Single tier of local government in North Yorkshire
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3.—(1) On or after 1st April 2023 the North Yorkshire Council is the sole principal authority for North Yorkshire.
(2) For the purposes of enactments relating to local government, there shall be a new district, whose area shall be co-terminous with North Yorkshire; and the name of that new district is North Yorkshire.
(3) If the North Yorkshire Council passes a resolution that the word “county” should be omitted from its name, its name shall be “The North Yorkshire Council” and subsection (3) of section 2 of the 1972 Act (constitution of principal councils in England) shall cease to apply so far as it prescribes the name of the council.