{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kent-district-boundaries-order-1987/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kent-district-boundaries-order-1987/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/305",
  "legislation_title": "The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kent-district-boundaries-order-1987",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transfers from the city of Canterbury to the district of Dover",
  "text": "(1) Those parts of the city of Canterbury and of the parishes of Adisham and Womenswold which are marked Area 1 and Area 2 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—\n(a) the district of Dover;\n(b) the Aylesham ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Aylesham;\n(d) the Dover Rural county electoral divison; and\n(e) the Dover and East Kent petty sessional division.\n(2) Those parts of the city of Canterbury and of the parish of Barham which are marked Area 3, Area 5 and Area 6 on boundary maps 2 and 3 shall be transferred to—\n(a) the district of Dover;\n(b) the Shepherdswell with Coldred ward of that district;\n(c) the parish of Denton with Wootton;\n(d) the Dover Rural county electoral division; and\n(e) the Dover and East Kent petty sessional division.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/305/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:31:52.384423+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."
}