{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lancashire-and-merseyside-county-boundaries-order-1993/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lancashire-and-merseyside-county-boundaries-order-1993/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1206",
  "legislation_title": "The Lancashire and Merseyside (County Boundaries) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lancashire-and-merseyside-county-boundaries-order-1993",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transfers from Merseyside (Sefton) to Lancashire (West Lancashire)",
  "text": "(1) The unparished area which is marked A on map 1 shall be transferred from Merseyside, from Sefton and from the Meols ward to—\n(a) Lancashire;\n(b) West Lancashire;\n(c) the parish of North Meols, and the Crossens parish ward;\n(d) the North Meols ward and the West Lancashire North electoral division; and to\n(e) the Ormskirk petty sessional division and the Preston and South West Lancashire coroner’s district.\n(2) The unparished areas which are marked A and B on map 6 shall be transferred from Merseyside, from Sefton and from the Ravenmeols ward to—\n(a) Lancashire;\n(b) West Lancashire;\n(c) the Downholland ward and the West Lancashire South electoral division; and to\n(d) the Ormskirk petty sessional division and the Preston and South West Lancashire coroner’s district. The area marked A shall additionally be transferred to the parish of Downholland, and the area marked B to the parish of Great Altcar.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1206/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:57:13.135898+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."
}