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      (NOTE: This is part of the Local Government Act
      1972) 
        
              
       Local Government Act 1972 1972 Chapter 70
      An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the
      functions of local authorities in England and Wales; to amend Part II of
      the Transport Act 1968; to confer rights of appeal in respect of decisions
      relating to licences under the Home Counties (Music and Dancing) Licensing
      Act 1926; to make further provision with respect to magistrates' courts
      committees; to abolish certain inferior courts of record; and for
      connected purposes. [26th October 1972] 
        
      BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
      advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons,
      in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
      follows :— 
        
        
      Part I: Local Government Areas and Authorities in England
        
      New local government areas 
        
      1.—(1) For the administration of local government on and after
      1st April 1974 England (exclusive of Greater London and the Isles of
      Scilly) shall be divided into local government areas to be known as
      counties and in those counties there shall be local government areas to be
      known as districts. 
      (2) The counties shall be the metropolitan counties named in Part I and
      the non-metropolitan counties named in Part II of the Schedule 1 to this
      Act and shall comprise the areas repsectively described (by reference to
      administrative areas existing immediately before the passing of the Act)
      in column 2 of each Part of that Schedule. 
      (3) The districts in the metropolitan counties shall be those
      respectively specified in column 2 of the said Part I and shall comprise
      the areas respectively described (by reference to administrative areas
      immediately before the passing of this Act) in that column, and the
      Secretary of State may by order provide a name for any such district. 
      (4) The districts in the non-metropolitan counties shall be those
      respectively specified in one or more orders made by the Secretary of
      State under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to this Act and having the names
      given to them by one or more orders so made. 
      (5) Part III of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to
      the boundaries of the new local government areas. 
      (6) Subject to Part IV of Schedule 1 to this Act and to any provision
      corresponding to that Part made by an order under section 254 below, the
      rural parishes existing immediately before 1st April 1974 shall continue
      to exist on and after that date by the name of parishes. 
      (7) The said Part IV shall have effect with respect to the existing
      rural parishes which by virtue of this Act are comprised in more than one
      county or more than one metropolitan district. 
      (8) Part V of Schedule 1 to this Act shall hhve effect for the purpose
      of constituting parishes the boundaries of which are determined by
      reference to those of existing boroughs and urban districts and also, in
      cases where the areas of such boroughs are divided by or under this
      section between two or more new districts, by reference to the boundaries
      of the new districts. 
      (9) The boroughs which by virue of section 141 of the 1933 Act or
      section 28 of the Local
      Government Act 1958 are included in rural districts immediately before
      the passing of this Act shall on the passing of this act become parishes
      without ceasing to be boroughs, but shall cease to be boroughs on 1st
      April 1974. 
      (10) On that date the following local government areas existing
      immediately before that date outside Greater London and the Isles of
      Scilly, that is to say, all administrative counties, boroughs (except
      those in rural districts), urban districts, rural districts and urban
      parishes, shall cease to exist and the council of every such area which
      has a council shall also cease to exist. 
      (11) On that date the municipal corporation of every borough outside
      Greater London (and the corporation of a borough included in a rural
      district) shall cease to exist. 
      (12) In this section "England" does not include the
      administrative county of Monmouthshire or the county borough of Newport. 
      Principal councils 
      2.—(1) For every county there shall be a council consisting of
      a chairman and councillors and the council shall have all such functions
      as are vested in them by this Act or otherwise. 
      (2) For every district there shall be a council consisting of a
      chairman and councillors and the council shall have all such functions as
      are vested in them by this Act of otherwise. 
      (3) Each council mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above shall be a
      body corporate by the name "The County Council" or "The
      District Council", as the case may be, with the addition of the name
      of the particular county or district. 
      Members of principal councils 
      3.—(1) The chairman of a principal council shall be elected
      annually by the council from among the councillors. 
      (2) The chairman shall, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified,
      continue in office until his successor becomes entitled to act as
      chairman. 
      (3) During his term of office the chairman shall continue to be a
      member of the council notwithstanding the provisions of this Act relating
      to the retirement of councillors. 
      (4) The chairman of a district council shall have precedence in the
      district, but not so as prejudically to affect Her Majesty's royal
      prerogative. 
      (5) A principal council may pay the chairman for the purpose of
      enabling him to meet the expenses of his office such allowance as the
      council think reasonable. 
      4.—(1) The election of the chairman shall be the first
      business transacted at the annual meeting of a principal council. 
      (2) If, apart from section 3(3) above or section 5(2) below, the person
      presiding at the meeting would have ceased to be a member of the council,
      he shall not be entitled to vote in the election except in accordance with
      subsection (3) below. 
      (3) In the case of an equality the person presiding at the meeting
      shall give a casting vote in addition to any other votes he may have. 
      5.—(1) A principal council shall appoint a member of the
      council to be vice-chairman of the council. 
      (2) The vice-chairman shall, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified,
      hold office until immediately after the election of a chairman at the next
      annual meeting of the council and during that time shall continue to be a
      member of the council notwithstanding the provisions of the Act relating
      to the retirement of councillors. 
      (3) Subject to any standing orders made by the council, anything
      authorised or required to be done by, to or before the chairman may be
      done by, to or before the vice-chairman. 
      (4) A principal council may pay the vice-chairman for the purpose of
      enabling him to meet the expenses of his office such allowance as the
      council think reasonable. 
      6.—(1) Councillos for a principal area shall be elected by the
      local government electors for that area in accordance with this Act and
      Part I of the Representation of the People Act 1949. 
      (2) For the purpose of the elections of councillors— 
      
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(a) every county shall be divided into electoral divisions, each
          returning (subject to paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to this act) one
          councillor;
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(b) every metropolitan district shall be divided into wards, each
          returning a number of councillors which is divisible by three; and
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(c) every non-metropolitan district shall be divided into wards,
          each returning such number of councillors as may be provided by an
          order under the said paragraph 3 or under or by virtue of the
          provisions of section 7 below of Part IV of this Act;  
         
      and there shall be a separate election for each electoral division or
      ward. 
      7.—(1) The ordinary election of county councillors shall take
      place in 1973 and every fourth year thereafter, their term of office shall
      be four year and they shall retire together in every such fourth year on
      the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of county councillors,
      and in and after 1977 the newly elected councillors shall come into office
      on the day on which their predecessors retire. 
      (2) The ordinary elections of metropolitan district councillors shall
      take place in 1973, 1975, and every year thereafter other than a year of
      election of county councillors. 
      (3) Subject to paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to this Act, the term of
      office of metropolitan district councillors shall be four years and
      one-third of the whole number of councillors in each ward of a
      metropolitan district, being those who have been councillors for the
      longest time without re-election, shall retire in every ordinary year of
      election of such councillors on the fourth day after the ordinary day of
      election of such councillors, and in and after 1975 the newly elected
      councillors shall come into office on the day on which their predecessors
      retire. 
      (4) Subject to subsection (5) below, a non-metropolitan district
      council may in pursuance of the requisite resolution request the Secretary
      of State to provide— 
      
