{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-new-councils-etc-order-1973/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-new-councils-etc-order-1973/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1973/444",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (New Councils etc.) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-new-councils-etc-order-1973",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Number of parish councillors",
  "text": "In the case of any parish council existing at the coming into operation of this order the number of parish councillors for the parish, or in the case of a common parish council for each parish, shall be the number of councillors last fixed until—\n(a) provision is made to the contrary under Part I or IV of the Act as respects a parish council in England;\n(b) 1st April 1974 as respects a parish council in Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/444/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:13:16.834588+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."
}