Extent Information
E1Part II (ss. 20-38) extends to Wales only: see s. 38
(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 or otherwise.
(3)Each council mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above shall be a body corporate [F1and, subject to subsection (4) below, shall be known] 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.
[F2(4)If and so long as this subsection is in force in relation to a principal council, subsection (3) above shall have effect in relation to that council as if for the words “The County Council” there were substituted “Cyngor Sir” or, as the case may be, as if for the words “The District Council” there were substituted “Cyngor Dosbarth”.
(5)Subsection (4) above shall come into force in relation to a principal council three months after the day on which, at a specially convened meeting of the council, it is resolved by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting that the Welsh language form of the council’s description shall be used; and that subsection shall cease to be in force in relation to a principal council three months after the day on which, at a specially convened meeting of the council, it is resolved by a similar majority that the Welsh language form of the council’s description shall cease to be used.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1, 2), s. 160, Sch. 8 para. 2