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The Fife (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/3243 · Made 17 December 1998

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

Made 17th 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 9th October 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 Fife 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 Fife (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 Fife Council shall be divided into 78 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

17th December 1998

ELECTORAL WARDS

Commencing at a point on the western boundary of Fife Council where it intersects with the former Dunfermline to Alloa railway; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to a point on the Bluther Burn at NG Ref NS 9851 9192; then southward to and southwestward along the eastern boundary of a wood to the west of Cattle Moss to the southern boundary of the said wood; then southeastward in a straight line to where the western and northern boundaries of a wood meet at NG Ref NS 9962 9140; then southward along the western boundary of the said wood and the continuation in a straight line to the A907 road at NG Ref NS 9962 9002; then westward along the said road to where it meets a path leading to the property known as Middle Grange; then generally southward along said path to where it crosses a tributary of the Bluther Burn at NG Ref NS 9898 8919; then southward along the said tributary to the Bluther Burn; then generally southeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the B9037 road at Shires Mill; then southwestward along the said road to the A985(T) road; then eastward along the said road to its junction with the B9037 road; then southward and eastward along the said road to a point in line with the western boundary of No 2 Main Street; then southward to and southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of the said property to a track at NG Ref NT 0113 8644; then generally southward along the said track to where it crosses the Bluther Burn; then southwestward along the said burn and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the southern boundary of Fife Council; then generally westward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of the said Council 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 Fife 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 Fife Council is divided into 78 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. The Order makes minor modifications to the boundaries of Wards 50, 64, 69, 70, 71, 75 and 76 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.