Statutory Instruments
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
15th March 1989
Coming into force
5th April 1989
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 1989
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 247 of the Local Government Act 1972(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 5th April 1989.
2. Subject to article 3 of this Order, the town council of Northam may bear and use the armorial bearings which were immediately before 1st April 1974 borne and used by Northam urban district council.
3. Armorial bearings shall not be borne or used pursuant to article 2 of this Order until they have been exemplified according to the laws of arms and recorded in the College of Arms.
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order authorises Northam town council to bear and use the armorial bearings of the former Northam urban district council.