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(a) for a system of whole council elections, that is to say, the
          holding of the ordinary elections of all the councillors of a district
          simultaneously; or
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(b) for a system of elections by thirds, that is to say, the
          election of one-third, as nearly as may be, of the councillors of the
          district at the ordinary elections of such councillors in any year;  
        
      indicating in the case of a request under paragraph (b) above, those
      areas, if any, in which there should, and those, if any, in which there
      should not, be wards each returning a number of councillors which is
      divisible by three. 
      In this subsection "the requisite resolution" means in the
      case of a resolution passed before 1st April 1974 a resolution passed by a
      majority, and in the case of a resolution passed on or after that date a
      resolution passed by not less than two-thirds, of the members voting
      thereon at a meeting of the council specially convened for the purpose
      with notice of the object. 
      (5) 
      (6) 
      (7) 
      (8) 
      (9) 
      Parish 
      9.—(1) For every parish there shall be a parish meeting for
      the purpose of discussing parish affairs and exercising any functions
      conferred on such meetings by any enactment and, subject to the provisions
      of this Act or any instrument made thereunder, for every parish of group
      of parishes having a parish council before 1st April 1974 there shall
      continue to be a parish council. 
      (2) If a parish has not a parish council (whether separate or common)
      the district council shall, and if a parish is grouped under a common
      parish council the district counil may, by order establish a separate
      parish council for that parish— 
      
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(a) if the population includes 200 or more local government
          electors; or
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(b) if in the case of a parish the population of which includes more
          than 150 but less than 200 local government electors, the parish
          meeting of the parish so resolve.  
        
      (3) If a parish has a population which incldues not more than 150 local
      government electors, the district council may by order establish a
      separate parish council for that parish if the parish meeting so resolve. 
      (4) Subject to any order under section 10 or 11 or Part IV below, there
      shall be a separate parish council for— 
      
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(a) every parish which immediately before the passing of this Act
          was a borough included in a rural district;
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(b) every parish which immediately before the passing of this Act
          was co-extensive with a rural district;
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(c) every parish established by paragraph 1 of Part IV of Schedule 1
          to this Act;
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(d) every parish to which part of another parish is added by
          paragraph 2 of the said Part IV and which immediately before the
          passing of this Act had no parish council; and
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(e) every parish constituted under Part V of Schedule 1 to this Act.  
           
      (5) An order establishing a separate parish council for a parish shall
      make such provision as appears to the district council to be necessary for
      the election of a parish council in accordance with this Act and Part I of
      the Representation of the People Act 1949. 
      (6) An order shall not be made under this section establishing a
      separate parish council for a parish grouped under a common parish council
      unless by that order or an order under section 11(4) below the parish is
      separated from the group or the group is dissolved, and where the group is
      not dissolved, the order under this section shall make such provision as
      appears to the district council to be necessary for the alteration of the
      parish council of the group. 
      14.—(1) A parish council shall consist of the chairman and
      parish councillors and shall have all such function as are vested in the
      council by this Act or otherwise. 
      (2) The parish council shall be a body corporate with the name
      "The Parish Council" with the addition of the name of the
      particular parish. 
      (3) Notwithstanding anything in any rule of law, a parish council need
      not have a common seal, but where a parish council have no seal any act of
      their which is required to be signified by an instrument under seal may be
      signified by an instrument signed and sealed by two members of the
      council. 
      Miscellaneous 
      18. Schedule 3 of this Act shall have effect with respect the
      division of non-metropolitan counties into districts, the establishment of
      the new local authorities in England, the suspension of elections of
      members of existing local authorities there and related matters. 
      19. This Part of this Act shall extend to England only. 
        
        
      Part II: Local Government Areas and Authorities in Wales
      New local government areas 
      20.—(1) For the administration of local government on and
      after 1st April 1974 Wales shall be divided into local government areas to
      be known as counties and in those counties there shall be local government
      areas to be known as districts. 
      (2) The counties shall be those named in Part I of Schedule 4 to this
      Act and shall comprise the areas respectively described (by reference to
      administrative areas existing immediately before the passing of this Act)
      in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule. 
      (3) In the counties specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule
      there shall be the districts respectively specified in column 2 of Part II
      of that Schedule and those districts shall comprise the areas respectively
      descrbied as aforesaid in column 3 of that Part of that Schedule, and the
      Secretary of State may by order provide a name for any such district. 
      (4) On and after 1st April 1974 every district shall consist of one or
      more areas to be known as communities which shall be in accorance with the
      following paragraphs:— 
      
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(a) the area of each borough existing immediately before that date
          shall on that date become a community of that district in which it is
          comprised and shall be known by the same name as the borough's;
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(b) the area of each urban district existing immediately before that
          date shall on that date become a community of that district in which
          it is comprised and shall be known by the same name as the urban
          district's;
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(c) the area of each rural parish existing immediately before that
          date shall on that date become a community of that district in which
          it is comprised and shall be known by the same name as the parish's;
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(d) in the districts specified in column 1 of Part III of Schedule 4
          to this Act there shall on that date be established the communities
          respectively named in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule and
          described (by reference to administrative areas existing immediately
          before the passing of this Act) in column 3 of that Part of that
          Schedule.  
          
      (5) Part IV of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect in relation to
      the boundaries of the new local government areas. 
      (6) On 1st April 1974 all local government areas existing immediately
      before that date, that is to say, all administrative counties, boroughs,
      urban districts, rural districts and urban and rural parishes, shall cease
      to exist, and the following shall also cease to exist— 
      
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(a) the council of every such area which has a council;
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(b) in the case of a borough, the municipal corporation of the
          borough;
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(c) in the case of a parish, the parish meeting;
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(d) in the case for a parish for which there is no separate parish
          council the representative body of the parish;
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(e) in the case of parishes included in a group, the common parish
          council.  
           
      (7) In this section "Wales" includes the administrative
      county of Monmouthshire and the county borough of Newport. 
        
      Part III: Registration of Electors and Conduct of Elections
      43. In every year after 1974 the ordinary day of election of
      councillors shall be the same for all local government areas in England
      and Wales and shall be the first Thursday in May or such other day as may
      be fixed by the Secretary of State by order made not later than February
      1st in the year proceeding the first year in which the order is to take
      effect. 
        
      Part IV: Changes in Local Government Areas
      Miscellaneous 
      70. No local authority shall have power to promote a Bill for
      forming or abolishing any local government area or altering, or altering
      the status or electoral arrangements of any local government, area. 
        
      Part V: General Provisions as to Members and Proceedings of Local
      AUthorities
        
      Part VI: Discharge of Functions
        
      Part VII: Miscellaneous Powers of Local Authorities
        
      Part VIII: Finance
        
      Part IX: Functions
        
      Part X: Judicial and Related Matters
        
      216.—(1) For the purposes of commissions of the peace and the
      law relating to justices of the peace, magistrates' courts, the custos
      rotulorum, lieutenants, sheriffs and matters connected with any of those
      matters, new counties shall, without prejudice to section 179(1) above, be
      substituted for counties of any other description. 
      (2) For the purposes of this section and sections 217, 218 and 219 the
      Isles of Scilly shall be deemed to form part of the county of Cornwall. 
      217.—(1) There shall be a separate commission of the peace for
      each new county and, subject to subsection (2) below, any other commission
      of the peace which is in existence immediately before 1st April 1974 and
      is a commission for an area outside Greater London shall have effect on
      and after that date as a commission of the peace for the new county which
      includes the whole or the greater part of the area for which that
      commission was issued. 
      (3) 
      (4) 
      (5) 
      (6) The rights of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with respect
      to the appointment of justices of the peace and the supplemental list of
      justices of the peace shall apply throughout the whole of the counties of
      Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire. 
      (7) 
        
      Part XI: General Provisions as to Local Authorities
        
      Part XII: Miscellaneous and General
        
      245.—(1) If, on a petition presented to Her Majesty by the
      council of a district praying for the grant of a charter under this
      subsection, Her Majesty by advice of Her Privy Council thinks fit to do
      so, She may be the charter confer on that district the status of a borough
      and thereupon— 
      
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(a) the council of the district shall bear the name of the council
          of the borough
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(b) the chairman and vice-chairman of the council shall respectively
          be entitled to the style of mayor and deputy mayor of the borough.  
        
