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The Aberdeen City (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3104 · Made 4 December 1998

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

Made 4th December 1998

Coming into force 1st January 1999

Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973f1, as read with Schedule 5 to that Actf2, the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 11 September 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Aberdeen City Council;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 65.

f2

Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Electoral arrangements
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule ELECTORAL WARDS
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Aberdeen City (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

2Interpretation

In the Schedule to this Order–

(a)

a reference to–

(i)

an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

(ii)

a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and

(b)

the following abbreviations are used:–

  • “EW” for electoral ward;

  • “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

3Electoral arrangements

The area of Aberdeen City Council shall be divided into 43 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

Henry B McLeish

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th December 1998

ELECTORAL WARDS

Commencing at NG Ref NJ 8363 1602 on the northern boundary of Aberdeen City Council; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to NG Ref NJ 8955 1329 on the River Don; then generally southward along the said river to a point in line with Overton Avenue at NG Ref NJ 8976 1256; then westward in a straight line to and along Overton Avenue to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 39 Overton Avenue; then northwestward to and along the said curtilage to NG Ref NJ 8951 1256 on the southern boundary of Central Park playing fields; then generally southwestward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of Central Park playing fields to a point on Glenhome Walk at NG Ref NJ 8914 1263; then northwestward along Glenhome Walk to a point in line with the northern curtilage of No 15 Glenhome Walk; then westward to and along the said curtilage to and southward along the rear curtilages of Nos. 15-5 Glenhome Walk to and eastward along the rear curtilages of Nos. 25-28 Glenhome Court to Glenhome Walk; then southward along Glenhome Walk to and westward along Glenhome Gardens to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 3 Glenhome Walk; then southwestward to and along the said rear curtilage to and southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos. 29-9 Overton Circle and 71-53 Parkhill Circle to the eastern curtilage of No 19 Glenhome Terrace; then northwestward to and along the said curtilage to Glenhome Terrace; then westward along the said terrace and its continuation as a footpath to and southward along Victoria Street to and southwestward along Farburn Terrace to and southeastward, southwestward and northwestward along Wellheads Drive to its junction with Dyce Drive; then generally northwestward along the said drive to NG Ref NJ 8695 1208; then westward along an unnamed road to and generally southward along an unnamed road to the A96 (T) road at NG Ref NJ 8661 1123; then generally northwestward along the said road to the western boundary of Aberdeen City Council; then generally northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Aberdeen City Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of Aberdeen City Council is divided into 43 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.