Paragraph
England and Wales
F1 For the purposes of this Act, the counties or parts of counties specified in column (2) of the following Table shall be deemed to form one county known by the name specified in respect of those counties or parts in column (1) of the Table—
TABLE
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| F2Bedfordshire | F3Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes |
| F4Cambridgeshire | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| Cheshire | F5Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and, Halton and Warrington |
| F6Cumbria | Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness |
| Derbyshire | Derbyshire and Derby |
| Devon | Devon, Plymouth and Torbay |
| Dorset | F7Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset |
| Durham | Durham F8, Darlington and Hartlepool and so much of the county of Stockton-on-Tees as lies north of the line for the time being of the centre of the River Tees |
| The East Riding of Yorkshire | The East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull (City of) |
| East Sussex | East Sussex and Brighton and Hove |
| Essex | Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock |
| Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire |
| Hampshire | Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton |
| Kent | Kent and the Medway Towns |
| Lancashire | Lancashire, Blackburn and Blackpool |
| Leicestershire | Leicestershire and Leicester |
| Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire |
| F9Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire |
| North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and York and so much of the county of Stockton-on-Tees as lies south of the centre for the time being of the river Tees |
| Nottinghamshire | Nottinghamshire and Nottingham |
| Shropshire | Shropshire and The Wrekin |
| Somerset | Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and North West Somerset |
| Staffordshire | Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent |
| Wiltshire | Wiltshire and Thamesdown |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 2A inserted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1995/1748, reg. 8(1)(b)
- F2
Entries in Sch. 2A inserted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/2009, art. 2(1)(b)
- F3
Words in Sch. 2A substituted (1.4.2009) by Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/837), arts. 1, 11(a)
- F4
Entries in Sch. 2A inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1992, art. 3
- F5
Words in Sch. 2A substituted (1.4.2009) by Local Government (Structural Changes) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Other Provision) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/837), arts. 1, 11(b)
- F6
Words in Sch. 2A Table inserted (18.3.2022) by The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/331), arts. 1(1), 29
- F7
Words in Sch. 2A substituted (1.4.2019) by The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/615), arts. 1, 5
- F8
Word in Sch. 2A inserted (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/2009, art. 2(1)(a)
- F9
Words in Sch. 2A inserted (1.4.2021) by The Northamptonshire (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/272), arts. 1, 3