      (2) A petition for a charter under subsection (1) above shall not be
      presented except on a resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the
      members voting thereon at a meeting of the council specially convened for
      the purpose with notice of the object. 
      (3) No charter under subsection (1) above shall take effect before 1st
      April 1974. 
      (4) Where a petition is presented to Her Majesty before 1st April 1974
      by the council of a district praying for the grant of a charter under
      subsection (1) above and it is signified on behalf of Her Majesty before
      that date that She proposes to accede to the petition and that She
      approves— 
      
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(a) the use for the district of any style previously belonging to an
          existing borough which on that date will become wholly or partly
          comprised in the district; and
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(b) the use for the chairman and vice-chairman of the council of the
          district of any style previously belonging to the mayor or deputy
          mayor of that borough;  
        
      those styles may be used as from 1st April 1974. 
      (5) A district which has the status of a boroguh, or for which the
      style of borough may be used, by virtue of the foregoing provisions of
      this section and the council of any such district shall not be treated as
      a borough or the council of a borough for the purposes of any Act passed
      before 1st April 1974. 
      (6) The council of a parish or community which is not grouped with any
      other parish or community may resolve that the parish or community shall
      have the status of a town and thereupon — 
      
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(a) the council of the parish or community shall bear the name of
          the council of the town ;
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(b) the chairman and vice-chairman of the council shall be
          respectively entitled to the style of town mayor and deputy town mayor ;
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(c) the parish meeting or a community meeting shall have the style
          of town meeting.  
         
      (7) 
      (8) 
      (9) 
      (10) 
      246. (1) 
      (2) 
      (3) 
      (4) Where by virtue of Part I or II of this Act the area of an existing
      city or borough on 1st April 1974 becomes wholly comprised within a
      district not having that status, or entitled to the style of a borough by
      virtue of subsection (1) or (4) of section 245 above and that city or
      borough does not on that date become a parish in England or a community in
      Wales having a separate community council— 
      
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(a) there shall be as from that date be a body corporate by the name
          of "the Charter Trustees of the City" or "the Charter
          Trustees of the Town", as the case may be, with the addition of
          the name of the existing city or borough, consisting of the district
          councillors for the wards wholly or partly comprising the area of the
          city or borough or, if the number of those councillors is less than
          three, consisting of those councillors and such number of local
          government electors for that area appointed by the district council as
          will make the number of charter trustees up to three ;  
       
      
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(b) the charter trustees may in every year elect one of their number
          to be city or town mayor and another to be deputy city or town mayor ;  
       
      
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(c) any powers to appoint local officers of dignity excercisable
          immediately bedore that date by the corporation of the city or borough
          shall be excercisable on and after that date by the charter trustees.  
       
      (5) 
      (6) 
      (7) If a charter is granted under that section to the council of a
      district, any charter trustees constituted under subsection (4) for an
      area comprised in that district shall be dissolved and paragraphs (b) and
      (c) of that subsection shall cease to apply to the area. 
      (8) 
      (9) 
      (10) 
      (11) 
      (12) 
      (13) 
      (14) 
      (15) 
      (16) 
      269. In every provision of this Act other than sections 1 and 20
      above, in every Act passed on or after 1st April 1974, and in every
      instrument made on or after that date under any enactment (whether passed
      before, on or after that date), "Wales", subject to any
      alteration of boundaries made under section 62 above, means the area
      consisting of the counties established by the said section 20 and
      "England" does not include any area included in any of those
      counties. 
      274. (1) This Act may be cited as the Local Government Act 1972. 
      (2) Except for section 268 above, and paragraph 35 of Schedule 29 to
      this Act and the repeals made by this Act in the House of Commons
      Disqualifications Act 1957 and any enactment regarding that Act, this Act
      shall not extend to Scotland. 
      (3) Except for section 268 above and the said repeals this Act shall
      not extend to Northern Ireland. 
        
      Schedule 1 : Counties and metropolitan districts in England
        
      Part I : Metropolitan counties and metropolitan districts
      
        
          
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              Area by reference to existing administrative areas | 
           
          
            | Greater Manchester | 
            
               
                Wigan MB
               
                
              District (a) 
              The county borough of Wigan. 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the borough of Leigh;
                
 - the urban districts of Abram, Apsull, Atherton, Hindley,
                  Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Standish-with-Langtree and
                  Tyldesley;
                
 - the urban district of Ashton-in-Makerfield except the ward
                  in Merseyside;
                
 - the urban district of Golborne, except the wards in
                  Cheshire;
                
 - in the urban district of Billinge-and-Winstanley, the
                  Billinge Higher End ward and the Winstanley ward except the
                  detatched parts;
                
 - in the rural district of Wigan, the parishes of Haigh,
                  Shevington and Worthington.
 
               
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                Bolton MB
               
                
              District (b) 
              The county borough of Bolton. 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the borough of Farnworth;
                
 - the urban districts of Blackrod, Horwich, Kearsley, Little
                  Lever and Westhoughton;
                
 - in the urban district of Turton, the Bradshaw North,
                  Bradshaw South, Bromley Cross and Eagley wards and so much of
                  the Egerton ward as lies south of the boundary referred to in
                  paragraph 3 of Part III of this Schedule.
 
               
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                Bury MB
               
                
              District (c) 
              The county borough of Bury. 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe;
                
 - the urban districts of Tottington and Whitefield;
                
 - in the urban districts of Ramsbotom, the Central, East,
                  South and West wards.
 
               
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                Rochdale MB
               
                
              District (d) 
              The county borough of Rochdale. 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the boroughs of Heywood and Middleton;
                
 - the urban districts of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle.
 
