Paragraph 7 I1

In section 54(1) (proposals for changes in local government areas in Wales), for “district” substitute “ principal ” and for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“(b)

the constitution of a new local government area by—

(i)

amalgamating two or more principal areas or two or more communities;

(ii)

aggregating parts of principal areas or parts of communities; or

(iii)

separating part of a principal area or part of a community;

(c)

the abolition of a principal area and its distribution among other principal areas;

(cc)

the abolition of a community and its distribution among other areas of the like description;”.

Before section 54(2) insert—

“(1B)

Where the Welsh Commission make proposals for the constitution of a new principal area, those proposals shall specify whether the new area should be a county or a county borough.”