PART IIBOUNDARY CHANGES AFFECTING STOKE

Constitution of new county of Stoke-on-Trent3

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.

Transfer of areas4

Each area marked B1 and B2 on the map shall be transferred from—

a

Staffordshire;

b

the borough of Stafford;

c

the Barlaston ward of that borough;

d

the parish of Barlaston;

to—

i

the county of Stoke-on-Trent;

ii

Stoke;

iii

the Blurton ward of Stoke;

and shall become unparished.