               
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                Salford MB
               
                
              District (e) 
              The county borough of Salford. 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the boroughs of Eccles and Swinton and Pendlebury;
                
 - the urban districts of Irlam and Worsley
 
               
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                Manchester MB
               
                
              District (f) 
              The county borough of Manchester. 
              In the administrative county of Chester, in the rural district
              of Bucklow, the parish of Ringway. 
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                Oldham MB
               
                
              District (g) 
              The county borough of Oldham. 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster, the urban districts
              of Chadderton, Crompton, Failsworth, Lees and Royton. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding, the
              urban district of Saddleworth. 
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                Trafford MB
               
                
              District (h) 
              In the administrative county of Chester— 
              
                - the boroughs of Altrincham and Sale
                
 - the urban districts of Bowdon and Hale
                
 - in the rural district of Bucklow, the parishes of
                  Carrington, Dunham Massey, Partington and Warburton
 
               
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the borough of Stretford
                
 - the urban district of Urmston
 
               
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                Stockport MB
               
                
              District (j) 
              The county borough of Stockport. 
              In the administrative county of Chester, the urban districts of
              Bredbury and Romiley, Cheadle and Gatley, Hazel Grove and Bramhall
              and Marple. 
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                Tameside MB
               
                
              District (k) 
              In the administrative county of Chester— 
              
                - the boroughs of Dukinfield, Hyde and Stalybridge
                
 - the urban district of Longdendale
 
               
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne and Mossley
                
 - the urban districts of Audenshaw, Denton and Droylsden
 
               
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                Sefton MB
               
                
              District (a) 
              The county boroughs of Bootle and Southport. 
              In the administrative counties of Lancaster— 
              
                - the borough of Crosby;
                
 - the urban districts of Formby and Litherland;
                
 - in the rural district of West Lancashire, the parishes of
                  Aintree, Ince Blundell, Maghull, Melling, Netherton, Sefton
                  and Thornton, so much of the parish of Altcar as lies west of
                  the line for the time being of the centre of the Downholland
                  Brook, and so much of the parish of the parish of Lydiate as
                  lies south of the line for the time being of the centre of the
                  Lydiate Brook, the north channel being taken where the Brook
                  divides.
 
               
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                Liverpool MB
               
                
              District (b) 
              The county borough of Liverpool. 
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               District (c) 
              
                St Helens MB
               
              The county borough of St. Helens. 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the urban districts of Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and
                  Rainford;
                
 - the urban district of Billinge-and-Winstanley except the
                  areas in Greater Manchester;
                
 - in the urban district of Ashton-in-Makerfield, the South
                  ward;
                
 - in the rural district of Whiston, the parishes of Eccleston,
                  Rainhill and Windle, and the parish of Bold, except the area
                  in Cheshire.
 
               
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                Knowsley MB
               
                
              District (d) 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the urban districts of Huyton-with-Roby, Kirkby and
                  Prescott;
                
 - the rural districts of Whiston except the areas in district
                  (c) and Cheshire;
                
 - in the rural district of West Lancashire, the parish of
                  Simonswood.
 
               
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                Wirral MB
               
                
              District (e) 
              The county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey. 
              In the administrative county of Chester— 
              
                - the borough of Bebington
                
 - the urban districts of Hoylake and Wirral
 
               
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                Barnsley MB
               
                
              District (a) 
              The county borough of Barnsley. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the urban districts of Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne,
                  Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, Royston, Wombwell and
                  Worsborough;
                
 - the rural district of Penistone;
                
 - in the rural district of Hemsworth, the parishes of
                  Billingley, Brierley, Great Houghton, Little Houghton and
                  Shafton;
                
 - in the rural district of Wortley, the parishes of Tankersley
                  and Wortley.
 
               
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                Doncaster MB
               
                
              District (b) 
              The county borough of Doncaster. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the urban districts of Adwick le Street, Bentley with Arksey,
                  Conisbrough, Mexborough and Tickhill;
                
 - the rural districts of Doncaster and Thorne
 
               
              In the administrative county of Nottinghamshire— 
              
                - in the rural district of East Retford, the parish of
                  Finningley;
                
 - in the rural district of Worksop, in the parish of Harworth,
                  the North ward, so much of the East ward as lies east and
                  north of Ordnance Survey parcels 4800, 4749, 5136, 8630, and
                  the detatched part of the West ward which includes the hamlet
                  of Hesley.
 
               
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                Sheffield MB
               
                
              District (c) 
              The county borough of Sheffield. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the urban district of Stocksbridge
                
 - in the rural district of Wortley, the parishes of Bradfield
                  and Ecclesfield
 
               
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                Rotherham MB
               
                
              District (d) 
              The county borough of Rotherham. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the urban districts of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton and Wath
                  upon Dearne;
                
 - the rural districts of Kiveton Park and Rotherham
 
               
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                Newcastle MB
               
                
              District (a) 
              The county borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. 
              In the administrative county of Northumberland— 
              
                - the urban districts of Gosforth and Newburn;
                
 - in the rural district of Castle Ward, the parishes of
                  Brunswick, Dinnington, Hazelregigg, North Gosforth and
                  Woolsington;
                
 - The Moot Hall and Precints, Newcastle upon Tyne.
 
               
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                North Tyneside MB
               
                
              District (b) 
              The county borough of Tynemouth. 
              In the administrative county of Northumberland— 
              
                - the borough of Wallsend;
                
 - so much of the borough of WHitley Bay as lies south of the
                  boundary referred to in paragraph 4 of Part III of this
                  schedule;
                
 - the urban district of Longbenton;
                
 - in the urban district of Seaton Valley, the wards of
                  Backworth, Earsdon and Shiremoor.
 
               
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                Gateshead MB
               
                
              District (c) 
              The county borough of Gateshead. 
              In the administrative county of Durham— 
              
                - the urban districts of Blaydon, Felling, Ryton and Whickham;
                
 - in the rural district of Chester-le-Street, the parish of
                  Lamesley and the parish of Birtley except the part in district
                  (e).
 
               
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                South Tyneside MB
               
                
              District (d) 
              The county borough of South Shields. 
              In the administrative county of Durham— 
              
                - the borough of Jarrow;
                
 - the urban districts of Boldon and Hebburn.
 
               
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                Sunderland MB
               
                
              District (e) 
              The county borough of Sunderland. 
              In the administrative county of Durham— 
              
                - the urban districts of Hetton, Houghton-le-Spring and
                  Washington;
                
 - in the rural district of Chester-le-Street, so much of the
                  parishes of Birtley, Harraton and South Biddick as lies within
                  the designated area of Washington New Town and also so much of
                  the said parish of Harraton as lies west of that designated
                  area and north of the bounary referred to in paragraph 5 of
                  Part III of this Schedule;
 
               
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            | West Midlands | 
            
               
                Wolverhampton MB
               
                
              District (a) 
              The county borough of Wolverhampton. 
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                Walsall MB
               
              District (b) 
              The county borough of Walsall. 
              In the administrative county of Staffordshire, the urban
              district of Aldridge-Brownhills. 
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                Dudley MB
               
                
              District (c) 
              The county borough of Dudley. 
              In the administrative county of Worcestershire, the boroughs of
              Halesowen and Stourbridge. 
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                Sandwell MB
               
                
              District (d) 
              The county boroughs of Warley and West Bromwich. 
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                Birmingham MB
               
                
              District (e) 
              The county borough of Birmingham. 
              In the administrative county of Warwickshire, the borough of
              Sutton Coldfield. 
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                Solihull MB
               
                
              District (f) The county borough of Solihull. 
              In the administrative county of Warwickshire— 
              
                - in the rural district of Meriden, the parishes of Balsall,
                  Barston, Berkswell, Bickenhill, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley
                  Wood, Fordbridge, Hampton in Arden, Kingshurt and Meriden;
                
 - in the rural district of Stratford-on-Avon, the parish of
                  Hockley Heath.
 
               
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                Coventry MB
               
                
              District (g) 
              The county borough of Coventry. 
              In the administrative county of Warwickshire, in the rural
              district of Meriden, the parishes of Allesley and Keresley. 
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                Bradford MB
               
                
              District (a) 
              The county borough of Bradford. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the borough of Keighley;
                
 - the urban districts of Baildon, Bingley, Denholme, Ilkley,
                  Shipley and Silsden;
                
 - the urban district of Queensbury and Shelf, except the wards
                  in district (c);
                
 - in the rural district of Skipton, the parishes of Addingham,
                  Kildwick and Steeton with Eastburn.
 
