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The Fife Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/1095 · Made 15 April 1993

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

Made 15th April 1993

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)

Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(f1) the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 20th August 1992 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for a change of the electoral arrangements for the Fife Region;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233 of 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.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Change of electoral arrangements
  4. 4Change of electoral arrangements
  5. 5Revocation
  6. Signature
  7. Schedule DESCRIPTIONS OF BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Fife Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1993.

(2)

This Order shall come into force on 5th May 1994 provided that for the purpose of all proceedings preliminary or relating to an election to be held on or after that day the Order shall come into force on 10th October 1993.

2Interpretation

In the Schedule to this Order–

(a)

a reference to–

(i)

an electoral division shall be construed as a reference to that electoral division as constituted in this Order;

(ii)

a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as the centre line of the feature concerned; and

(iii)

the boundary or boundaries of a parish is to a line corresponding as nearly as may be to the line of the boundary or boundaries of the parish concerned as already published on Ordnance Survey Maps;

(b)

the following abbreviations are used:–

  • “ED” for Electoral Division; and

  • “grid reference” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

3Change of electoral arrangements

The existing electoral divisions of the Fife Region shall be abolished and the said Region shall be divided into forty-six electoral divisions having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

4Change of electoral arrangements

The boundaries of the electoral divisions constituted by this Order shall be defined and mered by Ordnance Survey.

5Revocation

Without prejudice to its continuing in effect for the purposes of defining the electoral divisions prior to the coming into force of this Order, the Fife Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977(f1) is hereby revoked.

Signature

Ian Lang

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th April 1993

DESCRIPTIONS OF BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

Commencing on the southern boundary of Fife Region at the western boundary of Kirkcaldy District; then generally northward along the said boundary to the Gelly Burn; then generally eastward along the Gelly Burn to the line of field boundaries leading southeastward from grid reference NT 2160 9273 then southeastward along the said field boundaries to the track from Glenniston to Little Glenniston; then southward along the said track to field boundary leading southward to the northern boundary of the former Auchtertool parish; then southward along the said boundary and generally eastward along the northern boundaries of the former Auchtertool parish to the track leading northeastward from the targets in Target Wood; then generally southeastward along field boundaries to the boundary defining the west side of Balbarton Brae, passing to the west of all dwellings at East Balbarton; then continuing by field boundaries generally southeastward, southwestward and southeastward, passing to the east of Shankery Cottages and the Kipps, continuing southeastward to southeast of the Kipps at grid reference NT 2436 9070; then in a straight line southwestward to the Tiel Burn; then northwestward, and generally southwestward along the Tiel Burn to east of Lambert’s Mill at grid reference NT 2361 9008; then westward and southward along field boundaries to the unnumbered road between Baidlin Toll and East Balbardie; then generally southeastward along the said road to East Balbardie joining the A907 road from Kirkcaldy to Orrock; then generally southwestward along the said road to join the access road to Balbie; then following the eastern boundary of the former Burntisland parish, passing along the eastern curtilage of the Kingswood Hotel, and continuing in a straight line southeastward to join the southern boundary of Fife Region and Kirkcaldy District; then generally southwestward and northwestward along the said regional and district boundary to the point of commencement.

Note:ED1 includes the islands in the Firth of Forth in the former Kinghorn parish.

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 a change to electoral arrangements for the Fife Region (the Region) as described in the Schedule to the Fife Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977 (the 1977 Order).

The effect of the proposals is to divide the Region into 46 electoral divisions as described in the Schedule to this Order.

The 1977 Order is revoked by this Order.