{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/essex-and-suffolk-county-boundaries-order-1989/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/essex-and-suffolk-county-boundaries-order-1989/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2352",
  "legislation_title": "The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/essex-and-suffolk-county-boundaries-order-1989",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transfers from Essex to Suffolk",
  "text": "(1) The parts of the county of Essex, the district of Braintree and the parish of Bulmer marked A8 and A9 on boundary map 3 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Suffolk and the Sudbury electoral division of that county;\n(b) the district of Babergh and the Sudbury South ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Sudbury and the Sudbury South ward of that parish;\n(d) the Sudbury and Cosford petty sessional division;\n(e) the West Suffolk Coroner’s district.\n(2) The parts of the county of Essex, the district of Braintree and the parish of Middleton marked A17, A18 and A19 on boundary map 4 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Suffolk and the Great Cornard electoral division of that county;\n(b) the district of Babergh and the Great Cornard South ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Great Cornard and the Great Cornard South ward of that parish;\n(d) the Sudbury and Cosford petty sessional division;\n(e) the West Suffolk Coroner’s district.\n(3) The part of the county of Essex, the district of Braintree and the parish of Sturmer marked A1 on boundary map 1 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Suffolk and the Haverhill South electoral division of that county;\n(b) the borough of St. Edmundsbury and the St. Mary’s and Helions ward of that borough;\n(c) the parish of Haverhill and the St. Mary’s and Helions ward of that parish;\n(d) the Risbridge petty sessional division;\n(e) the West Suffolk Coroner’s district.\n(4) The parts of the county of Essex, the borough of Colchester and the parish of Great Horkesley marked A20 and A21 on boundary map 5 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Suffolk and the Stour Valley electoral division of that county;\n(b) the district of Babergh and the Nayland ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Nayland-with-Wissington;\n(d) the Sudbury and Cosford petty sessional division;\n(e) the West Suffolk 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/1989/2352/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:31:20.735537+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."
}