               
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                Leeds MB
               
                
              District (b) 
              The county borough of Leeds. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the boroughs of Morley and Pudsey;
                
 - the urban districts of Aireborough, Garforth, Horsforth,
                  Otley and Rothwell;
                
 - in the rural district of Tadcaster, the parishes of Aberford,
                  Austhorpe, Barwick in Elmet and Scholes, Great and Little
                  Preston, Ledsham, Ledston, Lotherton cum Aberford, Mickefield,
                  Parlington, Sturton Grange and Swillington;
                
 - in the rural district of Wetherby, the parishes of Bardsey
                  cum Rigton, Boston Spa, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, Clifford,
                  Collingham, East Keswick, Harewood, Scarcroft, Thorner, Thorp
                  Arch, Walton, Wetherby and Wothersome;
                
 - in the rural district of Wharfedale, the parishes of
                  Arthington, Bramhope, Carlton and Pool.
 
               
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                Calderdale MB
               
                
              District (c) 
              The county borough of Halifax. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the boroughs of Brighouse and Todmodern;
                
 - the urban districts of Elland, Hebden Royd, Ripponden and
                  Sowerby Bridge;
                
 - in the urban district of Queensbury and Shelf, the wards of
                  Shelf East and Shelf West;
                
 - the rural district of Hepton.
 
               
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                Kirklees MB
               
                
              District (d) 
              The county boroughs of Dewsbury and Huddersfield. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the boroughs of Batley and Spenborough;
                
 - the urban districts of Colne Valley, Denby Dale,
                  Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Meltham and Mirfield.
 
               
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                Wakefield MB
               
                
              District (e) 
              The county borough of Wakefield. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the boroughs of Castleford, Ossett and Pontefract;
                
 - the urban districts of Featherstone, Hemsworth, Horbury,
                  Knottingley, Normanton and Stanley;
                
 - the rural district of Wakefield;
                
 - the rural district of Hemsworth; except the parishes in
                  North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire;
                
 - in the rural district of Osgoldcross, the parishes of
                  Darrington and East Hardwick.
 
               
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      Part II : Non-metropolitan counties
        
      
        
          
            | (1)
                
              Name of county 
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            (2)
                
              Area by reference to existing administrative areas 
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            | Avon | 
            The county boroughs of Bath and Bristol.
               In the administrative county of Gloucestershire— 
              
                - the urban districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield
                
 - the rural district of Warmley;
                
 - the rural district of Sodbury, except the parish of Alderley;
                
 - the rural district of Thurnbury, except the parishes of
                  Alkington, Berkeley, Ham and Stone, Hamfallow and Hinton.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Somerset— 
              
                - the borough of Weston-super-Mare;
                
 - the urban districts of Clevedon, Keynsham, Norton-Radstock
                  and Portishead;
                
 - the rural districts of Bathavon and Long Ashton;
                
 - in the rural Axbridge, the parishes of Banwell, Bleadon,
                  Butcome, Churchill, Congresbury, Hutton, Kewstoke, Locking,
                  Puxton, Wick St. Lawrence, Winscombe and Wrington, so much of
                  the parish of Loxton as lies north of the line for the time
                  being of the centre of the river Axe and so much of the
                  parishes of Blagdon and Burrington as lies north of the
                  boundary referred to in paragraph 6 of Part III of this
                  Schedule;
                
 - in the rural district of Clutton, the parishes of Cameley,
                  Chelwood, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Clutton, Farmborough,
                  Farrington Gurney, High Littleton, Hinton Blewett, Nempnett
                  Thrubwell, Norton Malreward, Paulton, Publow, Stanton Drew,
                  Stowey-Sutton and Timsbury and so much of the parishes of East
                  Harptree, West Harptree, Compton Martin and Ubley as lies
                  north of the boundary referred to in paragraph 6 of Part III
                  of this Schedule;
                
 - the unannexed area adjacent to the urban district of
                  Keynsham;
                
 - Steep Holme Island.
 
               
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            | Bedfordshire | 
            The county borough of Luton.
               The administrative county of Bedford. 
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            | Berkshire | 
            The county borough of Reading.
               The administrative county of Berkshire, except the areas in
              Oxfordshire. 
              In the administrative county of Buckingham— 
              
                - the borough of Slough;
                
 - the urban district of Eton;
                
 - in the rural district of Eton, the parishes of Datchet,
                  Horton and Wraysbury, the Britwell ward of the parish of
                  Burnham and so much of the parish of Wexham as lies south of
                  the boundary referred to in paragraph 7 of Part III of this
                  Schedule.
 
               
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            | Buckinghamshire | 
            The administrative county of Buckingham, except the areas in
              Berkshire. | 
           
          
            | Cambridgeshire | 
            The administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
              and Huntingdon and Peterborough. | 
           
          
            | Cheshire | 
            The county boroughs of Chester and Warrington.
               The administrative county of Chester, except the areas in
              Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. 
              In the administrative county of Lancashire— 
              
                - the borough of Widnes;
                
 - in the urban district of Golborne, the wards of Culceth and
                  Newchurch;
                
 - the rural district of Warrington;
                
 - in the rural district of Whiston, the parish of Hale and so
                  much of the parish of Bold as lies within the designated area
                  of Warrington New Town
 
               
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            | Cleveland | 
            The county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teesside.
               In the administrative county of Durham, the rural district of
              Stockton. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, North Riding— 
              
                - the urban districts of Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn and
                  Marske-by-the-Sea and Skelton and Brotton;
                
 - in the rural district of Stokesley, the parishes of
                  Castlelevington, Hilton, Ingleby Barwick, Kirklevington,
                  Maltby, Nunthorpe and Yarm.
 
               
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            | Cornwall | 
            The administrative county of Cornwall. | 
           
          
            | Cumbria | 
            The county boroughs of Barrow-in-Furness and Carlisle.
               The administrative counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. 
              In the administrative county of Lancaster— 
              
                - the urban districts of Dalton-in-Furness, Grange and
                  Ulverston;
                
 - the rural district of North Lonsdale.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding, the
              rural district of Sedbergh. 
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            | Derbyshire | 
            The county borough of Derby.
               The administrative county of Derbyshire. 
              In the administrative county of Chester, the rural district of
              Tintwistle. 
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            | Devon | 
            The county boroughs of Exeter, Plymouth and Torbay.
               The administrative county of Devon. 
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            | Dorset | 
            The county borough of Bournemouth.
               The administrative county of Dorset. 
              In the administrative county of Hampshire— 
              
                - the borough of Christchurch;
                
 - in the rural district of Ringwood and Fordingbridge, the
                  parishes of Hurn and St. Leonards and St. Ives, so much of the
                  parish of Christchurch East as lies west of the boundary
                  referred to in paragraph 8 of Part III of this Schedule and so
                  much of the parish of Sopley as lies west of the boundary
                  referred to in paragraph 9 of Part III of this Schedule.
 
