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.