Cambridgeshire Bill 2017

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Reform the Local Government boundaries of Cambridgeshire, by giving autonomy to Huntingdonshire and Peterborough, and other adjustments.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows –

Section 1: New Authorities

1. The boundaries of the Cambridgeshire Authority are dissolved.

2. The Huntingdonshire Authority shall be created along the boundaries of the Huntingdonshire district.

3. The Peterborough Authority shall be created along the boundaries of the Peterborough district.

2. The Huntingdonshire Authority shall be created along the boundaries of the Huntingdonshire and Peterborough districts.

Section 2: Redistricting

1. The ward of Newmarket shall no longer be part of the jurisdiction of the Suffolk Authority.

1. The wards Exening, St Mary's, All Saints, and Severals, shall no longer be part of the jurisdiction of the Suffolk Authority.

2. The following wards shall come under the jurisdiction of the East Cambridgeshire District

i. March North

ii. March West

iii. March East

iv. Doddington and Wimblington

v. Slade lode

vi. Manea

vii. Birch

viii. Wenneye

ix. The mills

3. The following wards shall come under the jurisdiction of the Huntingdonshire District

i. Benwick, Coates, and Eastrea

ii. Bassenhally

iii. Lattersea

iv. St Andrews

v. Stonald

4. The District of Fenland shall come under the jurisdiction of the Norfolk Authority.

Section 3: Cambridgeshire Authority

1. The new boundaries of the Cambridgeshire Authority shall include;

a. Cambridge

b. South Cambridgeshire

c. East Cambridgeshire

i. Including the ward of Newmarket

i. Including the wards of Exening, St Mary's, All Saints, and Severals

2. For continuity purposes related to administration and assets, this is the same Authority as the previous Cambridgeshire Authority, with changed boundaries.

Section 4: Transition

1. The Secretary of State is to make provision for the transference of necessary assets and services between each of these Authorities, by consultation with the Members of wards affected;

a. Cambridgeshire Authority

b. Huntingdonshire Authority

c. Peterborough Authority

c. Suffolk Authority

d. Norfolk Authority

2. The Secretary of State is to make provision for extraordinary Authority elections to commence on Thursday the 7th of May, 2020.

3. The powers of the Secretary of State under this section are to be exercisable by regulations made by statutory instrument and include the power to make such provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary to give, or for the purposes of giving, effect to this Act.

4. A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Section 5: Enactment, extent and short title

1. This act shall extend to England.

2. This act shall take effect on Thursday the 7th of May 2020, with the exception of Section 4 which shall take affect immediately upon receiving royal assent.

3. This act may be cited as the Cambridgeshire Act 2017.

Appendix 1

This bill was submitted by the Rt. Hon Lord of Portrush as a private member's bill.

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