{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-structural-change-order-1994/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-structural-change-order-1994/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1210",
  "legislation_title": "The Isle of Wight (Structural Change) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/isle-of-wight-structural-change-order-1994",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Abolition of the borough councils, and transfer of their functions to the Island council",
  "text": "On the reorganisation date—\n(a) the Medina council and the South Wight council shall be abolished;\n(b) any person in office as a borough councillor shall cease to hold that office;\n(c) the old Medina wards and the old South Wight wards shall cease to exist;\n(d) all functions of each abolished council other than functions under Chapter II of Part II of the 1990 Act shall be transferred to the Island council; and\n(e) the Island council shall be the sole principal council for the Island.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In relation to town and country planning, provision is made in Part III of this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The term “principal council” is defined in section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1210/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:33:56.126207+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."
}