The Local Government Changes for England (Sheriffs) Order 1996
S.I. 1996/2009 · Made 31 July 1996
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 31st July 1996
Laid before Parliament 9th August 1996
Coming into force 1st April 1997
The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17 and 26 of the Local Government Act 1992f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
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Contents
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Local Government Changes for England (Sheriffs) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2Sheriffs
In the Sheriffs Act 1887f1, in Schedule 2A (meaning of “county”) —
in the entry relating to Durham, in column (2) of the Table, after “Durham”there shall be inserted “, Darlington”f2; and
the following entries shall be inserted at the appropriate place in the Table in alphabetical order —
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Bedfordshire Bedfordshire and Luton ”;f3
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Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes ”;f4
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Derbyshire Derbyshire and Derby ”;f5
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Dorset Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole ”;f6
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East Sussex East Sussex and Brighton and Hove ”;f7;
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Hampshire Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton ”;f8
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Leicestershire Leicestershire and Leicester ”;f9
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Staffordshire Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ”;f10 and
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Wiltshire Wiltshire and Thamesdown ”.f11
Section 4 of the Sheriffs Act 1887 (qualifications of sheriffs) shall not apply in relation to any appointment to the office of high sheriff of the county of Rutlandf12 of the person who is (for the time being) high sheriff of the county of Leicestershire.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
Paul Beresford
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment
31st July 1996
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary provision in relation to orders (“section 17 orders”) already made under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1992 which effect structural and boundary changes in relation to local government areas in England.
Article 2(1) amends Schedule 2A to the Sheriffs Act 1887 which makes provision in respect of the meaning of “county”for the purposes of the Act and article 2(2) excludes, in the case of the appointment as high sheriff of Rutland of the person appointed as high sheriff of Leicestershire, a provision that a person shall not be appointed as sheriff of a county unless he has sufficient land in the county.
Section 130(1A) of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9) (inserted by regulation 9 of S.I. 1995/1748) provides that, for the purposes of the provisions of that Act relating to the lieutenancies in England, “county”has the same meaning as in the Sheriffs Act 1887.