{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-district-boundaries-order-1987/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-district-boundaries-order-1987/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2228",
  "legislation_title": "The Dorset (District Boundaries) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-district-boundaries-order-1987",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transfers from the district of North Dorset to the district of Purbeck",
  "text": "(1) The area of the district of North Dorset and of the parish of Winterborne Kingston which is marked Area B on the boundary map shall be transferred to—\n(a) the district of Purbeck;\n(b) the Bere Regis ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Bere Regis;\n(d) the Egdon Heath county electoral division;\n(e) the Wareham petty sessional division;\n(f) the Eastern Coroner’s district.\n(2) The areas of the district of North Dorset and of the parish of Anderson which are marked Area D and Area E on the boundary map shall be transferred to—\n(a) the district of Purbeck;\n(b) the Bere Regis ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Bloxworth;\n(d) the Egdon Heath county electoral division;\n(e) the Wareham petty sessional division;\n(f) the Eastern Coroner’s district.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2228/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:12.778658+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."
}