               
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            | Durham | 
            The county borough of Darlington.
               The administrative county of Durham, except the areas in
              Cleveland and Tyne and Wear. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, North Riding, the
              rural district of Startforth. 
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            | East Sussex | 
            The county boroughs of Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings.
               The administrative county of East Sussex, except the areas in
              West Sussex. 
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            | Essex | 
            The county borough of Southend-on-Sea.
               The administrative county of Essex. 
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            | Gloucestershire | 
            The county borough of Gloucester.
               The administrative county of Gloucestershire, except the areas
              in Avon. 
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            | Hampshire | 
            The county boroughs of Portsmouth and Southampton.
               The administrative county of Hampshire, except the areas in
              Dorset. 
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            | Hereford and Worcester | 
            The county borough of Worcester.
               The administrative county of Herefordshire. 
              The administrative county of Worcestershire, except the
              boroughs in West Midlands. 
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            | Hertfordshire | 
            The administrative county of Hertfordshire. | 
           
          
            | Humberside | 
            The county boroughs of Grimsby and Kingston upon Hull.
               The administrative county of Yorkshire, East Riding, except for
              the areas in North Yorkshire. 
              In the administrative county of Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey— 
              
                - the boroughs of Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe;
                
 - the urban districts of Barton-upno-Humber and Brigg;
                
 - the rural districts of Glanford Brigg, Grimsby and Isle of
                  Axholme.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the borough of Goole;
                
 - the rural district of Goole.
 
               
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            | Isle of Wight | 
            The administrative county of Isle of Wight. | 
           
          
            | Kent | 
            The county borough of Canterbury.
               The administrative county of Kent. 
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            | Lancashire | 
            The county boroughs of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley and
              Preston.
               The administrative county of Lancaster, except the areas in
              Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the urban districts of Barnoldswick and Earby;
                
 - the rural district of Bowland;
                
 - in the rural district of Skipton, the parishes of Bracewell,
                  Brogden and Salterforth.
 
               
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            | Leicestershire | 
            The county borough of Leicester.
               The administrative counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. 
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            | Lincolnshire | 
            The county borough of Lincoln.
               The administrative counties of Lincoln, Parts of Holland and
              Lincoln, Parts of Kesteven. 
              The administrative county of Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey, except
              the areas in Humberside. 
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            | Norfolk | 
            The county boroughs of Great Yarmouth and Norfolk.
               The administrative county of Norfolk. 
              In the administrative county of East Suffolk, in the rural
              district of Lothingland, the parishes of Belton, Bradwell, Burgh
              Castle, Fritton and Hopton-on-Sea, so much of the parish of
              Herringfleet as lies north of the boundary referred to in
              paragraph 10 of Part III of this Schedule and so much of the
              parish of Corton as lies north of the boundary referred to in
              paragraph 11 of that Part. 
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            | North Yorkshire | 
            The county borough of York.
               The administrative county of Yorkshire, North Riding, except
              the areas in Cleveland and Durham. 
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, East Riding— 
              
                - the urban districts of Filey and Norton;
                
 - the rural districts of Derwent and Norton;
                
 - in the rural district of Bridlington, the parishes of
                  Folkton, Hunmanby, Muston and Reighton.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding— 
              
                - the boroughs of Harrogate and Ripon;
                
 - the urban districts of Knaresborough, Selby and Skipton;
                
 - the rural districst of Nidderdale, Ripon and Pately Bridge,
                  Selby and Settle;
                
 - the rural districts of Osgoldcross, Tadcaster, Wetherby and
                  Wharfedale, except the parishes in West Yorkshire;
                
 - the rural district of Skipton, except the parishes in
                  Lancashire and West Yorkshire;
                
 - in the rural district of Hemsworth, the parishes of Kirk
                  Smeaton, Little Smeaton and Walden Stubbs.
 
               
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            | Northamptonshire | 
            The county borough of Northampton.
               The administrative county of Northamptonshire. 
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            | Northumberland | 
            The administrative county of Northumberland, except the areas in
              Tyne and Wear. | 
           
          
            | Nottinghamshire | 
            The county borough of Nottingham.
               The administrative county of Nottinghamshire, except the areas
              in South Yorkshire. 
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            | Oxfordshire | 
            The county borough of Oxford.
               The administrative county of Oxford. 
              In the administrative county of Berkshire— 
              
                - the boroughs of Abingdon and Wallingford;
                
 - the urban district of Wantage;
                
 - the rural districts of Abingdon, Faringdon and Wallingford;
                
 - in the rural district of Wantage, the parishes of Ardington,
                  Blewbury, Childrey, Chilton, Denchworth, East Challow, East
                  Hanney, East Hendred, Goosey, Grove, Harwell, Letcome Bassett,
                  Letcombe Regis, Lockinge, Sparsholt, Upton, West Challow, West
                  Hanney and West Hendred.
 
               
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            | Salop | 
            The administrative county of Salop. | 
           
          
            | Somerset | 
            The administrative county of Somerset, except the areas in Avon. | 
           
          
            | Staffordshire | 
            The county boroughs of Burton upon Trent and Stoke-on-Trent.
               The administrative county of Staffordshire, except the urban
              district in West Midlands. 
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            | Suffolk | 
            The county borough of Ipswich.
               The administrative county of East Suffolk, except the areas in
              Norfolk. 
              The administrative county of West Suffolk. 
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            | Surrey | 
            The administrative county of Surrey, except the areas in West
              Sussex. | 
           
          
            | Warwickshire | 
            The administrative county of Surrey, except the areas in West
              Midlands. | 
           
          
            | West Sussex | 
            The administrative county of West Sussex.
               In the administrative county of East Sussex— 
              
                - the urban districts of Burgess Hill, Cuckfield and East
                  Grinstead;
                
 - the rural district of Cuckfield.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Surrey, in the rural district
              of Dorking and Horley, the parish of Charlwood, except the
              detached part, and so much of the parish of Horley as lies south
              of the boundary referred to in paragraph 12 of Part III of this
              Schedule. 
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            | Wiltshire | 
            The administrative county of Wiltshire. | 
           
        
       
       
      Part III: Rules as to boundaries
        
      Part IV: Divided parishes
        
      Schedule 2 : Constitution and membership of Greater London
      Council and London borough councils
        
      Schedule 3: Establishment of new authorities in England
      Division of non-metropolitan counties into districts 
      1.—(1) The English Commission shall as soon as practicable after the
      passing of this Act make proposals to the Secretary of State for the
      division of non-metropolitan counties into districts, for defining the
      areas of those districts and for naming them, and the Secretary of State
      may give the commission directions for their guidance ni making any such
      proposals. 
      (2) The Secretary of State shall by order give effect to any proposals
      under this paragraph either as submitted to him or with modifcations, but
      an order shall not be made under this paragraph unless a draft of the
      order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. 
      (3) An order under this paragraph shall, notwithstanding that it
      applies only to one or some of the non-metropolitan counties, proceed in
      Parliament as if its provisions would, apart from this paragraph, require
      to be enacted by a public Bill. 
      County and district councillors 
      2. Elections of councillors of the new principal councils shall be held
      on dates in 1973 fixe by the Secretary of State by order and the persons
      elected at these elections shall come into office on the fourth day after
      the day of election. 
      3. 
      4.—(1) Of the district councillors elected under paragraph 2 above
      for any ward of a non-metropolitan district— 
      
        - 
          
(a) one-third shall retire in 1975, being, subject to sub-paragraphs
          (2) and (3) below, those elected by the smallest number of votes;
         - 
          
(b) one-third shall retire in 1976, being, subject to sub-paragraphs
          (2) and (3) below, those elected by the next smallest number of votes;
          and
         - 
          
