Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order alters the boundary between the City of Cardiff and the Borough of Vale of Glamorgan by transferring:
parts of the City of Cardiff (and of the Communities of St Fagans, Ely and Caerau) to the Borough of Vale of Glamorgan (and the Communities of St Georges–super–Ely and Wenvoe); and
parts of the Borough of Vale of Glamorgan (and of the Communities of St Georges–super–Ely, Wenvoe and Michaelston) to the City of Cardiff (and the Communities of St Fagans, Ely and Caerau).
The areas in (a) have an area of about 102 hectares and a population of about 230. The areas in (b) have an area of about 140 hectares and a population of about 250.
The map forming part of this note gives a general indication of the areas affected by the Order.
Prints of the boundary map referred to in article 2 of the Order are deposited and may be inspected during normal office hours at the offices of the Borough Council of Vale of Glamorgan, Holton Road, Barry, the City Council of Cardiff, City Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Wales at Cathays Park, Cardiff.
Article 6 of the Order maintains the geographical area to which the protection provisions in certain paragraphs of the scheme for groundwater damage protection set out in Schedule 7 to the Cardiff Bay Barrage Act 1993 apply.
The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 referred to in article 1 of the Order contain further provisions about the effect and implementation of orders such as this one.
