Citation and commencement

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Bolton and Salford (City and Metropolitan Borough 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-

"Bolton" means the metropolitan borough of Bolton in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester;

"map" means the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked "Map of the Bolton and Salford (City and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993", and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and

"Salford" means the city of Salford in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.

Transfers between Bolton and Salford

3.-(1) The parts of the Kearsley ward of Bolton which are marked B2, B3, B5 and B7 on the map shall be transferred to-

(a)Salford;

(b)the Pendlebury ward of Salford; and to

(c)the Eccles petty sessional division.

(2) The parts of the Pendlebury ward of Salford which are marked B1, B4, B6 and B8 on the map shall be transferred to-

(a)Bolton;

(b)the Kearsley ward of Bolton; and to

(c)the Bolton petty sessional division.

Town and Country Planning

4.-(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(3)).

(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 transfers small areas between the metropolitan borough of Bolton and the city of Salford (both in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester).

Consequential changes are made to city and borough wards, and to the boundaries of petty sessional divisions.

All changes take place on, or in the vicinity of the Clifton Housing Estate, starting at the River Irwell in the north, and terminating south of Cedar Drive in the south.

The main streets affected areWestbourne Avenue Lawefield Crescent Belmont AvenueManchester Road Cedar Drive The map forming part of this note (page 3) gives a general guide to the changes made. Prints of the detailed order map (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the council for the city and for the metropolitan borough affected, and also at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

In approximate terms, the land transferred from Bolton to Salford has an total area of 2 hectares, and a population of 137, and that transferred from Salford to Bolton a total area of 0.25 hectares, being unpopulated.

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (S. I. 1976/246, amended by S. I. 1978/247) contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.