# The Tayside Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/991 · made 30 March 1993

This Order gives effect to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for a change to electoral arrangements for the Tayside Region (the Region) as described in the Schedule to the Tayside Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”).

Made under: Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (Section 17, Section 233)

## Introductory text

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND
Made 30th March 1993
Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973() the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 13 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 Tayside 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:

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Tayside 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 said Order shall come into force on 10th October 1993.

## 2 Interpretation

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 expedient of defining a line beyond Mean Low Water Springs has been adopted to apportion islands to the appropriate electoral division; and
(c) the following abbreviations are used:–
“MLWS” for the shoreline at Mean Low Water Springs;
“ED” for Electoral Division; and
“grid reference” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

## 3 Change of electoral arrangements

The existing electoral divisions of the Tayside 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.

## 4 Change of electoral arrangements

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

## 5 Revocation

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 Tayside Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978() is hereby revoked.

## Signature

Ian Lang
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th March 1993

## DESCRIPTIONS OF BOUNDARIES OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS FOR

Commencing at grid reference NO 6307 3990 on MLWS on the eastern boundary of Tayside Region and Angus District at a point in line with the steps at the eastern end of the promenade southeast of the caravan park on Dundee Road, Arbroath; then northwestward in a straight line to the said steps and northwestward along the path to the western side of the playground to the Dundee to Aberdeen railway; then eastward along the said railway to the bridge carrying the railway over Dundee Road at its junction with Viewfield Road then northward and northwestward along Viewfield Road to and southwestward along Arbirlot Road to Emislaw Drive; then generally northwestward along Emislaw Drive to and northeastward along West Way to Keptie Road; then northward along Keptie Road to its junction with Forfar Road then northwestward along Forfar Road to the access road leading to Elmfield Avenue; then northeastward and generally eastward along the said access road and rear curtilages of Nos 18-88, Elmbank Crescent and prolongation of this line to the rear curtilages of Nos 27-51, Elm Hill and the property known as The Elms then southeastward along the eastern curtilage of The Elms and its prolongation in a straight line to Cairnie Road; then southeastward along Cairnie Road to and along Cairnie Street to Guthrie Port; then eastward along Guthrie Port to Fishacre then northeastward along Fishacre to and northward along Culloden Terrace to Hayshead Road; then eastward and generally southeastward along Hayshead Road to Springfield Terrace; then southwestward along Springfield Terrace to and southeastward along Cliffburn Road to the path leading southeastward across Springfield Park; then southeastward along the said path and its prolongation in a straight line across Victoria Park to the eastern boundary of Tayside Region and Angus District; then generally southwestward along the said regional and district boundary 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 a change to electoral arrangements for the Tayside Region (the Region) as described in the Schedule to the Tayside Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”).
The effect of the proposals is to divide the Region into 46 electoral divisions as described in the Schedule to this Order.
The 1978 Order is revoked by this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/991 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tayside-region-electoral-arrangements-order-1993
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