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Revision as of 23:41, 6 September 2008
This is part of the Local Government Act 1972.
See also: S.I. 1972/2039
Local Government Act 1972 1972 Chapter 70
An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the functions of local authorities in England and Wales; to amend Part II of the Transport Act 1968; to confer rights of appeal in respect of decisions relating to licences under the Home Counties (Music and Dancing) Licensing Act 1926; to make further provision with respect to magistrates' courts committees; to abolish certain inferior courts of record; and for connected purposes. [26th October 1972]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
Part I: Local Government Areas and Authorities in England
New local government areas
1.—(1) For the administration of local government on and after 1st April 1974 England (exclusive of Greater London and the Isles of Scilly) shall be divided into local government areas to be known as counties and in those counties there shall be local government areas to be known as districts.
(2) The counties shall be the metropolitan counties named in Part I and the non-metropolitan counties named in Part II of the Schedule 1 to this Act and shall comprise the areas repsectively described (by reference to administrative areas existing immediately before the passing of the Act) in column 2 of each Part of that Schedule.
(3) The districts in the metropolitan counties shall be those respectively specified in column 2 of the said Part I and shall comprise the areas respectively described (by reference to administrative areas immediately before the passing of this Act) in that column, and the Secretary of State may by order provide a name for any such district.
(4) The districts in the non-metropolitan counties shall be those respectively specified in one or more orders made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to this Act and having the names given to them by one or more orders so made.
(5) Part III of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the boundaries of the new local government areas.
(6) Subject to Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Act and to any provision corresponding to that Part made by an order under section 254 below, the rural parishes existing immediately before 1st April 1974 shall continue to exist on and after that date by the name of parishes.
(7) The said Part IV shall have effect with respect to the existing rural parishes which by virtue of this Act are comprised in more than one county or more than one metropolitan district.
(8) Part V of Schedule 1 to this Act shall hhve effect for the purpose of constituting parishes the boundaries of which are determined by reference to those of existing boroughs and urban districts and also, in cases where the areas of such boroughs are divided by or under this section between two or more new districts, by reference to the boundaries of the new districts.
(9) The boroughs which by virue of section 141 of the 1933 Act or section 28 of the Local Government Act 1958 are included in rural districts immediately before the passing of this Act shall on the passing of this act become parishes without ceasing to be boroughs, but shall cease to be boroughs on 1st April 1974.
(10) On that date the following local government areas existing immediately before that date outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly, that is to say, all administrative counties, boroughs (except those in rural districts), urban districts, rural districts and urban parishes, shall cease to exist and the council of every such area which has a council shall also cease to exist.
(11) On that date the municipal corporation of every borough outside Greater London (and the corporation of a borough included in a rural district) shall cease to exist.
(12) In this section "England" does not include the administrative county of Monmouthshire or the county borough of Newport.
Principal councils
2.—(1) For every county there shall be a council consisting of a chairman and councillors and the council shall have all such functions as are vested in them by this Act or otherwise.
(2) For every district there shall be a council consisting of a chairman and councillors and the council shall have all such functions as are vested in them by this Act of otherwise.
(3) Each council mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above shall be a body corporate by the name "The County Council" or "The District Council", as the case may be, with the addition of the name of the particular county or district.
Members of principal councils
3.—(1) The chairman of a principal council shall be elected annually by the council from among the councillors.
(2) The chairman shall, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified, continue in office until his successor becomes entitled to act as chairman.
(3) During his term of office the chairman shall continue to be a member of the council notwithstanding the provisions of this Act relating to the retirement of councillors.
(4) The chairman of a district council shall have precedence in the district, but not so as prejudically to affect Her Majesty's royal prerogative.
(5) A principal council may pay the chairman for the purpose of enabling him to meet the expenses of his office such allowance as the council think reasonable.
4.—(1) The election of the chairman shall be the first business transacted at the annual meeting of a principal council.
(2) If, apart from section 3(3) above or section 5(2) below, the person presiding at the meeting would have ceased to be a member of the council, he shall not be entitled to vote in the election except in accordance with subsection (3) below.
(3) In the case of an equality the person presiding at the meeting shall give a casting vote in addition to any other votes he may have.
5.—(1) A principal council shall appoint a member of the council to be vice-chairman of the council.
(2) The vice-chairman shall, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified, hold office until immediately after the election of a chairman at the next annual meeting of the council and during that time shall continue to be a member of the council notwithstanding the provisions of the Act relating to the retirement of councillors.
