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The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019
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Single tier of local government in BuckinghamshireU.K.
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3.—(1) A new non-metropolitan district to be known as Buckinghamshire is constituted, being coterminous with Buckinghamshire and comprising the areas of the district councils.
(2) In relation to Buckinghamshire section 2(1) of the 1972 Act (which provides that every county shall have a council) does not apply.
(3) A new district council, to be known as Buckinghamshire Council, is established as the sole principal authority for the non-metropolitan district of Buckinghamshire.
(4) Except for the purposes of Part 4 of this Order (electoral matters), until 1st April 2020—
(a)Buckinghamshire Council is not a local authority for the purposes of the 1972 Act or for any other enactment relating to local government; and
(b)subsection (2) of section 2 of the 1972 Act (constitution of principal councils in England) has effect in relation to that council, as if the words from “and the council” to the end of that subsection were omitted.
[F1(5) Immediately after the end of the shadow period those persons who are members of Buckinghamshire Council (having been members of the shadow authority) immediately before the end of that period are to continue to be the members of that council.
(6) The term of office of those members referred to in paragraph (5) ends on the fourth day after the 2021 election day.
(7) Until the fourth day after the 2021 election day, a meeting of Buckinghamshire Council is to be deemed quorate for the purposes of paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 to the 1972 Act where there are present at least twenty members of the council.]
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F1Art. 3(5)-(7) inserted (E.) (8.5.2020) by The Local Government (Coronavirus) (Structural Changes) (Consequential Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/426), regs. 1(2), 4
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