LegalizeThe Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973
Made: 31st January 1973
Coming into Operation: 1st April 1973
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—
Title and commencement
1
This order may be cited as the Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1973.
Interpretation
2
- (1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
- (2) In this order “identification letter” in relation to any metropolitan district in a metropolitan county named in column (1) of the Schedule to this order means the letter by which such district is identified in column (2) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1972.
Names of metropolitan districts
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In the metropolitan counties named in column (1) of the Schedule to this order each metropolitan district identified by its identification letter in column (2) shall bear the name specified in respect of the district in column (3).
SCHEDULE
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Name of county | Identification letter of district | Name of district |
| Greater Manchester | (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (j) (k) | Wigan Bolton Bury Rochdale Salford Manchester Oldham Trafford Stockport Tameside |
| Merseyside | (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) | Sefton Liverpool St. Helens Knowsley Wirral |
| South Yorkshire | (a) (b) (c) (d) | Barnsley Doncaster Sheffield Rotherham |
| Tyne and Wear | (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) | Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Gateshead South Tyneside Sunderland |
| West Midlands | (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) | Wolverhampton Walsall Dudley Sandwell Birmingham Solihull Coventry |
| West Yorkshire | (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) | Bradford Leeds Calderdale Kirklees Wakefield |
Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
C. J. Pearce — An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment — 31st January 1973
Explanatory note
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order provides names for the metropolitan districts in England.
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