(3) Subject to any standing orders made by the council, anything authorised or required to be done by, to or before the chairman may be done by, to or before the vice-chairman.
(4) A principal council may pay the vice-chairman for the purpose of enabling him to meet the expenses of his office such allowance as the council think reasonable.
6.—(1) Councillos for a principal area shall be elected by the local government electors for that area in accordance with this Act and Part I of the Representation of the People Act 1949.
(2) For the purpose of the elections of councillors—
- (a) every county shall be divided into electoral divisions, each returning (subject to paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to this act) one councillor;
- (b) every metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning a number of councillors which is divisible by three; and
- (c) every non-metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each returning such number of councillors as may be provided by an order under the said paragraph 3 or under or by virtue of the provisions of section 7 below of Part IV of this Act;
and there shall be a separate election for each electoral division or ward.
7.—(1) The ordinary election of county councillors shall take place in 1973 and every fourth year thereafter, their term of office shall be four year and they shall retire together in every such fourth year on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of county councillors, and in and after 1977 the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
(2) The ordinary elections of metropolitan district councillors shall take place in 1973, 1975, and every year thereafter other than a year of election of county councillors.
(3) Subject to paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to this Act, the term of office of metropolitan district councillors shall be four years and one-third of the whole number of councillors in each ward of a metropolitan district, being those who have been councillors for the longest time without re-election, shall retire in every ordinary year of election of such councillors on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of such councillors, and in and after 1975 the newly elected councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors retire.
(4) Subject to subsection (5) below, a non-metropolitan district council may in pursuance of the requisite resolution request the Secretary of State to provide—
- (a) for a system of whole council elections, that is to say, the holding of the ordinary elections of all the councillors of a district simultaneously; or
- (b) for a system of elections by thirds, that is to say, the election of one-third, as nearly as may be, of the councillors of the district at the ordinary elections of such councillors in any year;
indicating in the case of a request under paragraph (b) above, those areas, if any, in which there should, and those, if any, in which there should not, be wards each returning a number of councillors which is divisible by three.
In this subsection "the requisite resolution" means in the case of a resolution passed before 1st April 1974 a resolution passed by a majority, and in the case of a resolution passed on or after that date a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds, of the members voting thereon at a meeting of the council specially convened for the purpose with notice of the object.
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(7)
(8)
(9)
Parish
9.—(1) For every parish there shall be a parish meeting for the purpose of discussing parish affairs and exercising any functions conferred on such meetings by any enactment and, subject to the provisions of this Act or any instrument made thereunder, for every parish of group of parishes having a parish council before 1st April 1974 there shall continue to be a parish council.
(2) If a parish has not a parish council (whether separate or common) the district council shall, and if a parish is grouped under a common parish council the district counil may, by order establish a separate parish council for that parish—
- (a) if the population includes 200 or more local government electors; or
- (b) if in the case of a parish the population of which includes more than 150 but less than 200 local government electors, the parish meeting of the parish so resolve.
(3) If a parish has a population which incldues not more than 150 local government electors, the district council may by order establish a separate parish council for that parish if the parish meeting so resolve.
(4) Subject to any order under section 10 or 11 or Part IV below, there shall be a separate parish council for—
- (a) every parish which immediately before the passing of this Act was a borough included in a rural district;
- (b) every parish which immediately before the passing of this Act was co-extensive with a rural district;
- (c) every parish established by paragraph 1 of Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Act;
- (d) every parish to which part of another parish is added by paragraph 2 of the said Part IV and which immediately before the passing of this Act had no parish council; and
- (e) every parish constituted under Part V of Schedule 1 to this Act.
(5) An order establishing a separate parish council for a parish shall make such provision as appears to the district council to be necessary for the election of a parish council in accordance with this Act and Part I of the Representation of the People Act 1949.
(6) An order shall not be made under this section establishing a separate parish council for a parish grouped under a common parish council unless by that order or an order under section 11(4) below the parish is separated from the group or the group is dissolved, and where the group is not dissolved, the order under this section shall make such provision as appears to the district council to be necessary for the alteration of the parish council of the group.
14.—(1) A parish council shall consist of the chairman and parish councillors and shall have all such function as are vested in the council by this Act or otherwise.
(2) The parish council shall be a body corporate with the name "The Parish Council" with the addition of the name of the particular parish.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in any rule of law, a parish council need not have a common seal, but where a parish council have no seal any act of their which is required to be signified by an instrument under seal may be signified by an instrument signed and sealed by two members of the council.
