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(1) This Order may be cited as the Essex and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 2nd October 1992 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 1993.
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(1) In this Order—
 “district” includes a borough;
 “Essex” means the county of Essex;
 “Hertfordshire” means the county of Hertfordshire;
 any reference to Epping Forest, to Harlow or to Uttlesford is a reference to the Essex district of that name;
 any reference to Broxbourne or to East Hertfordshire is a reference to the Hertfordshire district of that name;
 “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Order;
 “the map” means one or more of the 16 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Essex and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;
 “parish” includes a town;
 any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish; and
 “ward” means a ward of the district to which an area is transferred, except where the expression “parish ward” appears, when it refers to a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred.
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Each area of Essex which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from that county and from the district (and the parish, if any) named in column 3 to—
(a) Hertfordshire;
(b) the district (and the parish, if any) mentioned in column 4;
(c) the ward, electoral division and petty sessional division so mentioned; and to
(d) the Hertford coroner’s district.

1. 2. 3. 4.
Area marked On map Transferred from Essex, and from— To Hertfordshire,and to—
B 13 Epping ForestParish of Nazeing BroxbourneUnparishedBroxbourne wardHoddesdon South electoral divisionCheshunt petty sessional division
C 13 Epping ForestParish of Nazeing BroxbourneUnparishedHoddesdon Town wardHoddesdon South electoral divisionCheshunt petty sessional division
C 11 Epping ForestParish of Roydon East HertfordshireParish of HunsdonHunsdon wardSawbridgeworth electoral divisionHertford and Ware petty sessional division
BD 1112 Epping ForestParish of Roydon East HertfordshireParish of Stanstead AbbotsStanstead wardWare South electoral divisionHertford and Ware petty sessional division
A, B and C 9 Epping ForestParish of Sheering East HertfordshireParish of SawbridgeworthSawbridgeworth wardSawbridgeworth electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
E 14 & 15 Epping ForestTown of Waltham Abbey BroxbourneUnparishedCheshunt North wardCheshunt North electoral divisionCheshunt petty sessional division
B 16 Epping ForestTown of Waltham Abbey BroxbourneUnparishedWaltham Cross North wardWaltham Cross electoral divisionCheshunt petty sessional division
C 16 Epping ForestTown of Waltham Abbey BroxbourneUnparishedWaltham Cross South wardWaltham Cross electoral divisionCheshunt petty sessional division
C 14 Epping ForestTown of Waltham Abbey BroxbourneUnparishedWormley and Turnford wardCheshunt North electoral divisionCheshunt petty sessional division
A, B and D 10 HarlowUnparished East HertfordshireParish of GilstonHunsdon wardSawbridgeworth electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
E 10 HarlowUnparished East HertfordshireParish of SawbridgeworthSawbridgeworth wardSawbridgeworth electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
A 2 UttlesfordParish of Birchanger East HertfordshireParish of Bishop’s StortfordBishop’s Stortford Chantry wardBishop’s Stortford ChantryThorley electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
A 3 & 4 UttlesfordParish of Birchanger East HertfordshireParish of Bishop’s StortfordBishop’s Stortford Parsonage wardBishop’s Stortford CentralParsonage electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
C, D and F 1 UttlesfordParish of Farnham East HertfordshireParish of Bishop’s StortfordBishop’s Stortford Chantry wardBishop’s Stortford ChantryThorley electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
A 6 UttlesfordParish of Great Hallingbury East HertfordshireParish of Bishop’s StortfordBishop’s Stortford Central wardBishop’s Stortford CentralParsonage electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
B 6 UttlesfordParish of Great Hallingbury East HertfordshireParish of Bishop’s StortfordBishop’s Stortford Parsonage wardBishop’s Stortford CentralParsonage electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
C and E 7 UttlesfordParish of Little Hallingbury East HertfordshireParish of SawbridgeworthSawbridgeworth wardSawbridgeworth electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
B 7 UttlesfordParish of Little Hallingbury East HertfordshireParish of ThorleyMuch Hadham wardSawbridgeworth electoral divisionBishop’s Stortford petty sessional division
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Each area of Hertfordshire which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from that county and from the district (and the parish and the parish, if any) named in column 3 to—
(a) Essex;
(b) the district (and the parish and parish ward, if any) mentioned in column 4;
(c) the ward, electoral division and petty sessional division so mentioned; and to
(d) the Essex No. 1 coroner’s district.

1. 2. 3. 4.
Area marked On map Transferred from Herts., and from— To Essex, and to—
AA 1314 BroxbourneUnparished Epping ForestParish of NazeingRiverside parish wardNazeing wardNorth Weald and Nazeing electoral divisionEpping and Ongar petty sessional division
A 12 BroxbourneUnparished Epping ForestParish of RoydonDobbs Weir parish wardRoydon wardNorth Weald and Nazeing electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
BA, B, C and DA & D 141516 BroxbourneUnparished Epping ForestTown of Waltham AbbeyWest parish wardWaltham Abbey West wardWaltham Abbey electoral divisionEpping and Ongar petty sessional division
A and B 1 East HertfordshireParish of Albury UttlesfordParish of FarnhamStort Valley wardStansted electoral divisionSaffron Walden petty sessional division
BB 23 & 4 East HertfordshireParish of Bishop’s Stortford UttlesfordParish of BirchangerBirchanger wardStansted electoral divisionSaffron Walden petty sessional division
E 1 East HertfordshireParish of Bishop’s Stortford UttlesfordParish of FarnhamStort Valley wardStansted electoral divisionSaffron Walden petty sessional division
C 4 & 5 East HertfordshireParish of Bishop’s Stortford UttlesfordParish of Great HallingburyGreat Hallingbury wardDunmow electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
E 11 East HertfordshireParish of Eastwick HarlowUnparishedLittle Parndon wardLittle Parndon and Town Centre electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
C 10 East HertfordshireParish of Gilston HarlowUnparishedMark Hall North wardHarlow and Mark Hall electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
D 11 East HertfordshireParish of Hunsdon HarlowUnparishedLittle Parndon wardLittle Parndon and Town Centre electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
A and BD and E 89 East HertfordshireParish of Sawbridgeworth Epping ForestParish of SheeringSheering wardOngar electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
F 10 East HertfordshireParish of Sawbridgeworth HarlowUnparishedMark Hall North wardHarlow and Mark Hall electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
D 7 East HertfordshireParish of Sawbridgeworth UttlesfordParish of Little HallingburyLittle Hallingbury wardDunmow electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
B and C 12 East HertfordshireParish of Stanstead Abbots Epping ForestParish of RoydonDobbs Weir parish wardRoydon wardNorth Weald and Nazeing electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
A 11 East HertfordshireParish of Stanstead Abbots Epping ForestParish of RoydonVillage parish wardRoydon wardNorth Weald and Nazeing electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
A 7 East HertfordshireParish of Thorley UttlesfordParish of Little HallingburyLittle Hallingbury wardDunmow electoral divisionHarlow petty sessional division
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(1) In this article, “provision” means a provision of a development plan (as defined in section 336 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 for the Environment
G. S. K. Young
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
31st August 1992