http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1844/contents/made
The West Mercia (Police Area and Authority) Order 1997
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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2016-03-01
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES;POLICE
This Order makes provision consequential on the structural changes effected by the Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1867) and the Shropshire (District of The Wrekin) (Structural Change) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1866). The first-mentioned Order abolished the existing county of Hereford and Worcester and replaced it with a new county of Herefordshire (without a county council) and a new county of Worcestershire (with a county council). The second-mentioned Order removed the District of The Wrekin from the County of Shropshire.