{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/essex-and-suffolk-county-boundaries-order-1989/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/essex-and-suffolk-county-boundaries-order-1989/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transfers from Suffolk to Essex",
  "text": "(1) The parts of the county of Suffolk, the district of Babergh and the parish of Great Cornard marked A14, A15 and A16 on boundary map 4 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Essex and the Halstead electoral division of that county;\n(b) the district of Braintree and the Stour Valley South ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Middleton;\n(d) the Halstead and Hedingham petty sessional division;\n(e) the Essex No. 1 Coroner’s district.\n(2) The part of the county of Suffolk, the district of Babergh and the parish of Stratford St. Mary marked A22 on boundary map 6 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Essex and the Constable electoral division of that county;\n(b) the borough of Colchester and the Dedham ward of that borough;\n(c) the parish of Dedham;\n(d) the Colchester petty sessional division;\n(e) the Essex No. 1 Coroner’s district.\n(3) The parts of the county of Suffolk, the district of Babergh and the parish of Sudbury marked A4, A5 and A6 on boundary map 3 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Essex and the Hedingham electoral division of that county;\n(b) the district of Braintree and the Stour Valley Central ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Bulmer;\n(d) the Halstead and Hedingham petty sessional division;\n(e) the Essex No. 1 Coroner’s district.\n(4) The parts of the county of Suffolk, the district of Babergh and the parish of Sudbury marked A7 and A13 on boundary maps 3 and 4 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Essex and the Halstead electoral division of that county;\n(b) the district of Braintree and the Stour Valley South ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Middleton;\n(d) the Halstead and Hedingham petty sessional division;\n(e) the Essex No. 1 Coroner’s district.\n(5) The parts of the county of Suffolk, the borough of St. Edmundsbury and the parish of Haverhill marked A2 and A3 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to–\n(a) the county of Essex and the Hedingham electoral division of that county;\n(b) the district of Braintree and the Bumpstead ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Sturmer;\n(d) the Halstead and Hedingham petty sessional division;\n(e) the Essex No. 1 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/4",
    "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."
}