The Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy Districts (Mossmorran) Boundaries Amendment Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/639
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy Districts (Mossmorran) Boundaries Amendment Order 1993, and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order:—

“the 1977 Regulations ” means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regulations 1977 ; and

“boundary map” means the map prepared by The Scottish Office marked “The Dunferm line and Kirkcaldy Districts (Mossmorran) Boundaries Amendment Order 1993” and deposited in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1977 Regulations;

and, in the Schedule to this Order, any reference to a district boundary is a reference to such a boundary as it exists immediately before the commencement of this Order.

Section 3 Application of the 1977 Regulations

Save insofar as they can have no application in relation to the area changes effected by this Order, the provisions of the 1977 Regulations shall apply in relation thereto for the purposes of, or in consequence of, this Order.

Section 4 Area changes

(1) That part of Dunfermline District in Fife Region, being the Area A described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked area “A” on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Kirkcaldy District in Fife Region.

(2) That part of Kirkcaldy District in Fife Region, being the Area B described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked area “B” on the boundary map, shall be transferred to Dunfermline District in Fife Region.

Section 5 Consequential changes in electoral arrangements

(1) Area A described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order (being the Area A transferred by article 4(1) of this Order)—

(a) shall cease to form part of electoral division 33 (Lochgelly) of Fife Region and ward 10 (Lochgelly South) of Dunfermline District ; and

(b) shall form part of electoral division 2 (Auchtertool/Linktown/Invertiel) of Fife Region and ward 4 (Linktown/Auchtertool) of Kirkcaldy District.

(2) Area B described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order (being the Area B transferred by article 4(2) of this Order)—

(a) shall cease to form part of electoral division 2 (Auchtertool/Linktown/Invertiel) of Fife Region and ward 4 (Linktown/Auchtertool) of Kirkcaldy District ; and

(b) shall form part of electoral division 36 (Cowdenbeath/Gray Park) of Fife Region and ward 16 (Cowdenbeath South East) of Dunfermline District.