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(1) This Order may be cited as the Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992.
(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.
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In this Order—
 “district” includes a borough, a metropolitan borough and a city;
 “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Northumber land;
 “the map” means one or more of the 9 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Northumberland and Tyne and Wear (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;
 “Northumberland” means the county of Northumberland, and any reference to Blyth Valley or to Castle Morpeth is a reference to the Northumberland district of that name;
 “Tyne and Wear” means the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, “Newcastle” means the district of Newcastle upon Tyne in that county, and “North Tyneside” means the district of that name in that county;
 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.
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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 Northumberland, and from the district and the parish (or, where unparished, the ward) named in column 3 to—
(a) Tyne and Wear;
(b) the district mentioned in column 4;
(c) the parish (if any), ward, petty sessional division and coroner’s district so mentioned.

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Area marked— On map— Transferred from Northumberland, and from— To Tyne and Wear, and to —
B 1 
Holywell ward 
Mary’s ward
North Tyneside petty sessional division
North Tyneside coroner’s district
A 3 
Seghill ward 
Camperdown ward
North Tyneside petty sessional division
North Tyneside coroner’s district
C, D, E and F 2 
Seghill ward 
Valley ward
North Tyneside petty sessional division
North Tyneside coroner’s district
A 5 
Parish of Ponteland 
Parish of Woolsington
Woolsington ward
Newcastle upon Tyne petty sessional division
Newcastle upon Tyne coroner’s district
C & D 4 
Parish of Stannington 
Parish of Dinnington
Castle ward
Newcastle upon Tyne petty sessional division
Newcastleupon Tyne coroner’s district
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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 Tyne and Wear, from the district and the parish (or where unparished, the ward) named in column 3 to—
(a) Northumberland;
(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 South Northumberland coroner’s district.

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Area marked On map Transferred from Tyne and Wear and from— To Northumberlandand to—
E 4 
Parish of Brunswick 
Parish of Stannington
Stannington ward
Stannington electoral division
Morpeth Ward petty division
A 4 
Parish of Dinnington 
Parish of Ponteland
Ponteland East ward
Ponteland East electoral division
Morpeth Ward petty sessional division
B 4 
Parish of Dinnington 
Parish of Stannington
Stannington ward
Stannington electoral division
Morpeth Ward petty sessional division
A 6 
Parish of Woolsington 
Parish of Ponteland
Ponteland East ward
Ponteland East electoral division
Morpeth Ward petty sessional division
A 1 
St. Mary’s ward 
Holywell ward
Blyth Valley Holywell electoral division
Blyth Valley petty sessional division
A 2 
Valley ward 
Holywell ward
Blyth Valley Holywell electoral division
Blyth Valley petty sessional division
B 2 
Valley ward 
Seghill ward
Blyth Valley Seghill electoral division
Blyth Valley petty sessional division
L 4 
Weetslade ward 
Hartford and West Cramlington ward
Blyth Valley Cramlington West electoral division
Blyth Valley petty sessional division
K 4 
Weetslade ward 
Parish of Stannington
Stannington ward
Stannington electoral division
Morpeth Ward petty sessional division
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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 Newcastle, and from the parish (or, if unparished, the ward) named in column 3 to North Tyneside, to the ward mentioned in column 4, and to the North Tyneside petty sessional division and the North Tyneside coroner’s district, becoming or remaining unparished.

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Area marked— On map Transferred from Newcastle, and from— To North Tyneside, and to the following ward—
F & G 4 Parish of Brunswick Weetslade
B 7 Parish of Hazlerigg Weetslade
C 7 Parish of North Gosforth Weetslade
A 8 Dene ward Benton
M 9 Heaton ward Northumberland
N, O, P, Q & R 9 Walkergate ward Northumberland
S, T & U 9 Walkergate ward Wallsend
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Each unparished area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from North Tyneside, and from the ward named in column 3 to Newcastle, to the parish (if any) and ward mentioned in column 4, and to the Newcastle upon Tyne petty sessional division and the Newcastle upon Tyne coroner’s district.

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Area marked— On map— Transferred from North Tyneside, and from the following ward— To Newcastle and to—
A 7 Longbenton Parish fo North GosforthCastle ward
A,B, C, D, E, F & G 9 Northumberland Walkergate
H, J, K & L 9 Wallsend Walkergate
H & J 4 Weetslade Parish of BrunswickCastle ward
D & E 7 Weetslade Parish of North GosforthCastle ward
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(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 transfered 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
1st December 1992