(c) the remainder shall retire in 1978 ;  
         
      in each case on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of
      such councillors in the year of retirement. 
      (2) In the case of an equality of votes between any persons elected
      which makes it uncertain which of them is to retire in any such year, the
      person or persons to retire in that year shall be determined by lot. 
      (3) If an election of district councillors under paragraph 2 above for
      any ward of a metropolitan district is not contested the person or persons
      to retire in each such year shall be determined by lot. 
      (4) 
        
      Schedule 4: Local government areas in Wales
       
      Part I: Counties
        
      
        
          
            (1) 
              Name of county | 
            (2) 
              Area by reference to existing administrative areas | 
           
          
            | Clwyd | 
            The administrative county of Flintshire.
               The administrative county of Denbigh, except the parts to be
              comprised in the county of Gwynedd. 
              In the administrative county of Merioneth, the rural district
              of Edeyrnion. 
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            | Dyfed | 
            The administrative counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire
              and Pembroke. | 
           
          
            | Gwent | 
            The county borough of Newport.
               The administrative county of Monmouthshire except the parst to
              be comprised in the counties of Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan. 
              In the administrative county of Brecon:— 
              
                - the urban district of Brynmawr;
                
 - in the rural district of Crickhowell, the parish of Llanelly.
 
               
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            | Gwynedd | 
            The administrative counties of Anglesey and Caernarvon.
               The administrative county of Merioneth except the rural
              district of Edeyrnion. 
              In the administrative county of Denbigh:— 
              
                - the urban district of Llanrwst
                
 - in the rural district of Aled, the parish of Llansantffraid
                  Glan Conway;
                
 - in the rural district of Haraethog, the parishes of
                  Eglwysbach, Llanddoget, Llanrwst Rural and Tir Ifan.
 
               
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            | Mid Glamorgan | 
            The county borough of Merthyr Tydfil.
               In the administrative county of Glamorgan:— 
              
                - the borough of Rhondda;
                
 - the urban districts of Aberdare, Bridgend, Caerphilly,
                  Gelligaer, Maesteg, Mountain Ash, Ogmore and Garw, Pontypridd
                  and Porthcawl;
                
 - the rural districts of Llantrisant and Llantwit Fardre and
                  Penybont;
                
 - in the rural district of Cardiff, the parishes of Llanfedw,
                  Llanilterne, Pentyrch, Rhydygwern, Rudry and Van;
                
 - in the rural district of Cowbridge, the parishes of
                  Llanharan, Llanharry, Llanilid and Peterstone-super-Montem;
                
 - in the rural district of Neath, the parish of Rhigos.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Brecon, in the rural district
              of Vaynor and Penderyn, the parishes of Penderyn and Vaynor. 
              In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:— 
              
                - the urban districts of Bedwas and Machen and Rhymney;
                
 - in the urban district of Bedwellty, the Aberbargoed,
                  Cymsyfiog, New Tredegar and Phillipstown wards.
 
               
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            | Powys | 
            The administrative counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.
               The administrative county of Brecon except the parts to be
              comprised in the counties of Gwent and Mid Glamorgan. 
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            | South Glamorgan | 
            The county borough of Cardiff.
               In the administrative county of Glamorgan:— 
              
                - the boroughs of Barry and Cowbridge;
                
 - the urban district of Panarth;
                
 - the rural district of Cardiff except the parishes of
                  Llanfedw, Llanilterne, Pentyrch, Rhydygwern, Rudry and Van;
                
 - the rural district of Cowbridge except the parishes of
                  Llanharan, Llanharry, Llanilid and Peterston-super-Montem.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Monmouthshire, in the rural
              district of Magor and St. Mellons, the parish of St. Mellons. 
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            | West Glamorgan | 
            The county borough of Swansea.
               In the administrative county of Glamorgan:— 
              
                - the boroughs of Neath and Port Talbot
                
 - the urban districts of Glyncorrwg and Llwchwr;
                
 - the rural districts of Gower and Pontardawe;
                
 - the rural district of Neath except the parish of Rhigos.
 
               
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      Part II: Districts
        
      
        
          
            (1) 
              Name of county | 
            (2) 
              Reference 
              number 
              of 
              district | 
            (3)> 
              Area of district by reference to existing administrative areas. | 
           
          
            | Clwyd | 
            C1 | 
            In the administrative county of Denbigh:—
              
                - the borough of Colwyn Bay;
                
 - the urban district of Abergele;
                
 - the rural districts of Aled and Hiraethog except the parts
                  to be comprised in district GD.4
 
               
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            | C2 | 
            In the administrative county of Flintshire:—
              
                - the rurban districts of Prestatyn and Rhyl;
                
 - the rural district of St. Asaph.
 
               
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            | C3 | 
            In the administrative county of Flintshire:—
              
                - the borough of Flint;
                
 - the urban districts of Holywell and Mold;
                
 - the rural district of Holywell.
 
               
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            | C4 | 
            In the administrative county of Flintshire:—
              
                - the urban districts of Buckley and Connah's Quay;
                
 - the rural district of Hawarden except the part to be
                  comprised in districts C6.
 
               
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            | C5 | 
            In the administrative county of Denbigh:—
              
                - the boroughs of Denbigh and Ruthin;
                
 - the urban district of Llangolen;
                
 - the rural districts of Ceiriog and Ruthin;
                
 - in the rural district of Wrexham, the parishes of Llangollen
                  Rural and Llantysilo.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Merioneth, the rural district
              of Edeyrnion. 
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            | C6 | 
            In the administrative county of Denbigh:—
              
                - the borough of Wrexham;
                
 - the rural district of Wrexham except the parts to be
                  comprised in district C.5
 
               
              In the administrative county of Flintshire:— 
              
                - the rural district of Maelor;
                
 - in the rural district of Hawarden, the parish of Marford and
                  Hoseley.
 
               
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            | Dyfed | 
            D1 | 
            In the administrative county of Cardiganshire:—
              
                - the boroughs of Aberystwyth, Cardigan and Lampeter;
                
 - the urban districts of Aberaeron and New Quay;
                
 - the rural districts of Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Teifiside and
                  Tregaron.
 
               
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            | D2 | 
            In the administrative county of Pembroke:—
              
                - the borough of Haverfordwest;
                
 - the urban districts of Fishguard and Goodwick, Milford Haven
                  and Neyland;
                
 - the rural districts of Camaes and Haverfordwest.
 
               
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            | D3 | 
            In the administrative county of Pembroke:—
              
                - the boroughs of Pembroke and Tenby;
                
 - the urban district of Narberth;
                
 - the rural districts of Narberth and Pembroke.
 
               
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            | D4 | 
            In the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:—
              
                - the borough of Carmarthen;
                
 - the urban district of Newcastle Emlyn;
                
 - the rural districts of Carmarthen and Newcastle Emlyn.
 
               
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            | D5 | 
            In the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:—
              
                - the boroughs of Kidwelly and Llanelli;
                
 - the urban district of Burry Port;
                
 - the rural district of Llanelli.
 
               
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            | D6 | 
            In the administrative county of Carmarthenshire:—
              
                - the borough of Llandovery;
                
 - the urban districts of Ammanford, Cwmamman and Llandeilo;
                
 - the rural district of Llandeilo.
 
