{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972/schedule-4/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972/schedule-4/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1972/9",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)—\n(a) in the district of Belfast the number of wards shall be 60;\n(b) in each other district the number of wards shall be 40.\n(2) Where, having regard to the matters mentioned in paragraph 17, the Commissioner considers it desirable that the number of wards in any district should be more than that specified in sub-paragraph (1), the number of wards in that district may be increased by not more than 5.\n(3) Where, having regard to the matters mentioned in paragraph 17, the Commissioner considers it desirable that the number of wards in any district should be fewer than that specified in sub-paragraph (1), the number of wards in that district may be decreased by not more than 5.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schedule 4 substituted (17.5.2006) by Local Government (Boundaries) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1253 (N.I. 8)), arts. 1(2), 4(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 18 substituted (23.5.2008) by Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 7), ss. 2(3)(c), 5(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/schedule/4/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:08.839580+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."
}