Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1998 No. 3252 (S. 208) LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND The South Lanarkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 Made - - - - 16th December 1998 Coming into force - - 1st January 1999 Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1), as read with Schedule 5 to that Act(2), the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 17th September 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of South Lanarkshire Council; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order: Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the South Lanarkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999. Interpretation 2. In the Schedule to this Order– (a) a reference to– (i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and (ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and (b) the following abbreviations are used:– “EW” for electoral ward; “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps. Electoral arrangements 3. The area of South Lanarkshire Council shall be divided into 67 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order. (1) 1973 c. 65. (2) Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67). Document Generated: 2017-08-03 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. St Andrew’s House,Edinburgh Henry B McLeish 16th December 1998 Minister of State, Scottish Office 2 Document Generated: 2017-08-03 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. SCHEDULE Article 3 ELECTORAL WARDS Ward 1 Lanark North Commencing at NG Ref NS 8687 4399 at the junction of the A72 road and Mousemill Road; then generally northwestward along Mousemill Road to a track at NG Ref NS 8685 4425; then northeastward along the said track to where it crosses the Mouse Water at NG Ref NS 8692 4429; then generally northeastward along the said water to where it is crossed by the A706 road at Cleghorn Bridge NG Ref NS 9047 4526; then southeastward and southwestward along the said road to its junction with Stanmore Road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with the A743 road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with the A73 road; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with the A72 road; then southwestward, northwestward and southwestward along the said road to the point of commencement. Ward 2 Lanark South Commencing at NG Ref NS 8687 4399 at the junction of the A72 road and Mousemill Road on the southern boundary of EW 1; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to the junction of Stanmore Road and the A743 road; then generally eastward along the A743 road to a point in line with a field boundary NG Ref NS 9082 4439; then generally southward along the said field boundary to where it crosses the Sandy Burn NG Ref NS 9103 4308; then generally eastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by Sandyford Bridge and the A70 road; then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9150 4272; then northwestward and southwestward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9103 4292; then generally southward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9102 4265; then southeastward and southward along the said field boundary and its continuation in a straight line to a point on the A73 road at NG Ref NS 9102 4224; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 9104 4223; then generally southwestward along the said field boundary, past the property known as Hyndford, to NG Ref NS 9064 4158; then southward in a straight line to a point on the River Clyde at NG Ref NS 9062 4135; then generally southwestward and northwestward along the said river to where it is crossed by Kirkfieldbank Bridge and the A72 road; then northeastward along the said road to the point of commencement. Ward 3 Lesmahagow Commencing at a point on the Back Burn at NG Ref NS 7203 3712; then eastward in a straight line to a point on the Lochfennoch Burn at NG Ref NS 7335 3711; then northeastward and southeastward along the said burn to the northern boundary of Dunside Reservoirs; then northeastward and southeastward along the said boundary to an unnamed track leading to the property known as Auchrobert; then southeastward and northeastward along the said track, past Auchrobert, to an unnamed road leading northwestward to the B7086 road; then southeastward along the said unnamed road to, and northeastward along, a track leading to the property known as Lawriesmuir to the point where it crosses Birkwood Burn NG Ref NS 7789 3884; then generally northeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the B7086 road NG Ref NS 8055 4308; then northeastward along the said road to NG Ref NS 8065 4315; then northeastward along an unnamed path to Woods Farm; then northeastward along field boundaries to Newkayes Road, along the southern boundary of the property known as Knowetop; then southeastward and generally eastward along the said road to NG Ref NS 8408 4312 and its junction with an unnamed road on the western side of the property known as Vere Hills; then generally southeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8454 4239; then generally eastward along field boundaries to an access road leading to the property known as Teaths at NG Ref NS 8509 4236; then northeastward 3 Document Generated: 2017-08-03 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. along the said access road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8510 4245; then generally southeastward and northeastward along field boundaries to Greenrig Road at NG Ref NS 8562 4239; then generally northeastward, southeastward and northeastward along the said road to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 8664 4275, south of Newhouse Farm; then southeastward along the said unnamed road to NG Ref NS 8717 4155 and its junction with an unnamed road on the northern side of the property known as Greenhead; then northeastward along the said road to its junction with Byretown Road; then northeastward along Byretown Road to NG Ref NS 8757 4198 where it meets the western boundary of the Falls of Clyde Nature Reserve; then northeastward, northwestward and northeastward along the said boundary to NG Ref NS 8773 4269 where it meets the River Clyde and the western boundary of EW 2; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to the Douglas Water; then generally southwestward along the said water to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8867 3880; then northwestward along the said field boundary, passing on the northern side of the property known as Mitchland to an unnamed track at NG Ref NS 8843 3910; then northeastward along the said unnamed track to its junction with Kirkfieldbank Road; then northwestward along the said road to NG Ref NS 8832 3941 and a point in line with a field boundary; then northwestward to and northwestward, southwestward, northwestward and southwestward along the said field boundary to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 8616 3866; then southwestward across the said road to and southwestward along a field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8543 3838; then northwestward, northeastward and northwestward along the said field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8525 3861; then southwestward, northwestward and westward along field boundaries to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8485 3846; then northwestward and southwestward along field boundaries to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 8446 3837; then northward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8443 3872; then southwestward, northwestward and southwestward along field boundaries to NG Ref NS 8348 3876, to the northeast of the property known as Righead; then southeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 8434 3734 and the northern boundary of a wooded area on Broken Cross Muir; then southwestward and southeastward along the northern and western boundaries of the said wooded area to NG Ref NS 8422 3652; then southwestward in a straight line to a point on the M74 at NG Ref NS 8405 3635; then southwestward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 8380 3612; then northwestward in a straight line to an unnamed road leading from Coalburn to Lesmahagow at NG Ref NS 8139 3706; then generally northwestward along the said road to the point where it crosses the River Nethan at NG Ref NS 8103 3771; then generally southwestward along the said river to the western boundary of South Lanarkshire Council; then generally northwestward along the said Council boundary to NG Ref NS 7156 3508; then northward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 7146 3589; then northeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 7182 3600; then northwestward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 7164 3662; then northeastward in a straight line to NG Ref NS 7193 3687 and a point on the Back Burn; then northeastward along the said burn to the point of commencement.