Miscellaneous
18. Schedule 3 of this Act shall have effect with respect the division of non-metropolitan counties into districts, the establishment of the new local authorities in England, the suspension of elections of members of existing local authorities there and related matters.
19. This Part of this Act shall extend to England only.
Part II: Local Government Areas and Authorities in Wales
New local government areas
20.—(1) For the administration of local government on and after 1st April 1974 Wales shall be divided into local government areas to be known as counties and in those counties there shall be local government areas to be known as districts.
(2) The counties shall be those named in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act and shall comprise the areas respectively described (by reference to administrative areas existing immediately before the passing of this Act) in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule.
(3) In the counties specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule there shall be the districts respectively specified in column 2 of Part II of that Schedule and those districts shall comprise the areas respectively descrbied as aforesaid in column 3 of that Part of that Schedule, and the Secretary of State may by order provide a name for any such district.
(4) On and after 1st April 1974 every district shall consist of one or more areas to be known as communities which shall be in accorance with the following paragraphs:—
- (a) the area of each borough existing immediately before that date shall on that date become a community of that district in which it is comprised and shall be known by the same name as the borough's;
- (b) the area of each urban district existing immediately before that date shall on that date become a community of that district in which it is comprised and shall be known by the same name as the urban district's;
- (c) the area of each rural parish existing immediately before that date shall on that date become a community of that district in which it is comprised and shall be known by the same name as the parish's;
- (d) in the districts specified in column 1 of Part III of Schedule 4 to this Act there shall on that date be established the communities respectively named in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule and described (by reference to administrative areas existing immediately before the passing of this Act) in column 3 of that Part of that Schedule.
(5) Part IV of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect in relation to the boundaries of the new local government areas.
(6) On 1st April 1974 all local government areas existing immediately before that date, that is to say, all administrative counties, boroughs, urban districts, rural districts and urban and rural parishes, shall cease to exist, and the following shall also cease to exist—
- (a) the council of every such area which has a council;
- (b) in the case of a borough, the municipal corporation of the borough;
- (c) in the case of a parish, the parish meeting;
- (d) in the case for a parish for which there is no separate parish council the representative body of the parish;
- (e) in the case of parishes included in a group, the common parish council.
(7) In this section "Wales" includes the administrative county of Monmouthshire and the county borough of Newport.
Part III: Registration of Electors and Conduct of Elections
43. In every year after 1974 the ordinary day of election of councillors shall be the same for all local government areas in England and Wales and shall be the first Thursday in May or such other day as may be fixed by the Secretary of State by order made not later than February 1st in the year proceeding the first year in which the order is to take effect.
Part IV: Changes in Local Government Areas
Miscellaneous
70. No local authority shall have power to promote a Bill for forming or abolishing any local government area or altering, or altering the status or electoral arrangements of any local government, area.
Part V: General Provisions as to Members and Proceedings of Local AUthorities
Part VI: Discharge of Functions
Part VII: Miscellaneous Powers of Local Authorities
Part VIII: Finance
Part IX: Functions
Part X: Judicial and Related Matters
216.—(1) For the purposes of commissions of the peace and the law relating to justices of the peace, magistrates' courts, the custos rotulorum, lieutenants, sheriffs and matters connected with any of those matters, new counties shall, without prejudice to section 179(1) above, be substituted for counties of any other description.
(2) For the purposes of this section and sections 217, 218 and 219 the Isles of Scilly shall be deemed to form part of the county of Cornwall.
217.—(1) There shall be a separate commission of the peace for each new county and, subject to subsection (2) below, any other commission of the peace which is in existence immediately before 1st April 1974 and is a commission for an area outside Greater London shall have effect on and after that date as a commission of the peace for the new county which includes the whole or the greater part of the area for which that commission was issued.
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6) The rights of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with respect to the appointment of justices of the peace and the supplemental list of justices of the peace shall apply throughout the whole of the counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire.
(7)
Part XI: General Provisions as to Local Authorities
Part XII: Miscellaneous and General
245.—(1) If, on a petition presented to Her Majesty by the council of a district praying for the grant of a charter under this subsection, Her Majesty by advice of Her Privy Council thinks fit to do so, She may be the charter confer on that district the status of a borough and thereupon—
- (a) the council of the district shall bear the name of the council of the borough
- (b) the chairman and vice-chairman of the council shall respectively be entitled to the style of mayor and deputy mayor of the borough.
(2) A petition for a charter under subsection (1) above shall not be presented except on a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the members voting thereon at a meeting of the council specially convened for the purpose with notice of the object.
