{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-non-metropolitan-districts-definition-order-1972/schedule/part-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-non-metropolitan-districts-definition-order-1972/schedule/part-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/2039",
  "legislation_title": "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-non-metropolitan-districts-definition-order-1972",
  "path": "schedule/part/12",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "COUNTY OF DORSET",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\nReference number of district\nArea of district by reference to existing administrative areas\n1\nIn the administrative county of Dorset—\nthe boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester and Lyme Regis;\nthe urban district of Sherborne;\nthe rural districts of Beaminster, Bridport, Dorchester and Sherborne.\n2\nIn the administrative county of Dorset—\nthe boroughs of Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury;\nthe rural districts of Blandford, Shaftesbury and Sturminster.\n3\nIn the administrative county of Dorset—\nthe urban district of Wimborne Minster;\nthe rural district of Wimborne and Cranborne;\nIn the administrative county of Hampshire, in the rural district of Ringwood and Fordingbridge, the parish of St. Leonards and St. Ives.\n4\nIn the administrative county of Dorset—\nthe borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis;\nthe urban district of Portland.\n5\nIn the administrative county of Dorset—\nthe borough of Wareham;\nthe urban district of Swanage;\nthe rural district of Wareham and Purbeck.\n6\nIn the administrative county of Dorset, the borough of Poole.\n7\nThe county borough of Bournemouth.\n8\nIn the administrative county of Hampshire—\nthe borough of Christchurch;\nin the rural district of Ringwood and Fordingbridge, the parish of Hurn, so much of the parish of Christchurch East as lies west of the boundary determined by the order to be made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 8 of Part III of Schedule 1 to the Act and so much of the parish of Sopley as lies west of the boundary determined by the order to be made by the Secretary of State under paragraph 9 of that Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/schedule/part/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:21:20.670452+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."
}