Citation and commencement

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Croydon, Merton and Sutton (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st December 1994 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 1995.

Interpretation

2. In this Orderany reference to Croydon, to Merton or to Sutton is a reference to the London borough of that name;

"the map" means one or more of the 9 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked "Maps of the Croydon, Merton and Sutton (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993", and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and

any reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the London borough from or to which an area is transferred.

Transfers between Croydon and Merton

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 Croydon, and from the ward named in column 3 to Merton, to the ward named in column 4 and to the Merton petty sessional area and the Inner West London coroner's district.

(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 Merton, and from the ward named in column 3 to Croydon, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Croydon petty sessional area and the Southern London coroner's district.

Transfers between Merton and Sutton

4.-(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 Merton, and from the ward named in column 3 to Sutton, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Sutton petty sessional area and the Southern London coroner's district.

(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 Sutton, and from the ward named in column 3 to Merton, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Merton petty sessional area and the Inner West London coroner's district.

Town and Country Planning

5.-(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 makes minor changes in the boundary of the London borough of Merton with the London borough of Croydon, and with the London borough of Sutton. The map and table forming part of this Note give a general guide to the areas affected, and their size and population (in total). For full details of the transfers made, the order maps (described in article 2) should be inspected.

Any person may inspect them at any reasonable time at the offices of the council for each London borough affected, and also at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

Consequential changes are made to petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts. No parishes are affected. 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.