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The Dumfries and Galloway (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3180 · Made 11 December 1998

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

Made 11th 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 25 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 Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway (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 Dumfries and Galloway Council shall be divided into 47 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

11th December 1998

ELECTORAL WARDS

Commencing at NG Ref NW 9815 5721 on the western boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council; then northeastward in a straight line to the junction of the A764 road and an unclassified road leading to Knock and Maize; then northeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NX 0186 5923 on the southern shore of Knockquhassen Reservoir; then generally westward, northward and northeastward along the southern, western and northern shores of the said reservoir to the Crailloch Burn; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the said burn to its confluence with the Piltanton Burn; then southward along the said burn to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at Upper Piltanton Bridge; then generally northeastward along the said road to a minor road leading southeastward to Ochtrelure and Dunbae; then southeastward and northeastward along the said road to and eastward along a track to Spout Wells and an unnamed road leading from Dunbae to the A77 road; then northeastward along the said unnamed road to its junction with the A77 road; then generally southeastward along the said road to its junction with the A716 road; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with the B7077 road; then generally eastward along the said road to its junction with the B7084 road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with a track leading to a rifle range at NG Ref NX 1191 5402; then southeastward along the said track and continuing southeastward in a straight line to the southern boundary of Dumfries and Galloway Council in Luce Bay; then generally southward, westward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway Council is divided into 47 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.