Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 130

The Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan (Areas) Order 1994

(The document as of February, 2008. Arhiv.Online Library)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1994 No. 130

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan (Areas) Order 1994

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Made	26th January 1994

Laid before Parliament

4th February 1994

Coming into force—

For the purposes described in article 1(2) 1st March 1994   For all other purposes 1st April 1994

Whereas the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales, under sections 54 and 58(1) of the Local Government Act 1972^[1], made proposals to the Secretary of State for Wales for the transfer of parts of the City of Cardiff to the Borough of Vale of Glamorgan and of parts of the Borough of Vale of Glamorgan to the City of Cardiff;

And whereas a period of more than six weeks has elapsed since those proposals were made;

And whereas the Secretaty of State for Wales is satisfied that the transfers should be effected as proposed;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of his powers under sections 58(2) and 67(4) of the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:-

Citation and commencement
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan (Areas) Order 1994.

    (2)  This Order shall come into force on 1st March 1994 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (Coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976^[2].

    (3)  For all other purposes this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

The map
    2.    In this Order, "the map" means the map issued by the Welsh Office and marked "Map referred to in the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan (Areas) Order 1994".

Changes in areas
    3.    Those areas which are described in column (1) of the Schedule shall, in so far as districts, communities, electoral divisions of the County of South Glamorgan, wards of districts or communities and petty sessional divisions are specified in respect thereof in columns (2) to (7), be transferred to or form part of such areas.

Petty sessional divisions
    4.    The Vale of Glamorgan and Cardiff petty sessional divisions shall consist of the Borough of Vale of Glamorgan and the City of Cardiff respectively as altered by article 3.

Town and country planning
    5.—(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^[3] or, as the case may be, the old development plan within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 2 to that Act.

    (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.

Cardiff Bay Barrage Act 1993
    6.    Notwithstanding the area changes effected by this Order, the references to the City of Cardiff in paragraphs 3(3), 5(1) and 6 of Schedule 7 to the Cardiff Bay Barrage Act 1993^[4] shall be construed as if its boundary remained as it existed immediately before the passing of that Act.

John Redwood

Secretary of State for Wales

26th January 1994

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Notes:

[1] 1972 c. 70.

[2] S.I. 1976/246 amended by S.I. 1978/247.

[3] 1990 c. 8. This definition was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 4, paragraph 34.

[4] 1993 c. 42.

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