Explanatory note

This Order transfers two areas in the county of Dorset to the county of Somerset. Consequential changes to districts, parishesand local government electoral areasand to the areas of petty sessional divisionsand Coroners' districts are made.

The map forming part of this note gives a general guide to the areas affected. Prints of the detailed boundary map (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the district councils whose areas are affected by this Order, and at the office of the Secretary of State for the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

The areas transferred have respectively populations of nil and 2 and respectively approximate areas of 40.95 hectares and 26.92 hectares.

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.