(3) No charter under subsection (1) above shall take effect before 1st April 1974.
(4) Where a petition is presented to Her Majesty before 1st April 1974 by the council of a district praying for the grant of a charter under subsection (1) above and it is signified on behalf of Her Majesty before that date that She proposes to accede to the petition and that She approves—
- (a) the use for the district of any style previously belonging to an existing borough which on that date will become wholly or partly comprised in the district; and
- (b) the use for the chairman and vice-chairman of the council of the district of any style previously belonging to the mayor or deputy mayor of that borough;
those styles may be used as from 1st April 1974.
(5) A district which has the status of a boroguh, or for which the style of borough may be used, by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this section and the council of any such district shall not be treated as a borough or the council of a borough for the purposes of any Act passed before 1st April 1974.
(6) The council of a parish or community which is not grouped with any other parish or community may resolve that the parish or community shall have the status of a town and thereupon —
- (a) the council of the parish or community shall bear the name of the council of the town ;
- (b) the chairman and vice-chairman of the council shall be respectively entitled to the style of town mayor and deputy town mayor ;
- (c) the parish meeting or a community meeting shall have the style of town meeting.
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246. (1)
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(4) Where by virtue of Part I or II of this Act the area of an existing city or borough on 1st April 1974 becomes wholly comprised within a district not having that status, or entitled to the style of a borough by virtue of subsection (1) or (4) of section 245 above and that city or borough does not on that date become a parish in England or a community in Wales having a separate community council—
- (a) there shall be as from that date be a body corporate by the name of "the Charter Trustees of the City" or "the Charter Trustees of the Town", as the case may be, with the addition of the name of the existing city or borough, consisting of the district councillors for the wards wholly or partly comprising the area of the city or borough or, if the number of those councillors is less than three, consisting of those councillors and such number of local government electors for that area appointed by the district council as will make the number of charter trustees up to three ;
- (b) the charter trustees may in every year elect one of their number to be city or town mayor and another to be deputy city or town mayor ;
- (c) any powers to appoint local officers of dignity excercisable immediately bedore that date by the corporation of the city or borough shall be excercisable on and after that date by the charter trustees.
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(7) If a charter is granted under that section to the council of a district, any charter trustees constituted under subsection (4) for an area comprised in that district shall be dissolved and paragraphs (b) and (c) of that subsection shall cease to apply to the area.
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269. In every provision of this Act other than sections 1 and 20 above, in every Act passed on or after 1st April 1974, and in every instrument made on or after that date under any enactment (whether passed before, on or after that date), "Wales", subject to any alteration of boundaries made under section 62 above, means the area consisting of the counties established by the said section 20 and "England" does not include any area included in any of those counties.
274. (1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act 1972.
(2) Except for section 268 above, and paragraph 35 of Schedule 29 to this Act and the repeals made by this Act in the House of Commons Disqualifications Act 1957 and any enactment regarding that Act, this Act shall not extend to Scotland.
(3) Except for section 268 above and the said repeals this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Schedule 1 : Counties and metropolitan districts in England
Part I : Metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts
(1) Name of county |
(2) Area by reference to existing administrative areas |
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Greater Manchester | Wigan MB
District (a) The county borough of Wigan. In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Bolton MB
District (b) The county borough of Bolton. In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Bury MB
District (c) The county borough of Bury. In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Rochdale MB
District (d) The county borough of Rochdale. In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Salford MB
District (e) The county borough of Salford. In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Manchester MB
District (f) The county borough of Manchester. In the administrative county of Chester, in the rural district of Bucklow, the parish of Ringway. | |
Oldham MB
District (g) The county borough of Oldham. In the administrative county of Lancaster, the urban districts of Chadderton, Crompton, Failsworth, Lees and Royton. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding, the urban district of Saddleworth. | |
Trafford MB
District (h) In the administrative county of Chester—
In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Stockport MB
District (j) The county borough of Stockport. In the administrative county of Chester, the urban districts of Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall and Marple. | |
Tameside MB
District (k) In the administrative county of Chester—
In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Merseyside | Sefton MB
District (a) The county boroughs of Bootle and Southport. In the administrative counties of Lancaster—
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Liverpool MB
District (b) The county borough of Liverpool. | |
District (c)
St Helens MB
The county borough of St. Helens. In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Knowsley MB
District (d) In the administrative county of Lancaster—
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Wirral MB
District (e) The county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey. In the administrative county of Chester—
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South Yorkshire | Barnsley MB
