The Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973

Statutory Instruments

1973 No. 1939

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973

Made

16th November 1973

Laid before Parliament

26th November 1973

Coming into Operation

17th December 1973

The Secretary of State for the Environment, upon consideration of proposals made to him by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England and in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 2(1) of Part V of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.  This order may be cited as the Local Government (Successor Parishes) (No. 2) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 17th December 1973.

2.  The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Successor parishes

3.  There shall be constituted the parishes named in column (1) of the Schedule to this order, the boundaries of which are coterminous with the boundaries of the existing urban districts or boroughs respectively specified in respect of such parishes in column (2).

Parish councillors

4.  In relation to the parishes named in the said column (1), 17th December 1973 is hereby specified as the date for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2) (aldermen and councillors of boroughs or councillors of urban districts to be parish councillors) and (5) (cessation of provision suspending elections, and filling of casual vacancies) of paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1972.

Geoffrey Rippon

Secretary of State for the Environment

16th November 1973

SCHEDULE

(1)	(2)
Parishes	Existing urban districts or boroughs
County of Cambridgeshire
Wisbech	The borough of Wisbech
County of Cheshire
Winsford	The urban district of Winsford
County of Cornwall
Falmouth	The borough of Falmouth
Truro	The city of Truro
County of Cumbria
Kendal	The borough of Kendal
County of Devon
Barnstable	The borough of Barnstable
Bideford	The borough of Bideford
Tiverton	The borough of Tiverton
Newton Abbot	The urban district of Newton Abbot
County of Greater Manchester
Horwich	The urban district of Horwich
Saddleworth	The urban district of Saddleworth
County of Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford	The urban district of Bishop's Stortford
Harpenden	The urban district of Harpenden
County of Lancashire
Clitheroe	The borough of Clitheroe
County of North Yorkshire
Skipton	The urban district of Skipton
County of Staffordshire
Kidsgrove	The urban district of Kidsgrove
County of Suffolk
Felixstowe	The urban district of Felixstowe
County of Tyne and Wear
Hetton	The urban district of Hetton
County of West Sussex
Chichester	The city of Chichester
County of West Yorkshire
Denby Dale	The urban district of Denby Dale
Featherstone	The urban district of Featherstone
Holmfirth	The urban district of Holmfirth
Ilkley	The urban district of Ilkley
Kirkburton	The urban district of Kirkburton
Meltham	The urban district of Meltham
Normanton	The urban district of Normanton
County of Wiltshire
Trowbridge	The urban district of Trowbridge

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Part V of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1972 makes provision for the constitution of parishes for areas of existing boroughs and urban districts in England. A number of parishes were constituted by the Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/1110). This Order gives effect to further proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. It also specifies a date for certain electoral provisions of the 1972 Act (see Article 4).