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The Clackmannanshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3101 · 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 18 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 Clackmannanshire 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 Clackmannanshire (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 Clackmannanshire Council shall be divided into 18 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 NN 8637 0131 on the northern boundary of Clackmannanshire Council and Old Wharry Burn; then eastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a field boundary at NG Ref NN 8639 0131; then southward and southwestward along the said field boundary to the source of the Balquharn Burn at NG Ref NN 8621 0062; then southeastward and generally southward along the said burn to NG Ref NS 8665 9754; then southwestward in a straight line to a point in line with the western boundary of Balquharn Farm NG Ref NS 8661 9740; then southward to and southward along the said boundary to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 8660 9725; then generally eastward along the said unnamed road to where it crosses the Balquharn Burn at NG Ref NS 8675 9723; then southward along the said burn to its confluence with the River Devon at NG Ref NS 8655 9650; then southwestward along the said river to the western boundary of Clackmannanshire Council at NG Ref NS 8452 9578; then northwestward, eastward, northeastward and eastward along the western and northern boundaries of Clackmannanshire Council 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 Clackmannanshire 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 Clackmannanshire Council is divided into 18 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.