District (a) The county borough of Barnsley. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Doncaster MB
District (b) The county borough of Doncaster. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
In the administrative county of Nottinghamshire—
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Sheffield MB
District (c) The county borough of Sheffield. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Rotherham MB
District (d) The county borough of Rotherham. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Tyne and Wear | Newcastle MB
District (a) The county borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the administrative county of Northumberland—
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North Tyneside MB
District (b) The county borough of Tynemouth. In the administrative county of Northumberland—
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Gateshead MB
District (c) The county borough of Gateshead. In the administrative county of Durham—
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South Tyneside MB
District (d) The county borough of South Shields. In the administrative county of Durham—
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Sunderland MB
District (e) The county borough of Sunderland. In the administrative county of Durham—
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West Midlands | Wolverhampton MB
District (a) The county borough of Wolverhampton. |
Walsall MB
District (b) The county borough of Walsall. In the administrative county of Staffordshire, the urban district of Aldridge-Brownhills. | |
Dudley MB
District (c) The county borough of Dudley. In the administrative county of Worcestershire, the boroughs of Halesowen and Stourbridge. | |
Sandwell MB
District (d) The county boroughs of Warley and West Bromwich. | |
Birmingham MB
District (e) The county borough of Birmingham. In the administrative county of Warwickshire, the borough of Sutton Coldfield. | |
Solihull MB
District (f) The county borough of Solihull. In the administrative county of Warwickshire—
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Coventry MB
District (g) The county borough of Coventry. In the administrative county of Warwickshire, in the rural district of Meriden, the parishes of Allesley and Keresley. | |
West Yorkshire | Bradford MB
District (a) The county borough of Bradford. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Leeds MB
District (b) The county borough of Leeds. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Calderdale MB
District (c) The county borough of Halifax. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Kirklees MB
District (d) The county boroughs of Dewsbury and Huddersfield. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Wakefield MB
District (e) The county borough of Wakefield. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Part II : Non-metropolitan counties
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Avon | The county boroughs of Bath and Bristol.
In the administrative county of Gloucestershire—
In the administrative county of Somerset—
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Bedfordshire | The county borough of Luton.
The administrative county of Bedford. |
Berkshire | The county borough of Reading.
The administrative county of Berkshire, except the areas in Oxfordshire. In the administrative county of Buckingham—
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Buckinghamshire | The administrative county of Buckingham, except the areas in Berkshire. |
Cambridgeshire | The administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough. |
Cheshire | The county boroughs of Chester and Warrington.
The administrative county of Chester, except the areas in Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. In the administrative county of Lancashire—
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Cleveland | The county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teesside.
In the administrative county of Durham, the rural district of Stockton. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, North Riding—
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Cornwall | The administrative county of Cornwall. |
Cumbria | The county boroughs of Barrow-in-Furness and Carlisle.
The administrative counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. In the administrative county of Lancaster—
In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding, the rural district of Sedbergh. |
Derbyshire | The county borough of Derby.
The administrative county of Derbyshire. In the administrative county of Chester, the rural district of Tintwistle. |
Devon | The county boroughs of Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay.
The administrative county of Devon. |
Dorset | The county borough of Bournemouth.
The administrative county of Dorset. In the administrative county of Hampshire—
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Durham | The county borough of Darlington.
The administrative county of Durham, except the areas in Cleveland and Tyne and Wear. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, North Riding, the rural district of Startforth. |
East Sussex | The county boroughs of Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings.
The administrative county of East Sussex, except the areas in West Sussex. |
Essex | The county borough of Southend-on-Sea.
The administrative county of Essex. |
Gloucestershire | The county borough of Gloucester.
The administrative county of Gloucestershire, except the areas in Avon. |
Hampshire | The county boroughs of Portsmouth and Southampton.
The administrative county of Hampshire, except the areas in Dorset. |
Hereford and Worcester | The county borough of Worcester.
The administrative county of Herefordshire. The administrative county of Worcestershire, except the boroughs in West Midlands. |
Hertfordshire | The administrative county of Hertfordshire. |
Humberside | The county boroughs of Grimsby and Kingston upon Hull.
The administrative county of Yorkshire, East Riding, except for the areas in North Yorkshire. In the administrative county of Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey—
In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Isle of Wight | The administrative county of Isle of Wight. |
Kent | The county borough of Canterbury.
The administrative county of Kent. |
Lancashire | The county boroughs of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley and Preston.
The administrative county of Lancaster, except the areas in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Leicestershire | The county borough of Leicester.
