{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-area-changes-regulations-1976/regulation-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-area-changes-regulations-1976/regulation-85.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1976/246",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-area-changes-regulations-1976",
  "path": "regulation/85",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "General savings",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in these regulations or the order shall affect—\n(a) the definition of any parliamentary constituency, the division of any parliamentary constituency into polling districts or the designation of polling places;\n(b) any ecclesiastical parish or district;\n(c) the area for the supply of electricity of any Area Electricity Board;\n(d) the area for any purposes of any water authority;\n(e) the area for the supply of water of any company;\n(f) the functions of the conservators of any common;\n(g) any order in force under the Shops Act 1950;\n(h) any inquest begun before the appointed day;\n(i) any right or interest under any inclosure award.\n(2) Save as provided in the order, nothing in these regulations or the order shall affect—\n(a) any electoral area;\n(b) any petty sessions area or coroner's district;\n(c) the trusts of any charity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/1968",
      "affecting_title": "The Water (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/617",
      "affecting_title": "The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/246/regulation/85",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:34:17.585554+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."
}