LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation and commencement 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Heathrow Airport (County and London 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 . 3 For all other purposes, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1994. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “Buckinghamshire” means the county of Buckinghamshire, and any reference to South Bucks is a reference to the district of that name in that county; “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Buckinghamshire ; “Hillingdon” means the London borough of Hillingdon; “Hounslow” means the London borough of Hounslow; “the map” means the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Map of the Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; “Surrey” means the county of Surrey, and any reference to Spelthorne is a reference to the Surrey borough of that name; and except in article 3(2)(c), “ward” means a ward of a district, borough or London borough . Transfers between Buckinghamshire (South Bucks) and Greater London (Hillingdon) 3 1 The areas which are marked B1 and B3 on the map shall be transferred from Buckinghamshire, from South Bucks, and from the parish of Iver to— a Greater London; b Hillingdon; c the Heathrow ward; d the Hillingdon petty sessional area and the Western London coroner’s district; and to e the Metropolitan Police District; and shall cease to form part of any parish. 2 The area which is marked B2 on the map shall be transferred from Greater London, from Hillingdon, and from the Heathrow ward to— a Buckinghamshire; b South Bucks; c the Iver and Colnbrook ward, and the Iver and Colnbrook electoral division; d the parish of Iver, and the Colnbrook ward of that parish; and to e the Burnham petty sessional division and the South Buckinghamshire coroner’s district; and shall cease to form part of the Metropolitan Police District. Transfers from Surrey (Spelthorne) to Greater London (Hillingdon) 4 1 The following areas— a the part of The Moors ward marked B4 on the map; and b the part of the Stanwell North ward marked B5 on the ma shall be transferred from Surrey and from Spelthorne to Greater London, to Hillingdon, to the Heathrow ward, and to the Hillingdon petty sessional area and the Western London coroner’s district. 2 In consequence of the changes effected by paragraph (1), the area marked DW1 on the map shall be transferred from the Stanwell North ward of Spelthorne to the Stanwell South ward of that borough. Transfers from Hounslow to Hillingdon 5 The areas which are marked B6, B7 and B8 on the map shall be transferred from Hounslow, and from the East Bedfont ward to Hillingdon, to the Heathrow ward, and to the Hillingdon petty sessional area. 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 ). 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. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State Robin Squire Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 24th May 1993