1973 No. 1939

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

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

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into Operation

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 RipponSecretary of State for the Environment

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).