LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND Title and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Tayside and Grampian Regions and Angus and Kincardine and Deeside Districts (River North Esk) Boundaries Amendment Order 1988, and shall come into force on 1st April 1988. Interpretation 2 In this Order— “the 1977 Regulations ” means the Local Government Area Changes (Scotland) Regulations 1977( ); and “boundary map 1” means the map prepared by the Scottish Office, marked “Map 1 of the Tayside and Grampian Regions and Angus and Kincardine and Deeside Districts (River North Esk) Boundaries Amendment Order 1988” and deposited in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1977 Regulations; “boundary map 2” means the map prepared by the Scottish Office, marked “Map 2 of the Tayside and Grampian Regions and Angus and Kincardine and Deeside Districts (River North Esk) Boundaries Amendment Order 1988” and deposited in accordance with regulation 3 of the 1977 Regulations; and, in the Schedule to this Order, any reference to a boundary of a region is a reference to a boundary existing immediately before the commencement of this Order. Application of Regulations 3 Save insofar as they can have no application in relation to the area changes effected by this Order, the provisions of the 1977 Regulations shall apply in relation thereto for the purposes of, or in consequence of, this Order. Area changes 4 1 Those areas of Kincardine and Deeside District in Grampian Region, being the Area A and the Area C described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked “Area A” and “Area C” on boundary map 1, shall be transferred to Angus District in Tayside Region. 2 Those areas of Angus District in Tayside Region, being the Area B1, the Area B2, the Area D and the Area E described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order and shown delineated, hatched and marked “Area B1” and “Area B2” on boundary map 1 and “Area D” and “Area E” on boundary map 2, shall be transferred to Kincardine and Deeside District in Grampian Region. Consequential changes of electoral arrangements 5 1 Area A described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order (being the Area A transferred by article 4(1) of this Order)— a shall cease to form part of electoral division 53 (Mearns) of Grampian Region( ) and of ward 9 (Mearns South and St Cyrus) of Kincardine and Deeside District( ); and b shall form part of electoral division 6 (Montrose North Esk) of Tayside Region( ) and of ward 11 (Montrose North) of Angus District( ). 2 Area C described in Part I of the Schedule to this Order (being the Area C transferred by article 4(1) of this Order)— a shall cease to form part of electoral division 53 (Mearns) of Grampian Region and of ward 9 (Mearns South and St Cyrus) of Kincardine and Deeside District; and b shall form part of electoral division 6 (Montrose North Esk) of Tayside Region and of ward 12 (Hillside) of Angus District. 3 Area B1 described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order (being the Area B1 transferred by article 4(2) of this Order)— a shall cease to form part of electoral division 6 (Montrose North Esk) of Tayside Region and of ward 11 (Montrose North) of Angus District; and b shall form part of electoral division 53 (Mearns) of Grampian Region and of ward 9 (Mearns South and St Cyrus) of Kincardine and Deeside District. 4 Area B2 described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order (being the Area B2 transferred by article 4(2) of this Order)— a shall cease to form part of electoral division 6 (Montrose North Esk) of Tayside Region and of ward 12 (Hillside) of Angus District; and b shall form part of electoral division 53 (Mearns) of Grampian Region and of ward 9 (Mearns South and St Cyrus) of Kincardine and Deeside District. 5 Area D and Area E described in Part II of the Schedule to this Order (being the Area D and Area E transferred by article 4(2) of this Order)— a shall cease to form part of electoral division 6 (Montrose North Esk) of Tayside Region and of ward 12 (Hillside) of Angus District; and b shall form part of electoral division 53 (Mearns) of Grampian Region and of ward 10 (Mearns West and Marykirk) of Kincardine and Deeside District. James Douglas-Hamilton Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office New St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 29th February 1988