{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994/schedule-15/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994/schedule-15/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/19",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In section 55(1) (review of local government areas in Wales), for “counties and districts” substitute “ principal areas ” and for “county or district” substitute “ principal area ”.\n(2) In section 55(2)—\n(a) for the words from “Upon the completion” to “whole of their district” substitute “ It shall be the duty of each Welsh principal council to keep the whole of their area ”;\n(b) for “in their district” substitute “ in their area ”; and\n(c) for “the district council” substitute (in both places) “ the principal council ”.\n(3) In section 55(3)—\n(a) for “any district” substitute “ any principal area ”;\n(b) for “that district or” substitute “ that principal area or ”;\n(c) for “the district council” substitute “ the principal council ”; and\n(d) for “that district for” substitute “ that principal area for ”.\n(4) In section 55(4)—\n(a) for “one district” substitute “ one principal area ”; and\n(b) for “districts” substitute (in both places) “ principal areas ”.\n(5) In section 55(5), for “district council” substitute “ principal council ”, in paragraph (a) omit “(other than a community which is co-extensive with a district)” and after paragraph (e) insert—\n“(f) the alteration of the boundaries of any preserved county;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 8 wholly in force at 1.4.1996; Sch. 15 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 66; Sch. 15 para. 8(5) in force at 24.10.1994 by S.I. 1994/2790, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 (subject to art. 2(2)(3); Sch. 15 para. 8(1)-(4) in force at 1.4.1996 by S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": null,
      "affecting": "ukpga/2000/22",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government Act 2000"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/15/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:09.310667+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."
}