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.