# The Local Government Changes for England (Sheriffs) Order 1996, Article 2: Sheriffs


(1) In the Sheriffs Act 1887, in Schedule 2A (meaning of “county”) —
(a) in the entry relating to Durham, in column (2) of the Table, after “Durham”there shall be inserted “, Darlington”; and
(b) the following entries shall be inserted at the appropriate place in the Table in alphabetical order —
“
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire and Luton
”;
“
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
”;
“
Derbyshire
Derbyshire and Derby
”;
“
Dorset
Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole
”;
“
East Sussex
East Sussex and Brighton and Hove
”;;
“
Hampshire
Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton
”;
“
Leicestershire
Leicestershire and Leicester
”;
“
Staffordshire
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
”; and
“
Wiltshire
Wiltshire and Thamesdown
”.
(2) 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 Rutland of the person who is (for the time being) high sheriff of the county of Leicestershire.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2009/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-changes-for-england-sheriffs-order-1996/article-2
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