The administrative counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. |
Lincolnshire | The county borough of Lincoln.
The administrative counties of Lincoln, Parts of Holland and Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven. The administrative county of Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey, except the areas in Humberside. |
Norfolk | The county boroughs of Great Yarmouth and Norfolk.
The administrative county of Norfolk. In the administrative county of East Suffolk, in the rural district of Lothingland, the parishes of Belton, Bradwell, Burgh Castle, Fritton and Hopton-on-Sea, so much of the parish of Herringfleet as lies north of the boundary referred to in paragraph 10 of Part III of this Schedule and so much of the parish of Corton as lies north of the boundary referred to in paragraph 11 of that Part. |
North Yorkshire | The county borough of York.
The administrative county of Yorkshire, North Riding, except the areas in Cleveland and Durham. In the administrative county of Yorkshire, East Riding—
In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding—
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Northamptonshire | The county borough of Northampton.
The administrative county of Northamptonshire. |
Northumberland | The administrative county of Northumberland, except the areas in Tyne and Wear. |
Nottinghamshire | The county borough of Nottingham.
The administrative county of Nottinghamshire, except the areas in South Yorkshire. |
Oxfordshire | The county borough of Oxford.
The administrative county of Oxford. In the administrative county of Berkshire—
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Salop | The administrative county of Salop. |
Somerset | The administrative county of Somerset, except the areas in Avon. |
Staffordshire | The county boroughs of Burton upon Trent and Stoke-on-Trent.
The administrative county of Staffordshire, except the urban district in West Midlands. |
Suffolk | The county borough of Ipswich.
The administrative county of East Suffolk, except the areas in Norfolk. The administrative county of West Suffolk. |
Surrey | The administrative county of Surrey, except the areas in West Sussex. |
Warwickshire | The administrative county of Surrey, except the areas in West Midlands. |
West Sussex | The administrative county of West Sussex.
In the administrative county of East Sussex—
In the administrative county of Surrey, in the rural district of Dorking and Horley, the parish of Charlwood, except the detached part, and so much of the parish of Horley as lies south of the boundary referred to in paragraph 12 of Part III of this Schedule. |
Wiltshire | The administrative county of Wiltshire. |
Part III: Rules as to boundaries
Part IV: Divided parishes
Schedule 2 : Constitution and membership of Greater London Council and London borough councils
Schedule 3: Establishment of new authorities in England
Division of non-metropolitan counties into districts
1.—(1) The English Commission shall as soon as practicable after the passing of this Act make proposals to the Secretary of State for the division of non-metropolitan counties into districts, for defining the areas of those districts and for naming them, and the Secretary of State may give the commission directions for their guidance ni making any such proposals.
(2) The Secretary of State shall by order give effect to any proposals under this paragraph either as submitted to him or with modifcations, but an order shall not be made under this paragraph unless a draft of the order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
(3) An order under this paragraph shall, notwithstanding that it applies only to one or some of the non-metropolitan counties, proceed in Parliament as if its provisions would, apart from this paragraph, require to be enacted by a public Bill.
County and district councillors
2. Elections of councillors of the new principal councils shall be held on dates in 1973 fixe by the Secretary of State by order and the persons elected at these elections shall come into office on the fourth day after the day of election.
3.
4.—(1) Of the district councillors elected under paragraph 2 above for any ward of a non-metropolitan district—
- (a) one-third shall retire in 1975, being, subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, those elected by the smallest number of votes;
- (b) one-third shall retire in 1976, being, subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, those elected by the next smallest number of votes; and
- (c) the remainder shall retire in 1978 ;
in each case on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of such councillors in the year of retirement.
(2) In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any such year, the person or persons to retire in that year shall be determined by lot.
(3) If an election of district councillors under paragraph 2 above for any ward of a metropolitan district is not contested the person or persons to retire in each such year shall be determined by lot.
(4)
Schedule 4: Local government areas in Wales
Part I: Counties
(1) Name of county |
(2) Area by reference to existing administrative areas |
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Clwyd | The administrative county of Flintshire.
The administrative county of Denbigh, except the parts to be comprised in the county of Gwynedd. In the administrative county of Merioneth, the rural district of Edeyrnion. |
Dyfed | The administrative counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembroke. |
Gwent | The county borough of Newport.
The administrative county of Monmouthshire except the parst to be comprised in the counties of Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan. In the administrative county of Brecon:—
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Gwynedd | The administrative counties of Anglesey and Caernarvon.
