The Staffordshire (City of Stoke-on-Trent) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order 1995 No. 1779

PART II BOUNDARY CHANGES AFFECTING STOKE

Constitution of new county of Stoke-on-Trent

3.—(1) Stoke shall cease to form part of Staffordshire.

(2) A new county shall be constituted comprising the area of Stoke and shall be named the county of Stoke-on-Trent.

(3) Section 2(1) of the 1972 Act (which provides that every county shall have a council) shall not apply in relation to the county of Stoke-on-Trent.