{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleveland-further-provision-order-1995/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleveland-further-provision-order-1995/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1747",
  "legislation_title": "The Cleveland (Further Provision) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleveland-further-provision-order-1995",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Cleveland: boundary changes",
  "text": "(1) The county of Cleveland shall be abolished.\n(2) A new county of Hartlepool shall be constituted comprising the area of the borough of Hartlepool\n(3) A new county of Middlesbrough shall be constituted comprising the area of the borough of Middlesbrough.\n(4) A new county of Redcar and Cleveland shall be constituted comprising the area of the borough of Redcar and Cleveland.\n(5) A new county of Stockton-on-Tees shall be constituted comprising the area of the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.\n(6) Section 2(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (which provides that every county shall have a council) shall not apply in relation to the counties constituted by paragraphs (2) to (5) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "By virtue of article 9 of the Cleveland (Structural Change) Order 1995 the existing borough of Langbaurgh-on-Tees is, as from 1st April 1996, named the borough of Redcar and Cleveland."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1747/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:06:03.618264+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}