s district

Wolverhampton

Tettenhall Regis ward

Wolverhampton petty sessional division

Wolverhampton coroner’s district

Wolverhampton

Bushbury ward

Wolverhampton petty sessional division

Wolverhampton coroner’s district

Wolverhampton

Bushbury ward

Wolverhampton petty sessional division

Wolverhampton coroner’s district

A

A

22

23

Wolverhampton

Merry Hill ward

Wolverhampton petty sessional division

Wolverhampton coroner’s district

Wolverhampton

Tettenhall Wightwick ward

Wolverhampton petty sessional division

Wolverhampton coroner’s district

Wolverhampton

Tettenhall Wightwick ward

Wolverhampton petty sessional division

Wolverhampton coroner’s district

Wolverhampton

Blakenhall ward

Wolverhampton petty sessional division

Wolverhampton coroner’s district

(2) 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 West Midlands, from the district and from the ward named in column 3 to—

(a) Staffordshire;

(b) the district, parish, parish ward (if any), ward, electoral division and petty sessional division named in column 4; and to

(c) the South Staffordshire coroner’s district.

TABLE

Dudley

Kingswinford

North and Wall

Heath ward

South Staffordshire

Parish of Kinver

Stourton parish ward

Kinver ward

Kinver electoral division

Seisdon petty sessional division

Walsall

Aldridge

Central and South ward

Lichfield

Parish of Shenstone

Little Aston ward

Lichfield Rural South electoral division

Lichfield petty sessional division

Walsall

Aldridge

Central and South ward

Lichfield

Parish of Shenstone

Stonnall ward

Lichfield Rural South electoral division

Lichfield petty sessional division

Walsall

Brownhills ward

Lichfield

Parish of Burntwood

Chasetown ward

Burntwood Chase electoral division

Lichfield petty sessional division

Walsall

Brownhills ward

Lichfield

Parish of Hammerwich

Hammerwich ward

Lichfield Rural South electoral division

Lichfield petty sessional division

Wolverhampton

Oxley ward

South Staffordshire

Parish of Bilbrook

Bilbrook ward

Codsall electoral division

Seisdon petty sessional division

Section 5 Transfers within West Midlands between Birmingham and Sandwell

(1) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Birmingham, and from the ward named in column 3 to Sandwell, to the ward and the petty sessional division named in column 4 and to the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

TABLE

Charlemont ward

West Bromwich petty sessional division

A, B, D, E & G

AA, BB, CC, DD,

EE, FF & GG

9 }

10 }

Newton ward

West Bromwich petty sessional division

LL, MM & NN

PP

QQ, RR & SS

10

10 & 11

11

West Bromwich

Central ward

West Bromwich petty sessional division

St. Paul's

Warley petty sessional division

(2) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Sandwell, and from the ward named in column 3 to Birmingham, to the ward named in column 4 and to the Birmingham petty sessional division and the Birmingham coroner’s district.

TABLE

C & F

A, B, C, D, E,

F, G, H & J

9

10

M, N & P

Q, R & S

10

11

West Bromwich

Central

Section 6 Transfers within West Midlands between Dudley and Sandwell

(1) 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 Dudley and from the ward named in column 3 to Sandwell, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Warley petty sessional division and the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

TABLE

(2) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Sandwell, and from the ward named in column 3 to Dudley, to the ward and petty sessional division named in column 4, and to the Dudley coroner’s district.

TABLE

Belle Vale and Hasbury ward

Halesowen petty sessional division

St. Andrews ward

Dudley petty sessional division

Coseley East ward

Dudley petty sessional division

St. Thomas’s ward

Dudley petty sessional division

Section 7 Transfers within West Midlands between Sandwell and Walsall

(1) The area which is marked A on map 7 shall be transferred from Sandwell, and from the Great Barr ward to Walsall, to the Paddock ward, and to the Walsall petty sessional division and the Walsall coroner’s district.

(2) The area which is marked B on map 6 shall be transferred from Sandwell, and from the Wednesbury North ward to Walsall, to the Darlaston South ward, and to the Walsall petty sessional division and the Walsall coroner’s district.

(3) The areas which are marked A and C on map 6 shall be transferred from Walsall, and from the Darlaston South ward to Sandwell, to the Wednesbury North ward, and to the West Bromwich petty sessional division and the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

(4) The area which is marked A on map 8 shall be transferred from Walsall, and from the Pheasey ward to Sandwell, to the Great Barr ward, and to the West Bromwich petty sessional division and the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

Section 8 Transfers within West Midlands between Dudley and Wolverhampton

(1) The areas which are marked B on map 19 and A on map 20 shall be transferred from Dudley, and from the Coseley East ward to Wolverhampton, to the Wolverhampton petty sessional division and to the Wolverhampton coroner’s district. The areas marked B on map 19 shall additionally be transferred to the Spring Vale ward, and that marked A on map 20 to the Ettingshall ward.

(2) The area which is marked D on map 19 shall be transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the Ettingshall ward to Dudley, to the Coseley East ward, and to the Dudley petty sessional division and the Dudley coroner’s district.

(3) The areas which are marked A and C on map 19 shall be transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the Spring Vale ward to Dudley, to the Coseley East ward, and to the Dudley petty sessional division and the Dudley coroner’s district.

Section 9 Transfers within West Midlands between Walsall and Wolverhampton

(1) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Walsall, and from the ward named in column 3 to Wolverhampton, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Wolverhampton petty sessional division and the Wolverhampton coroner’s district.

TABLE

(2) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the ward named in column 3 to Walsall, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Walsall petty sessional division and the Walsall coroner’s district.

TABLE

Section 10 Transfer from Wolverhampton to Sandwell

The area which is marked A on map 5 shall be transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the Bilston East ward to Sandwell, to the Princes End ward, and to the West Bromwich petty sessional division and the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

Section 11 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.

Section 12 Application of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations — Bhylls Acre Primary School

Notwithstanding the transfer of area A on map 23 from Staffordshire to West Midlands, and from South Staffordshire to Wolverhampton, regulation 62 (Property, liabilities, contracts, etc. , notices and proceedings) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 shall not apply to the Bhylls Acre Primary School at Lower Penn, or to any part of its site.