The administrative county of Merioneth except the rural district of Edeyrnion. In the administrative county of Denbigh:—
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Mid Glamorgan | The county borough of Merthyr Tydfil.
In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
In the administrative county of Brecon, in the rural district of Vaynor and Penderyn, the parishes of Penderyn and Vaynor. In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
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Powys | The administrative counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.
The administrative county of Brecon except the parts to be comprised in the counties of Gwent and Mid Glamorgan. |
South Glamorgan | The county borough of Cardiff.
In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
In the administrative county of Monmouthshire, in the rural district of Magor and St. Mellons, the parish of St. Mellons. |
West Glamorgan | The county borough of Swansea.
In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
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Part II: Districts
(1) Name of county |
(2) Reference number of district |
(3)> Area of district by reference to existing administrative areas. |
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Clwyd | C1 | In the administrative county of Denbigh:—
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C2 | In the administrative county of Flintshire:—
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C3 | In the administrative county of Flintshire:—
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C4 | In the administrative county of Flintshire:—
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C5 | In the administrative county of Denbigh:—
In the administrative county of Merioneth, the rural district of Edeyrnion. | |
C6 | In the administrative county of Denbigh:—
In the administrative county of Flintshire:—
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Dyfed | D1 | In the administrative county of Cardiganshire:—
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D2 | In the administrative county of Pembroke:—
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D3 | In the administrative county of Pembroke:—
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D4 | In the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:—
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D5 | In the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:—
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D6 | In the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:—
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Gwent | GT1 | The county borough of Newport.
In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
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GT2 | In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
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GT3 | In the administrative county of Monmouthshire, the urban districts of Abertillery, Ebbw Vale, Nantyglo and Blaina and Tredegar.
In the administrative county of Brecon:—
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GT4 | In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
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GT5 | In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
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Gwynedd | GD1 | In the administrative county of Anglesey:—
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GD2 | In the administrative county of Caernarvon:—
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GD3 | In the administrative county of Caernarvon:—
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GD4 | In the administrative county of Caernarvon:—
In the administrative county of Denbigh:—
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GD5 | In the administrative county of Merioneth:—
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Mid Glamorgan | MG1 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
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MG2 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan, the borough of Rhondda. | |
MG3 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
In the administrative county of Brecon, in the rural district of Vaynor and Penderyn, the parish of Penderyn. | |
MG4 | The county borough of Merthyr Tydfil.
In the administrative county of Glamorgan, in the urban district of Galligaer, the Bedlinog ward. In the administrative county of Brecon, in the rural district of Vaynor and Penderyn, the parish of Vaynor. | |
MG5 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
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MG6 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
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Powys | P1 | In the administrative county of Montgomeryshire:—
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P2 | In the administrative county of Radnorshire:—
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P3 | In the administrative county of Brecon:—
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South Glamorgan | SG1 | The county borough of Cardiff.
In the administrative county of Glamorgan, in the rural district of Cardiff, the parishes of Lisvane, Llanedeyrn, Radyr, St. Fagans and Tongwynlais. In the administrative county of Monmouthshire, in the rural district of Magor and St. Mellons, the parish of St. Mellons. |
SG2 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
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West Glamorgan | WG1 | The county borough of Swansea.
In the administrative county of Glamorgan, the rural district of Gower. |
WG2 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
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WG3 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
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WG4 | In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
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Part III: Communities differing from existing local government areas
Part IV: Rules as to boundaries
Schedule 5: Establishment of new authorities in Wales
Schedule 6: Amendment and modification of election law
Schedule 7: Constitution and proceedings of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England
Schedule 8: Constitution and proceedings of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales
Schedule 9: Initial review of electoral arrangements in England
Schedule 10: Initial reviews in Wales
Schedule 11: Rules to be observed in considering electoral arrangements
Schedule 12: Meetings and proceedings lof local authorities
Part I: Principal councils
Part II: Parish councils
Part III: Parish meetings
Part IV: Community councils
Part V: Community meetings
Part VI: Provisions relating to local authorities generally
Schedule 13: Loans and other financial provisions
Part I: Borrowing, lending and funds
Part II: Amendments with respect to finance and rating=
Schedule 14: Amendment and modification of Public Health Acts, etc.
