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34: 820:. As the 1994 Act abolished the districts in Wales, it inserted a section 245A in the 1972 Act to allow the new unitary authority areas which did not have the status of a borough to acquire it. As the only unitary authority areas that are not already styled as 'boroughs' are styled as 'counties', this leads to the curious provision that a council can petition for its county to become a county borough. 755:
Following the debates in Parliament and in Wales generally, I have decided that there is a good case for a unitary Merthyr and a unitary Blaenau Gwent. Although I am reluctant to increase the number of authorities in the Bill, I understand the differences between Merthyr and its proposed partner in
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valleys I want as far as possible to take account of the intense local loyalties that are such a feature of the area. Taking account of demographic and other factors, however, I also consider it necessary for some of the present district councils in the valleys to come together to form new unitary
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The fire service, previously administered by county councils, was to be organised as three combined authorities. Elections for the new councils was to be in 1994, initially acting as "shadow authorities" until 1 April 1995, when they would assume their responsibilities.
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In making these proposals I have sought to balance the demands of local community loyalty with the requirements of effective and efficient service delivery, taking account of demographic factors, population distribution, geography and other relevant
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Each new unitary authority area was to have an elected council and be divided into electoral districts, each returning one councillor. The entire council of each area was to be elected every four years, with the first election in 1995.
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in 1974, with unitary authorities. The number and size of the unitary areas was not set down, instead three options were given for ten, twenty or twenty-four new councils. On 3 March 1992, the Secretary of State made a statement in the
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The Local Government (Wales) Bill was introduced to the Commons in June 1994. The debate on the bill led to a number of opposition amendments which sought to increase the number of councils, with representations being made by
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The Act established, from 1 April 1996, twenty-two new unitary authority areas, to be known as 'counties' or 'county boroughs', and abolished the eight local government counties and 37 districts that had been formed in 1974.
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replacing David Hunt as Welsh Secretary. In November 1993, the reorganisation was put back by a year to 1 April 1996 to allow more time for consultation. The Glamorgan Valleys authority was to be renamed as
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Blaenau Gwent. I understand Merthyr's long, proud history and its former status as a county borough. Its size, which is comparable to that of Cardiganshire and Anglesey, also works in its favour.
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My approach in identifying these 23 authorities has been as follows. First, I want to restore to the largest centres of population -
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being formed of all the councillors for a specified area. This provision has been used to create, for example, area committees for
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for the affected areas. None of these amendments was successful and the Bill was passed by both houses and received the
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The areas of the new councils were not precisely defined, although a map was issued at the time of the statement.
203:, in which he stated that the number of proposed unitary authorities was to be twenty-three. He further stated: 130: 1017:) the communities of Aberwheeler, Cynwyd, Llandrillo, Henllan, Denbigh, Llandyrnog, Llangynhafal, Llanynys, 782:", based on the previous local government counties as established in 1974, were created for the purposes of 187: 1041: 1018: 779: 504: 171: 1114: 577: 227: 793:
The Act also gives the legal definition of the territory of Wales was defined by the combined area of
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Secondly, in the rural areas I want to see local government based on the
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The Secretary of State was empowered to direct a council to make a
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An Act to make provision with respect to local government in Wales.
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Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire was subsequently renamed as
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Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Wales
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in the Act, and abolished the previous two-tier structure of
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Schedule 1 listed the new counties and county boroughs:
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Unitary authorities proposed by the 1993 white paper
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Local Government in Wales: A Charter for the Future
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Local government in Wales: A Charter for the Future
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
Royal assent
Commencement
Local Government Act 1972
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Act
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Local Government Act 1972
local government
Wales
unitary authority areas
principal areas
counties
districts
Secretary of State for Wales
David Hunt
Local Government Act 1972
House of Commons
Cardiff
Swansea
Newport
Wrexham
traditional counties
Pembrokeshire
Montgomeryshire
Cardiganshire
Anglesey

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