Citation and commencement

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st December 1993 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(2).

(3) For all other purposes, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

Interpretation

2. In this Order-

"Cheshire" means the county of Cheshire, and "Macclesfield" means the Cheshire borough of Macclesfield;

"Derbyshire" means the county of Derbyshire, and "High Peak" means the Derbyshire borough of High Peak;

"district" includes a borough and a metropolitan borough;

"electoral division" means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Order(3);

"Greater Manchester" means the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, and any reference to Stockport or to Tameside is a reference to the metropolitan borough of that name;

"the map" means one or more of the 13 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked "Maps of the Cheshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993", and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and

"ward" means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferred, except in the expression "parish ward", where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred(4).

Transfers between Cheshire (Macclesfield) and Greater Manchester (Stockport)

3.-(1) Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Cheshire, from Macclesfield and from the parish (or, if unparished, the ward) named in column 3 to-

(a)Greater Manchester;

(b)Stockport, and the ward named in column 4; and to

(c)the Stockport Metropolitan District petty sessional division and the Greater Manchester South coroner's district-

and shall become or remain unparished.

(2) Each unparished area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Stockport, and from the ward named in column 3 to-

(a)Cheshire;

(b)Macclesfield;

(c)the parish (if any), ward and electoral division mentioned in column 4; and to

(d)the Macclesfield petty sessional division and the Cheshire coroner's district.

Transfers between Derbyshire (High Peak) and Greater Manchester (Stockport)

4.-(1) The area marked B42 on map 4 shall be transferred from Derbyshire, from High Peak, and from the parish of New Mills to-

(a)Greater Manchester;

(b)Stockport, and the South Marple ward; and to

(c)the Stockport petty sessional division and the Greater Manchester South coroner's district-

and shall become unparished.

(2) The unparished areas marked C1 and C2 on map 4 shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Stockport, and from the South Marple ward to-

(a)Derbyshire;

(b)High Peak;

(c)the parish of New Mills and the Whitle parish ward;

(d)the New Mills North ward and the New Mills electoral division; and to

(e)the High Peak petty sessional division and the High Peak coroner's district.

Transfers within Greater Manchester between Stockport and Tameside

5.-(1) Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Stockport, and from the ward named in column 3 to Tameside, and to the ward and petty sessional division named in column 4.

(2) Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Tameside, and from the ward named in column 3 to Stockport, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Stockport Metropolitan district petty sessional division.

Town and country planning

6.-(1) In this article, "provision" means a provision of a development plan (as defined in section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(5)).

(2) Any provision applying to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to apply to that area, notwithstanding the transfer, until replaced by a provision which so applies, and which is expressed to supersede the preserved provision.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes minor changes in the boundary between the county of Cheshire and the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, affecting the Cheshire boroughs of Macclesfield and Warrington, and Greater Manchester metropolitan borough of Trafford. It also affects district boundaries within Greater Manchester by transferring areas between Trafford and the city of Manchester. Consequential changes to local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts are made.

The map and table forming part of this Note are a general guide only to the areas affected. The Table gives in approximate terms the total amount of land and the population affected by each set of transfers. The map[s] described in article 2 should be inspected for full details of the transfers. Any person may inspect the maps at any reasonable time at the offices of each borough or city whose area is affected, and additionally at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.