Article 7 Amendment of the County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008

In the County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008 in article 3 (single tier local government in Durham) after paragraph (2) insert the following—

“(3)

If the council for the county of Durham passes a resolution that the word “County” should be omitted from its name, its name shall be “The Durham Council” and subsection (3) of section 2 of the 1972 Act (constitution of principal counties in England) shall cease to apply so far as it prescribes the name of that council. ”.