{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-non-metropolitan-districts-definition-order-1972/schedule/part-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-non-metropolitan-districts-definition-order-1972/schedule/part-24.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/24",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\nReference number of district\nArea of district by reference to existing administrative areas\n1\nIn the administrative county of Leicestershire—\nthe urban districts of Ashby de la Zouch, Ashby Woulds and Coalville;\nthe rural districts of Ashby de la Zouch and Castle Donington;\nin the rural district of Market Bosworth, the parish of Ibstock.\n2\nIn the administrative county of Leicestershire—\nthe borough of Loughborough;\nthe urban district of Shepshed;\nthe rural district of Barrow upon Soar.\n3\nIn the administrative county of Leicestershire—\nthe urban district of Melton Mowbray;\nthe rural district of Melton and Belvoir.\n4\nIn the administrative county of Leicestershire—\nthe urban district of Hinckley;\nthe rural district of Market Bosworth, except the parish in district 1.\n5\nThe county borough of Leicester\n6\nIn the administrative county of Leicestershire, the rural district of Blaby.\n7\nIn the administrative county of Leicestershire, the urban districts of Oadby and Wigston.\n8\nIn the administrative county of Leicestershire—\nthe urban district of Market Harborough;\nthe rural districts of Billesdon, Lutterworth and Market Harborough.\n9\nThe administrative county of Rutland.",
  "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/24",
    "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."
}