Part I: The Public Health Act 1936
Part II: Other enactments
Schedule 15: Amendment and modification of enactments relating to water and sewage
Schedule 16
Schedule 17
Schedule 18
Schedule 19
Schedule 20
Schedule 21
Schedule 22
Schedule 23
Schedule 24
Schedule 25
Schedule 26 : Cemeteries and crematoria
Schedule 27
Schedule 28: Borough civil courts to be abolished
- Abingdon Court of Record
- Andover Court of Record
- Banbury Court of Record
- Barnstaple Court of Record
- Basingstoke Court of Record
- Bath Court of Record
- Beaumaris Court of Record
- Beccles Fen Court
- Bedford Court of Pleas
- Beverley Court of Record
- Bewdley Court of Record
- Bideford Court of Record
- Birmingham Borough Court
- Blanford Forum CoR
- Bodmin CoR
- Boston CoR
- Brecon CoR
- Bridgwater CoR
- Birdport CoR
- Bristol Mayor's Court
- Buckingham Three Weeks Court
- Bury St. Edmunds CoR
- Cambridge Court of Pleas
- Canterbury Mayor's Court
- Cardiff CoR
- Carlisle Mayor and Bailiff's Court
- Chester Courts of Portmote and of Pentice and Passage
- Chichester CoR
- Chipping Norton CoR
- Clitheroe Borough Court
- Colchester Law Hundred and Foreign Courts
- Congleton CoR
- Conway Court Baron
- Coventry CoR
- Dartmouth CoR
- Daventry CoR
- Deal CoR
- Denbigh CoR
- Derby CoR
- Devizes CoR
- Doncaster Court of Pleas
- Dorchester CoR
- Dover CoR
- Droitwich CoR
- Evesham CoR
- Exeter CoR
- Falmouth Court of Pleas and Record
- Faversham Portmote Court
- Folkestone CoR
- Gloucester CoR
- Godmanchester Court of Pleas
- Grantham CoR
- Gravesend CoR
- Great Grimsby Mayor's Court
- Great Torrington CoR
- Great Yarmouth Borough Court
- Guildford CoR
- Hartlepool Court of Pie Poudre, etc.
- Harwick Court of Pleas
- Hastings CoR
- Haverfordwest Intrinsical Court
- Hedon Court of Pleas
- Helston CoR
- Hereford Mayor's Court
- Hertford CoR
- High Wcome CoR
- Huntingdon Court of Pleas
- Hythe CoR
- Ipswich Court of Small Please
- King's Lynn Guildhall Court
- Kingston upon Thames CoR
- Kirkby-in-Kendal CoR
- Lancaster Borough Court of Pleas
- Launceston CoR
- Leicester CoR
- Leominster CoR
- Lichfield CoR
- Lincoln Borough Mote Court and Court for Foreigners
- Liskead Court of Record
- Llandovery Bailiff's Court
- Lyme Regis Court of Hustings
- Macclesfield Hundred Court
- Maidenhead Court of Record
- Maidstone Court of Please
- Marlborough Mayor's or King's Court
- Monmouth Borough Court
- Neath Court of Pleas
- Newark CoR
- Newbury Court of Record
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Court of Record
- Newcastle upon Tyne Burgess and Non-Burgess Courts
- Newport (Isle of Wight) Court of Record
- Newport (Monmouthshire) Court of Record
- Northampton Court of Record
- Norwich Court of Pleas
- Nottingham Court of Record
- Oxford Court of Husting
- Oxford Mayor's Court
- Pembroke Mayor's Fortnight Court
- Penryn Court of Record
- Penzance Court of Record
- Plymouth Mayor's Court
- Pontefract Courts
- Poole Court of Record
- Portsmouth Court of Record
- Preston Court of Pleas
- Reading Borough Court of Pleas
- Retford (East) Court of Record
- Ripon Borough Court
- Rochester Court of Portmote
- Romsey Court of Record
- Ruthin Court of the Lordship
- St. Albans Court of Record
- St. Ives (Cornwall) Court of Record
- Salisbury Bishop's Court
- Scarborough Court of Pleas
- Shaftesbury Court of Record
- Shrewsbury Court of Record
- Southampton Court of Record
- Southwark Court of Record
- Southwold Court of Record
- Stafford Court of Record
- Stockport Court of Portmanimote
- Stratford-upon-Avon Court of Record
- Swansea Court of Record
- Tamworth Court of Record
- Tenby Court of Record
- Totnes Court of Record
- Truro Court of Record
- Wallingford Court of Record
- Walsall Court of Record
- Wells Court of Record
- Welshpool Court of Record
- Weymouth and Melcome Regis Court of Record
- Wigan Court of Pleas
- Winchester City Town Court
- Windsor Record Court
- Worcester Court of Record
- York Court of Record