               
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            | Gwent | 
            GT1 | 
            The county borough of Newport.
               In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:— 
              
                - the urban district of Caerleon;
                
 - the rural district of Magor and St. Mellons except the parts
                  to be comprised in districts GT.4 and SG.1.
 
               
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            | GT2 | 
            In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
              
                - the urban districts of Abercarn, Mynysddislwyn and Risca;
                
 - the urban district of Bedwellty except the parts to be
                  comprised in district MG.5.
 
               
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            | GT3 | 
            In the administrative county of Monmouthshire, the urban
              districts of Abertillery, Ebbw Vale, Nantyglo and Blaina and
              Tredegar.
               In the administrative county of Brecon:— 
              
                - the urban district of Brynmawr;
                
 - in the rural district of Crickhowell, the parish of Llanelly.
 
               
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            | GT4 | 
            In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
              
                - the urban districts of Blaenavon, Cwmbran and Pontypool;
                
 - in the rural district of Magor and St. Mellons, the parish
                  of Henllys;
                
 - in the rural district of Pontypool, the parish of
                  Llanfrechfa Lower.
 
               
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            | GT5 | 
            In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:—
              
                - the boroughs of Abergavenny and Monmouth;
                
 - the urban districts of Chepstow and Usk;
                
 - the rural districts of Abergavenny, Chepstow and Monmouth;
                
 - the rural district of Pontypool except the part to be
                  comprised in district GT.4.
 
               
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            | Gwynedd | 
            GD1 | 
            In the administrative county of Anglesey:—
              
                - the borough of Beaumaris;
                
 - the urban districts of Amlwch, Holyhead, Llangefni and Menai
                  Bridge;
                
 - the rural districts of Aethwy, Twrcelyn and Valley.
 
               
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            | GD2 | 
            In the administrative county of Caernarvon:—
              
                - the borough of Pwllheli;
                
 - the urban districts of Criccieth and Pothmadog;
                
 - the rural district of Lleyn;
                
 - in the rural district of Gwyrfai, the parishes of Beddgelert
                  and Clynnog;
 
               
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            | GD3 | 
            In the administrative county of Caernarvon:—
              
                - the boroughs of Bangor and Caernarvon;
                
 - the urban district of Bethesda;
                
 - the rural district of Ogwen;
                
 - the rural district of Gwyrfai except the parts to be
                  comprised in district GD.2.
 
               
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            | GD4 | 
            In the administrative county of Caernarvon:—
              
                - the borough of Conwy;
                
 - the urban districts of Betws-y-Coed, Llandudno,
                  Llanfairfechan and Penmaenmawr;
                
 - the rural district of Nant Conway.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Denbigh:— 
              
                - the urban district of Llanrwst;
                
 - in the rural distrct of Aled, the parish of Llansantffraid
                  Glan Conway;
                
 - in the rural district of Hiraethog, the parishes of
                  Eglwysbach, Llanddoget, Llanwrst Rural and Tir Ifan.
 
               
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            | GD5 | 
            In the administrative county of Merioneth:—
              
                - the urban districts of Bala, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Ffestiniog
                  and Tywyn;
                
 - the rural districts of Deudrath, Dolgellau and Penllyn
 
               
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            | Mid Glamorgan | 
            MG1 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
              
                - the urban district of Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore and Garw and
                  Porthcawl;
                
 - the rural district of Pentybont.
 
               
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            | MG2 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan, the borough of
              Rhondda. | 
           
          
            | MG3 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
              
                - the urban districts of Aberdare and Mountain Ash;
                
 - in the rural district of Neath, the parish of Rhigos;
 
               
              In the administrative county of Brecon, in the rural district
              of Vaynor and Penderyn, the parish of Penderyn. 
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            | MG4 | 
            The county borough of Merthyr Tydfil.
               In the administrative county of Glamorgan, in the urban
              district of Galligaer, the Bedlinog ward. 
              In the administrative county of Brecon, in the rural district
              of Vaynor and Penderyn, the parish of Vaynor. 
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            | MG5 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
              
                - the urban district of Caerphilly except the Taff's Well
                  ward;
                
 - the urban district of Gelligaer except the Bedlinog ward;
                
 - in the rural district of Cardiff, the parishes of Llanfedw,
                  Rhydygwen, Rhudry and Van.
 
               
              In the administrative county of Monmouthshire:— 
              
                - the urban districts of Bedwas and Machen and Rhymney;
                
 - in the urban district of Bedwellty, the Aberbargoed,
                  Cwmsyfiog, New Tredegar and Phillipstown wards.
 
               
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            | MG6 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
              
                - the urban district of Pontypridd;
                
 - the rural district of Llantrisant and Llantwit Fardre;
                
 - in the urban district of Caerphilly, the Taff's Well ward;
                
 - in the rural district of Cardiff, the parishes of
                  Llantilterne and Pentyrch;
                
 - in the rural district of Cowbridge, the parishes of
                  Llanharan, Llanharry, Llanilid and Peterstone-super-Montem.
 
               
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            | Powys | 
            P1 | 
            In the administrative county of Montgomeryshire:—
              
                - the boroughs of Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Montgomery and
                  Welshpool;
                
 - the urban districts of Machynlleth and Newtown and
                  Llanllwchaiarn;
                
 - the rural districts of Forden, Llanflyllin, Machynlleth and
                  Newton and Llanidloes.
 
               
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            | P2 | 
            In the administrative county of Radnorshire:—
              
                - the urban districts of Knighton, Llandindod Wells and
                  Presteigne;
                
 - the rural districts of Colwyn, Knighton, New Radnor,
                  Painscastle and Rhyader.
 
               
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            | P3 | 
            In the administrative county of Brecon:—
              
                - the borough of Brecon;
                
 - the urban districts of Builth Wells, Hay and Llanwrtyd
                  Wells;
                
 - the rural districts of Brecknock, Builth, Hay and
                  Ystradgynlais;
                
 - the rural district of Crickhowell except the part to be
                  comprised in district GT.3
                
 - in the rural district of Vaynor and Penderyn, the parish of
                  Ystradfellte.
 
               
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            | South Glamorgan | 
            SG1 | 
            The county borough of Cardiff.
               In the administrative county of Glamorgan, in the rural
              district of Cardiff, the parishes of Lisvane, Llanedeyrn, Radyr,
              St. Fagans and Tongwynlais. 
              In the administrative county of Monmouthshire, in the rural
              district of Magor and St. Mellons, the parish of St. Mellons. 
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            | SG2 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
              
                - the boroughs of Barry and Cowbridge;
                
 - the urban district of Penarth;
                
 - the rural district of Cardiff except the parts to be
                  comprised in districts MG.5, MG.6 and SG.1;
                
 - the rural district of Cowbridge except the part parts to be
                  comprised in district MG.6.
 
               
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            | West Glamorgan | 
            WG1 | 
            The county borough of Swansea.
               In the administrative county of Glamorgan, the rural district
              of Gower. 
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            | WG2 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
              
                - the urban district of Llwchwr;
                
 - the rural district of Pontardawe.
 
               
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            | WG3 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
              
                - the borough of Neath;
                
 - the rural district of Neath except the part to be comprised
                  in district MG.3.
 
               
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            | WG4 | 
            In the administrative county of Glamorgan:—
              
                - the borough of Port Talbot;
                
 - the urban district of Glyncorrwg.
 
               
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