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The Dundee City (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3181 · 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 3rd 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 Dundee 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 Dundee 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 Dundee City Council shall be divided into 29 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 NO 3526 3007 on the western boundary of Dundee City Council; then northwestward along the said Council boundary to a roundabout junction with the A85 road and the A90(T) road; then northeastward along the A90(T) road to and southward along Myrekirk Road to and eastward along South Road to its junction with Buttar’s Loan and a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 31 Overton Gardens; then southward to and southeastward along the said curtilage to and continuing southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 33 and 34 Overton Gardens and the western curtilages of Nos 23 and 28 Netherton Terrace to the rear curtilage of No 28 Netherton Terrace; then southward in a straight line to the junction of Arran Drive and Charleston Drive at NG Ref NO 3678 3136; then generally westward along Charleston Drive to and southeastward along Dickson Avenue to a roundabout junction with Ninewells Avenue and Glamis Road; then generally southwestward along Ninewells Avenue to NG Ref NO 3648 3021; then northwestward in a straight line to the eastern boundary of Invergowrie House NG Ref NO 3624 3030; then southward and westward along the eastern and southern boundaries of the said house to a point in line with a track leading to Perth Road at NG Ref NO 3580 3030; then southward to and along the said track to and generally westward along Perth Road to its junction with Riverside Avenue; then southeastward along the said avenue to a railway bridge on the Edinburgh/Aberdeen Railway Line; then southwestward along the said railway line to the point of commencement.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Dundee 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 Dundee City Council is divided into 29 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. The Order makes minor modifications to the boundaries of Wards 4, 19, 20 and 29 as compared to the proposals submitted to the Secretary of State by the Commission. 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.