{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-regulations-1994/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-regulations-1994/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/867",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Authorities of the same tier",
  "text": "Any reference in these Regulations to a local authority of the same tier is a reference, as respects each transferor authority mentioned in column 1 below, to the transferee authority mentioned in column 2—\n1. Transferor authority\n2. Transferee authority\nA county council\n(a) The county council for a non-metropolitan county; or\n(b) the unitary authority.\nA unitary authority\n(a) The county council for a non-metropolitan county as respects county functions, and the district council as respects district functions; or\n(b) the unitary authority.\nWhere the transferred area is transferred from an unparished area into a parish, the parish authority as respects parish functions.\nA district council\n(a) The district council; or\n(b) the unitary authority.\nWhere the transferred area is transferred from an unparished area into a parish, the parish authority as respects parish functions.\nA parish authority\nWhere the transferred area is transferred into a parish, the parish authority for that parish. Where the transferred area becomes unparished, the district council, or the unitary authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/867/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:36:06.191702+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."
}