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The Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973

S.I. 1973/137 · Made 31 January 1973

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 31st January 1973

Coming into Operation 1st April 1973

The Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(3) of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:—

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Names of metropolitan districts
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This order may be cited as the Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1973.

2Interpretation

(1)

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2)

In this order “identification letter” in relation to any metropolitan district in a metropolitan county named in column (1) of the Schedule to this order means the letter by which such district is identified in column (2) of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1972.

3Names of metropolitan districts

In the metropolitan counties named in column (1) of the Schedule to this order each metropolitan district identified by its identification letter in column (2) shall bear the name specified in respect of the district in column (3).

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

C. J. Pearce

An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment

31st January 1973

(1)(2)(3)
Name of countyIdentification letter of districtName of district
Greater Manchester

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(j)

(k)

Wigan

Bolton

Bury

Rochdale

Salford

Manchester

Oldham

Trafford

Stockport

Tameside

Merseyside

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Sefton

Liverpool

St. Helens

Knowsley

Wirral

South Yorkshire

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Barnsley

Doncaster

Sheffield

Rotherham

Tyne and Wear

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Newcastle upon Tyne

North Tyneside

Gateshead

South Tyneside

Sunderland

West Midlands

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Wolverhampton

Walsall

Dudley

Sandwell

Birmingham

Solihull

Coventry

West Yorkshire

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Bradford

Leeds

Calderdale

Kirklees

Wakefield

Explanatory note

This Order provides names for the metropolitan districts in England.