1(1)The English Commission shall consult the councils of existing counties, boroughs and urban districts and the committees established under section 264(1)(b) above with a view to making proposals to the Secretary of State for the constitution of parishes each of which has a boundary coterminous with that of—E+W
(a)an existing urban district or borough, the area of which is not divided by or under section 1 above between two or more districts, or
(b)so much of an existing urban district or borough, the area of which is so divided, as is wholly comprised in a single district,
and for naming those parishes.
(2)The Secretary of State may give the Commission directions for their guidance in making any such proposals.