# Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, Paragraph 8


(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 ”.
(2) In section 55(2)—
(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 ”;
(b) for “in their district” substitute “ in their area ”; and
(c) for “the district council” substitute (in both places) “ the principal council ”.
(3) In section 55(3)—
(a) for “any district” substitute “ any principal area ”;
(b) for “that district or” substitute “ that principal area or ”;
(c) for “the district council” substitute “ the principal council ”; and
(d) for “that district for” substitute “ that principal area for ”.
(4) In section 55(4)—
(a) for “one district” substitute “ one principal area ”; and
(b) for “districts” substitute (in both places) “ principal areas ”.
(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—
“(f) the alteration of the boundaries of any preserved county;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/15/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-act-1994/schedule-15/paragraph-8
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