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(1) This Order may be cited as the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 31st March 1989 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.
(3) For all other purposes this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1989.
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The part of the county of Hertfordshire, the district of North Hertfordshire and the parish of King’s Walden which is marked B1 on the map prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Map of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989” and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 shall be transferred to—
(a) the county of Bedfordshire and the Crawley electoral division of that county;
(b) the borough of Luton and the Crawley ward of that borough;
(c) the Luton petty sessional division; and
(d) the Bedfordshire Coroner’s district,and shall cease to form part of any parish.
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Any provisions of a structure plan, an old development plan (within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1971) or a local plan made or adopted by a county or district council which apply immediately before 1st April 1989 to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to have effect in relation to that area as if they were part of such a plan made or adopted by the council of the county or district to which that area is transferred.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Virginia Bottomley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of the Environment
28th February 1989